Space images from A.S.I.G.N. Thread (Updates)

[bloodhound31]

A.S.I.G.N. Observatory is proud to present a complete time-lapse movie and a complete montage of the 2007 Lunar eclipse in it's entirety from the clear skies of Canberra.<br /><br />http://www.asignobservatory.com/lunar.aspx<br /><br />CDS<br /><br />Baz.

 

[bloodhound31]

<b>Our galactic centre near Sagittarius. Lagoon and Trifid nebulae centre image.</b><br /><br />Cannon EOS 400D unmodified with 75-300mm lens at F/5.6<br /><br />12 x 2 minute exposures at ISO800<br /><br />Piggybacked on fork mounted and polar aligned Nexstar 11 GPS<br /><br />Manual guiding<br /><br />Darks subtracted and processed with Deep Sky Stacker and Photoshop<br /><br />The sky was beautiful tonight until the moon took over. Friday nights are my best night, but there are so many factors against limiting yourself to a particular night per week. I would have added more subs, but the extra light in the sky may have ruined it.<br /><br />Anyway, I hope you all like it.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Baz.<br /><br />http://i5.tinypic.com/4qsswm0.jpg

 

[bloodhound31]

Hi all.<br /><br />I thought I would try my hand at a little animation of the stars moving about in the south.<br /><br />I took several pics with the DSLR on a fixed tripod of 30 seconds, taking one every 5 minutes or so.<br /><br />The effect is simple, but effective. I am inspired now to go all the way and image the rotation over a whole night. One to the South, one to the east or west and one to the north.<br /><br />I thought it may serve best on my Drift alignment page as a bit of a visual aid to new astronomers.<br /><br />So here it is. http://www.asignobservatory.com/driftalignment.aspx<br /><br />Have a look about a third of the way down the page for the movie.<br /><br />Like I said, improvements are only a matter of a few clear nights away!<br /><br />Baz.