apolen

setup for autoguiding using a 300mm. slr. lens

apolen — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:58:07 GMT

setup for autoguiding using a 300mm. slr. lens

Setup for autoguiding with a 300 mm. telephoto SLR lens.

Setup for autoguiding with a normal slr lens

apolen — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:50:46 GMT

Setup for autoguiding with a normal slr lens

Setup for autoguiding with a normal SLR lens.

Setup

Leonrd — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:35:41 GMT

Setup

My setup CGE-1100 XLT + Orion 80 ED

Strange object/star/artifact??

Leonrd — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:58:56 GMT

Strange object/star/artifact??

NGC 7635 Bubble Nebula in Ha - 27/7/07

Leonrd — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:15:48 GMT

NGC 7635 Bubble Nebula in Ha - 27/7/07

Apolen Observatory: Telescope: Celestron CGE-1100 XLT +3.3 Focal reducer - Camera Meade DSI Pro.II (+ outback cooler + Atik filter wheel). Ha filter - PHD guided (Orion 80 ED guiding scope ) 3 min. subs. = 36 mins. Drizzled - Conditions: Full moon (plus light pollution) Visibility: Moderate seeing. Date 27/7/07 Processing with ASIP + PS.CS - Location: Malta (EU)

IC 5146-Cocoon Nebula in Ha - (28/07/07)

Leonrd — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:12:12 GMT

IC 5146-Cocoon Nebula in Ha - (28/07/07)

Apolen Observatory: Telescope: Celestron CGE-1100 XLT +3.3 Focal reducer - Camera Meade DSI Pro.II (+ outback cooler + Atik filter wheel). Ha filter - PHD guided (Orion 80 ED guiding scope ) 3 min. subs. = 36 mins. Drizzled - Conditions: Full moon (plus light pollution) Visibility: Moderate seeing. Date 28/7/07 Processing with ASIP + PS.CS - Location: Malta (EU)

M13 - LRGB 22/05/07

Leonrd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:47:48 GMT

M13 - LRGB 22/05/07

Telescope CGE-1100 XLT F/10 + 6.3 Focal reducer - Camera Meade DSI Pro.II -with IR filter. Unguided - 1 min. subs. L(Ha filter )= 23 min. R = 10 min. G = 10 min. B = 10 min . Drizzled - Conditions: Good - Processing with ASIP + PS.CS - Date 22/05/07 Location: Malta (EU).

M13 - LRGB 22/05/07

Leonrd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:48:31 GMT

M13 - LRGB 22/05/07

Telescope CGE-1100 XLT F/10 + 6.3 Focal reducer - Camera Meade DSI Pro.II -with IR filter. Unguided - 1 min. subs. L(Ha filter )= 23 min. R = 10 min. G = 10 min. B = 10 min . Drizzled - Conditions: Good - Processing with ASIP + PS.CS - Date 22/05/07 Location: Malta (EU).

M11 - Wild Duck open cluster - 11/07/06

Leonrd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:46:06 GMT

M11 - Wild Duck open cluster - 11/07/06

Telescope: Nexstar 8i SE. - DSI pro II ccd camera (Alt/Azm - SkyAlign) +6.3 Focal reducer - drizzled - 8 sec. exposures in LRGB - Lum 33 exp. R 22 exp. G 16 exp. B 22 exp. - Processing: stacked & combined ASIP then Photo Shop CS. Locality: Attard - Malta - 11th.Aug. 2006 Conditions: Mod. Good.

M6 - Butterfly Cluster (17/07/06)

Leonrd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:44:38 GMT

M6 - Butterfly Cluster (17/07/06)

Telescope: Orion 80 ED on N8i SE. mount - DSI pro II ccd camera (Alt/Azm - SkyAlign) 6.3 Focal reducer - drizzled - 15 sec. exposures in LRGB - Lum 30 exp. R 17 exp. G 30exp. Blue 30 exp. - Processing: stacked & combined ASIP then Photo Shop CS. Locality: Attard - Malta - 17/07/06 Conditions: Moderate Visibility.

1st. 2007 Saturn w/Titan, Esceladus & Mimas - 12/02/07

Leonrd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:31:03 GMT

1st. 2007 Saturn w/Titan, Esceladus & Mimas - 12/02/07

Telescope Celestron Nexstar N8i SE - Camera Meade DSI-Col. x3 barlow - 25 exposure of 0.250 sec. each. Conditions: Windy with thin cloud (reason for small number of exposures.Stacked & semiprocessed with Registax 4. Then with PhotoShop CS. - Saturn in opposition - 12th. Febr. 2007 - Locality Attard - Malta (EU).

