Some of my first CCD ./images.
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./images taken with the following:
Meade
12" UHTC
Meade
Super Wedge
Meade
6.3 Focal Reducer
SBIG
ST-2000XM, Bin 1x1 @ -10.0
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Raw ./images with Darks subtracted. Take a look at the DOME and Hardware if you like.
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| M51: 7 Stacked 3 Minute exposures | M101: Stacked 2, 5 min | M81 Stacked 5, 4Min | M20 5 @ 60 Sec | M16 10L,5R,5G,5B | ||
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| M3 w/ ST-9E 30 Sec |
Lunar Eclipse 11/08/2003 Olympus C-3000 Meade Super Plőssl 40mm |
Olympus C-3000 Meade Ultra Wide 8.8mm |
My first attempt at a Mosaic. Yes I need practice! | NCG2024: Stacked 5, 3Min | ||
M42 R100Seconds B110Seconds G100Seconds |
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NCG2024: Stacked 9, 15Min, SBIG2000XM, AO-7 |
NCG2903 40L,20R,20G,25B |
M64 50L,25R,25B,25G |
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M13 2L,1R,1G,1B |
 Andromeda Galaxy |
 Andromeda Galaxy Revisited |
Flame Nebula |
Flame and Horse |
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Orion |
M13 2L,1R,1G,1B |
M33 50L,15R,15G,15B
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M33 110L,15R,15G,15B
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M27 5L,5R,5G,5B
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Flame a bit closer |
12/25/2002 Wife gave Christmas gift of Meade 70mm EXT.
12/26/2002 Next evening I viewed Saturn for the first time. Seeing was excellent. Wow this is too cool I thought. Thanks Dani!
12/29/2002 Returned 70mm purchased 10" LX200 GPS (Wife was cool with this, until she saw the scope I replaced it with)
12/29/2002 Even better results. (Wife now cool with new Scope)
01/02/2003 Ordered 12" LX200 GPS w/UHTC
01/15/2003 Bought Olympus OM1. Self guided for about 2 month lots of neat shot's I intend to upload them shortly
01/29/2003 12" LX200 arrive WOW this thing is big!
03/15/2003 Bought first CCD camera SBIG ST-9E. Wow again. This is great no more self guiding. Some of my first ./images below.
04/16/2003 First star party Chiefland Florida had a blast
05/10/2003 Returned ST-9E replace with 2000XM (I like this one much more)
06/2003 - 10/03 Really crappy weather here missed the whole Mars thing
11/16/2003 Second Star Party Chiefland again. Great
11/2003 Started construction on my first Observatory
12/29/2003 Observatory dried in
12/30/2003 Poured Pier Today can't wait until tomorrow night.
07/09/2004 Added A/C
Last Updated 7/14/2004
John Zeveney