No real astrophotography in a while , because I have been getting the new mount and telescope sorted out. It is now calibrated, points to the right places, camera works, guiding works, so, just need some decent weather, as always.
The new setup is:
1. Pillar mount
2. Skywatcher EQ6 R Pro mount
3. Celestron 9.25 XLT with focal reducer, so it is working at around F6.8
4. Canon 500D astro modded DSLR
5. QHY 5iiC in a modified Skywatcher guidescope
The software is Ascom/Eqcom - so the pc/camera/mount can talk to each other
Carte du Ciel - to point the telscope
PHD2 for guiding
AstroPhotography Tool, to connect the camera to everything (imaging, focussing, dithering, etc)
Here are more 'snapshots':
The new setup is:
1. Pillar mount
2. Skywatcher EQ6 R Pro mount
3. Celestron 9.25 XLT with focal reducer, so it is working at around F6.8
4. Canon 500D astro modded DSLR
5. QHY 5iiC in a modified Skywatcher guidescope
The software is Ascom/Eqcom - so the pc/camera/mount can talk to each other
Carte du Ciel - to point the telscope
PHD2 for guiding
AstroPhotography Tool, to connect the camera to everything (imaging, focussing, dithering, etc)
Here are more 'snapshots':
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| Dumbbell Nebula |
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| Gibbous Moon |
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| Little Dumbbell Nebula |
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| Neptune |
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| Uranus |
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| Uranus |
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