JUPITER (Planetary System) with Callisto Transit. Date: 06/22/05

Leonrd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:27:32 GMT

JUPITER (Planetary System) with Callisto Transit. Date: 06/22/05

Telescope Nexstar N8i SE + DSI col. + x2 barlow lens - Jupiter (Left to right: Europa, Callisto, Ganymede & Io) - 200exposures at 0.125/sec. each. Processing REGISTAX 3 ONLY. - Alt/Azm - Manual Guiding.

Occultation of Saturn - 22/5/07

Leonrd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:19:52 GMT

Occultation of Saturn - 22/5/07

Saturn emerging. Telescope: CGE-1100 XLT F10 + 6.3 Focal reducer. CCD camera DSI Pro II - Single image of 0.0011 sec. processed with PhotoShop CS. Locality: Malta - 22/5/07

Rosette Nebula 10 Panel Mosaic 19-30/11/06 (In Color.)

Leonrd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:02:41 GMT

Rosette Nebula 10 Panel Mosaic 19-30/11/06 (In Color.)

Telescope Orion 80 ED Polar aligned on Nexstar 8i SE mount w/Rays bracket (Drizzled) unguided + Meade DSI pro II + 3.3 Meade Focal Reducer + Ha filter -10 panels taken on the 19/11, 25/11, 29/11 & 30/11/06 - 60 sec. subs. varying from 12 to 42 exposures per panel. Added False Ha color. Aligned with ASIP. Mosaic processed with PhotoShop CS. Conditions: good - Seeing 6-7/10. Locality Attard - Malta (EU) Date 19-30/11/06.

M8 - Lagoon Nebula (13/7/07)

Leonrd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:00:14 GMT

M8 - Lagoon Nebula (13/7/07)

Apolen Observatory: Telescope Orion 80 ED F/7.5 + 6.3 FR. on Celestron CGE mount - Camera Meade DSI Pro.II (+ outback cooler + Atik filter wheel). Lum. Unguided 3 min. subs. Celestron LPR filter Lum = 60 mins. For RGB. 18 min. per channel. Object low 40 deg. Drizzled - Conditions: good seeing but with light pollution - date 13/7/07 Processing with ASIP + PS.CS + layer mask- Location: Malta (EU)

NGC 4565 - Close-up (12+18/6/07)

Leonrd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:31:12 GMT

NGC 4565 - Close-up (12+18/6/07)

Telescope CGE-1100 XLT F/10 + 6.3 Focal reducer - Camera Meade DSI Pro.II -with IR filter. Unguided - Lum. = 2 min.subs.(LPR filter) = 36 min. RGB = 1min subs. Red = 17 min. Green = 15 min. Blue = 17 min. Drizzled - Conditions: good - Processing with ASIP + PS.CS - Levels & curves, layers+ Hi pass. Date L 12/6 +RGB 18/06/07 Location: Malta (EU).

M20 - Trifid Nebula (16/7/07)

Leonrd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:05:39 GMT

M20 - Trifid Nebula (16/7/07)

Apolen Observatory: Telescope Orion 80 ED F/7.5 on Celestron CGE mount - Camera Meade DSI Pro.II (+ outback cooler + Atik filter wheel). Lum. Unguided 4 min. subs. Celestron LPR filter Lum = 60 mins. For RGB. 32 min. per channel. Object low 30 deg. Drizzled - Conditions: good seeing but with light pollution - date 15 & 16/7/07 Processing with ASIP + PS.CS - Location: Malta (EU)

M81 - 24/03/07 LRGB

Leonrd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:37:10 GMT

M81 - 24/03/07 LRGB

Telescope Orion 80 ED - Mount Celestron CGE - Unguided - Camera Meade DSI-Pro II - LRGB image: 3 min. subs. Lum. 51 min. R 15min G 33min. B 33min. Drizzled. Processing with ASIP + PScs - Conditions: clear - good. - 24/03/07 Locality: Malta (EU)

M82 - Cigar galaxy - 6/04/07 (LRGB)

Leonrd — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:34:04 GMT

M82 - Cigar galaxy - 6/04/07 (LRGB)

Telescope CGE-1100 XLT F/6.3 + 6.3 Focal reducer - Camera Meade DSI Pro.II -Fiters IR & LPR for Lum. Unguided - 3 min. subs. L=10 R = 8 G = 9 B = 9 per channel. Drizzled - Conditions: Mod. Seeing & humid. Processing with ASIP + PS.CS - Date 6/04/07 Location: Malta (EU).

APOLEN observatory 22/6/07 (Malta - EU)

Leonrd — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:19:51 GMT

APOLEN observatory 22/6/07 (Malta - EU)

Apolen observatory just after being installed on the roof of my house. 22nd. June 2007.