MATaylor

M16

MATaylor — Sun, 28 May 2006 16:03:43 GMT

M16

M42

MATaylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

M42

Imaging: Orion 100ED & SBIG ST2000XM Guiding: Via SBIG Internal ST237 Chip Riding Shotgun: Orion 80ED & DSI Pro Mount : Meade LXD650 Luminance: 10 x 1 Minute Each Red: 10 x 1 Min 55 Secs Each Green: 10 x 1 Min Each Blue: 10 x 50 Secs Each Capture Software: CCDSoft Post Processing: Photoshop CS I took this photo to test the short exposure ability of the setup.

Leo Trio Luminance

MATaylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

Leo Trio Luminance

Imaging Scope: Orion 100ED & Meade LXD650 Imaging Camera: SBIG ST-2000XM Guiding Camera: Internal ST237 Guider Chip Exposures: 5 x 20 minutes each w/ IDAS LPS-II Filter Capture/Align/Combine: CCDSoft Post Processed Using AIP4WIN v.2

The Rosette Nebula

MATaylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

The Rosette Nebula

Imaging Setup: Meade LXD650 & Orion 80mm ED @ 600mm Imaging/Guiding Camera: SBIG ST2000XM w/ CFW8a Filter Used: Badder H-Alpha Exposures: 12 x 20 Minutes Each (4 Hours) Captured, Calibrated, Aligned, & Combined w/ CCDSoft Post processed w/ Photoshop CS

What A Difference A Year Makes!

mataylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

What A Difference A Year Makes!

On the left is one of my first DSI photos taken about a year ago, it was made of about 30 x 30 second exposures saved as BMP files. On the right is the same target taken recently through the same scope & from the same location. There are so many people out there that have helped me to get this far in only 1 year that I couldn't possibly remember to thank them all by name, so I'll just say a heart felt 'Thanks!', you know who you are, and I hope you also know that I truely have appreciated all of you! Matt

The Horsehead & Flame Nebulas

MATaylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

The Horsehead & Flame Nebulas

Imaging Scope: Orion 80mm ED on Meade LXD650 Mount Imaging & Guiding Camera: SBIG ST2000XM w/ CFW8a Exposures: 12x20 Min Lum & 2x20 Min H-Alpha Capture, Calibration, Align, & Combine with CCDSoft Post Processing: Photoshop CS & Neatimage --------------------------------------------------- There's nothing better than a night out under the desert stars with a roaring fire & your favorite horse!

NGC 891

MATaylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

NGC 891

Imaging Scope: 12" Meade LX200GPS/SMT/UHTC @ F/3.3 Guiding Scope: Orion 80mm ED @ F/7.5 Imaging Camera: Meade DSI - Guiding Camera: SBIG ST2000XM Exposures: 26 x 5 Minutes Each Saved As Fits 5 Autodarks - 10 Flats - 10 Flat Darks - 10 Bias Processing completed using Photoshop CS & Neatimage

NGC 7331

MATaylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

NGC 7331

M01 - The Crab Nebula

MATaylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

M01 - The Crab Nebula

Imaging Scope: Meade 12" LX200GPS/SMT/UHTC @ F/3.52 1074mm Guiding Scope: Orion 80ED @ F/7.5 600mm Imaging Camera: Meade DSI & DSI Pro - Guiding Camera: SBIG ST2000XM DSI Exposures: 10 x 8 Minutes Each AutoDark Subtracted DSI Pro Exposures: 5 x 8 Minutes Each W/ CS H-Alpha Filter Calibration Exposures: 5 Autodarks, 10 Flats, 10 Flat Darks, 10 Bias Calibration Software: AIP4WIN - http://www.willbell.com/ Processing: Photoshop CS for Levels & Curves, Neatimage at 20%

M01 - Wide Field

MATaylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

M01 - Wide Field

Imaging Mount & Scope: Meade LXD650 & Orion 100mm ED Refractor @ 900mm Imaging/Guiding Camera: SBIG ST2000XM w/ CFW8 & Meade Pictar 616 Filters Additional Filters For Included Exposures: Badder HA & IDAS LPR Exposures: LHa:100 Minutes - Red:92 Minutes - Green:50 Minutes - Blue:45 Minutes Color weights produced by: RGB Weight Calculator (www.Astrodon.com) Processed using Photoshop CS w/ GradientXterminator, Neatimage Pro This photo represents my first attempt at color CCD Astrophotography using the ST2000XM and CFW8. Obviously, I have some more learning to do in this area of the obsession... er, hobby I mean.... but if you step back from the computer 4 or 5 feet this version of M01 doesn't look so bad, does it??

The Bubble Nebula

MATaylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

The Bubble Nebula

Imaging Scope: Meade 12" LX200GPS @ F/3.52 1074mm Guiding Scope: Orion 80mm ED F/7.5 600mm Imaging Camera: DSI and DSI Pro Guiding Camera: DSI Pro #2 (I own 2 of them) Exposures: L=100X1, HA=25x3, OIII=25x3, RGB=25x3

M02 w/ Cooled DSI Pro (Drizzle)

MATaylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

M02 w/ Cooled DSI Pro (Drizzle)

Imaging Scope: Meade 12" LX200GPS @ 1074mm F/3.52 Guiding Scope: Orion 80mm ED @ 600mm F/7.5 Imaging Camera: DSI Pro Cooled to 10C - Guiding: DSI Pro L - 50 x 5.7 Seconds Each Autodark Subtracted Processed with Photoshop CS this working copy image will be deleted when the completed full color version is ready for upload.

