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Mike's Astronomy Page: July 2012

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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Jul 18, 2012. Taking Stock – The Software. Is designed to a do a handful of things – chief among them is to measure and program periodic error correction on a telescope mount. It excels at this task and I had excellent results using it on both of my previous mounts. On my original Celestron CGEM I had a native periodic error of 17.6” peak to peak. A couple of hours with. For me though, PEMPro’s greatest strength is in the. PEMPro will measu...

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Mike's Astronomy Page: July 2011

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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Jul 14, 2011. A Proper First Light Part Deux. I wrote recently about my trip to Starizona down in Tucson and Dean's efforts to help me straighten out my imaging rig. Let me reiterate that he went far beyond what would be considered above and beyond the call of duty in helping me. Only a week later I was able to get some time away from civilization over the Independence Day holiday in Northern Arizona. So what was the end result? Nothing but...

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Mike's Astronomy Page: September 2011

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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Sep 20, 2011. She Blinded Me With Science. 65279;. Amateur astronomy has long been a pursuit that loves to debate the controversial topics, even from its earliest days. All those hours spent studying, observing and watching the sky frees the mind enough that it can form hypotheses and compare them with those of nearby observing companions. I think it's going to hit the ground! To which Galileo simply replied, "No it isn't.". With the...

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Mike's Astronomy Page: January 2013

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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Jan 29, 2013. January 2013 - B33 in Hydrogen Alpha (6.5 hours). My first deep sky imaging session through a telescope took place two years ago today. I'd already taken a handful of wide field and piggyback astrophotos with my Canon 60D DSLR. Dark sky site on BLM land 90 miles west of Phoenix. I setup my CGEM and secured the 1100HD optical tube in the dovetail. I removed the secondary and threaded the Hyperstar. Only it wasn't a thought....

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Mike's Astronomy Page: October 2012

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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Oct 31, 2012. NGC 6914 - Seeing Red. My emphasis on the Hydrogen Alpha data and its use in the luminance. Intended effect on the detail, but it cost me a lot. Reflection nebulosity that's in this nebula complex. I have been able to massively increase the amount of time that I spend imaging. Much narrowband data gets collected from my Arizona backyard while I sleep. During weekends at dark sky observing sites, CCDAutoPilot. Kies of Portal, AZ.

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Mike's Astronomy Page: March 2013

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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Mar 19, 2013. Messier and the ED152. After driving through a punishing thunderstorm. To get to the campsite, I was greeted with a. Fantastic rainbow to start my first night out. I look forward to this event every year. I also look forward to the East Valley Astronomy Club. Over the nine days of the trip I had a couple of goals astronomy-wise. I wanted to put my new Explore Scientific. ED152CF through its paces. It's a 6" f/8 apochromati...

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Mike's Astronomy Page: January 2012

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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Jan 17, 2012. Various and Sundry Things. I've had a few things that I've been meaning to talk about and they've been hangin' around on my back burner for a little while now. I enjoy the mechanical and technical aspects of imaging as much as the actual images, so that's what I'm going to talk about this time out. First I want to give a little love to Ed Thomas and his company. Active Cooling for the Edge HD! Cooling Fans installed on my.

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Bob's Astrophotography Endeavors: Page 6 - iOptron IEQ30 Astrophotography

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An attempt to disclose my failures and achievements while perusing the hobby known as Astrophotography. Page 1 - Overview. Page 2 - DSLR Astrophotography. Page 3 - Meade LX80 / 8" SCT. Page 4 - LX80 Astrophotography. Page 5 - iOptron IEQ30 Mount. Page 6 - iOptron IEQ30 Astrophotography. Page 6 - iOptron IEQ30 Astrophotography. This is a time-lapse video of the April 15, 2014 lunar eclipse. Taken with my Canon T3i DSLR, IEQ30 mount, and 8" SCT with a focal reducer. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). DSLR Piggyba...

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Mike's Astronomy Page: PixInsight Deconvolution

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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Aug 7, 2013. World class imager Manuel Jimenez. Put together a tutorial some time ago that taught me much about PixInsight's implementation of deconvolution. His tutorial. Can be found at his website. There are a few points to remember in order to get the best results. 1 - Do deconvolution on a linear image. Before you stretch. 3 - Use the Dynamic PSF process module. It's your friend. Here's a link to a larger version of this image:. Im cur...

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Astrophotography: June 2016

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CLICK ON IMAGE ABOVE FOR LATEST POST. Sunday, June 12, 2016. Dome update and new images. It's been a busy year so far. I added a small room and pier to to observatory for my seldom used Orion Sirius mount. The pier is a 10" diameter, 8' long concrete tube. I had a local welding shop make 2 customized plates to adapt the Orion Sirius. I finished the roll off roof project with a very noisy (sorry neighbors) electric winch. I also finished the outside sheeting and trim overall. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).