Acquisition Date: September 7, 2018 I am not sure if Fish Head Nebula is official but people do refer to it as such. It is part of the Heart Nebula but it has a different NGC designation. Technical Details: William Optics 71mm f/5.9Altair 290M camera (uncooled)Optolong luminance filterUnitron Model 142 GEMPassive tracking with PECNo active …
Acquisition Date: September 7, 2018 I really do like my uncooled Altair 290M camera but one thing is missing: a sensor temperature readout. This has stood in my way of creating a Darks Library. Having a Darks Library would free up my time to concentrate on capturing Light frames. There is nothing worse than having …
Acquisition Date: September 30, 2018 The inspiration for this image came from Sara Wager — an incredible, creamy smooth color image using three narrowband filters and over 37 hours total integration time. My equipment doesn’t come close to hers but I wanted to give it a try. Due to a spate of bad weather I …
After purchasing my first monochrome camera 10 months ago I went on a shopping spree buying filters. In total I have four Optolong LRGB filters, two Astrodon Photometric filters, three Orion narrowband filters, and one Orion dark filter. My first filter wheel was an Orion 5-position manual model. A while later I purchased a ZWO …
Acquisition Date: February 17, 2019 This is a work in progress with the goal being a color image. As more data becomes available I will post updates. Spiral galaxies like M101 contain ionized hydrogen regions. This is where star formation occurs and it is mainly found in the arms of the galaxy. There is a …
Acquisition Date: February 10, 2019 I wanted to do more color with my monochrome camera but the number of steps involved with capturing calibration frames and light frames using four different filters was overwhelming to accomplish manually in a single evening. For a while I thought I would simply spread imaging over four nights: one …