M27 w/ Cooled DSI Pro

MATaylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

M27 w/ Cooled DSI Pro

Imaging Scope: Meade 12" LX200GPS @ 1074mm F/3.52 Guiding Scope: Orion 80mm ED @ 600mm F/7.5 Imaging Camera: DSI Pro Cooled to 10C - Guiding: DSI Pro HaRGB 50:30:30:30 x 30 Seconds Each Processed with Photoshop CS

M33 (B&W)

MATaylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

M33 (B&W)

Imaging Scope: Orion 80mm ED Refractor @ 600mm F/7.5 Guiding Scope: Meade 12" LX200GPS/SMT/UHTC @ 1074mm F/3.52 Imaging Camera: SBIG ST2000XM - Guiding Camera: Meade DSI Pro Exposures: 9 x 10 minutes each - Filters: IDAS LPR & Badder UV/IR Processing: Photoshop CS & Neatimage

Pelican Nebula in H-Alpha

MATaylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

Pelican Nebula in H-Alpha

Imaging Scope: Orion 80mm ED @ 600mm F/7.5 Guiding Scope: Meade 12" LX200GPS @ 1074mm F/3.52 Imaging Camera: SBIG ST2000XM - Guiding Camera: Meade DSI Pro Filters: Custom Scientific & Badder HA filters Exposures: 24 x 5 minutes each (2 hours total) Ambient: 80~84F - Camera Cooling: -5C Processing: Photoshop CS for levels, curves, high pass filter Neatimage: Noise reduction at 25%

M27 For Meade_DSI Monthly Contest

MATaylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

M27 For Meade_DSI Monthly Contest

Imaging Scope: Meade 12" LX200GPS/SMT/UHTC @ F/3.52 1074mm Guiding Scope: Orion 80mm ED @ F/7.5 600mm Imaging Camera: DSI Pro - Guiding Camera: DSI Exposures: 40x1 HA, 25x2 HA, 40x1 OIII, 25 x 2 OIII Filters: Custom Scientific 4.5mn HA & Astronomics OIII

The Cresent Nebula

mataylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

The Cresent Nebula

Imaging Scope: Orion 80mm ED Refractor Guiding Scope: Meade 12" LX200GPS Imaging Camera: DSI - Guiding Camera: DSI Pro Exposures: HA 40 x 3 minutes - Color 10 x 3 minutes Filters: IDAS LPR, Badder UV/IR & HA Processing: AS-IP, Photoshop CS, Neatimage Without doubt this is the hardest target I've tried to image so far with the color DSI and the 80mm ED scope.

NGC6992 W/ DSI Pro & Camera Lens

mataylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

NGC6992 W/ DSI Pro & Camera Lens

Imaging Scope: 300mm DSLR Lens Piggybacked on Meade 102ED & LXD650 Imaging Camera: DSI Pro Guidescope & Camera: None - Unguided Adapters: Steven Mogg DSI to DSLR Lens Adapter and Filter Inserter Filters: Custom Scientific 3.5nm H-Alpha Exposures: 25 x 1 Minutes Each, Unguided Conditions: Wind, Almost Full Moon A 'further testing' photo, this one was shot using the DSI Pro attached to a Tamron zoom lens set to 300mm. It's 1 minute exposures were unguided. Post processing was a simple levels & curves adjustment in Photoshop and some noise reduction using Neatimage.

M17 w/ Cooled DSI in 80mm ED.

mataylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

M17 w/ Cooled DSI in 80mm ED.

Imaging scope: Orion 80mm ED @ 600mm F/7.5 Guiding Scope: 12" LX200GPS/SMT/UHTC @ 1455mm F/4.77 Color DSI cooled by Outback Cooler set to 10C Exposures: 50 x 1 minute using Fits - Save All Uncombined This is the first true example photo taken with Steven Mogg's Outback Cooler. I did not shoot darks for this photo, I re-used the darks taken about 5 days ago with the camera cooled to the same temp I used during capture, 10C. Not having to take darks was GREAT!! I can't believe the lack of any noise at all while capturing the exposures. Even though I save to fits files I still like to check combine and see the image build on the screen, this photo is very very much like the image that was building, very little processing has been done to it. No color processing was performed. I'm still amazed that the DSI can perform like this under my 3~4 VLM skies with only 80mm of aperture!! I've also noticed that because the exposures come in so noise free the tiny stars show up in the background really well and they come in in their correct colors for the most part. The cooler is excellent!!

Moon Crater - Copernicus

mataylor — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

Moon Crater - Copernicus

Imaging Scope: Meade LX200GPS/SMT/UHTC At Prime Focus, F/10 Imaging Camera: Meade DSI Filters: IDAS LPR & Badder UV/IR Blocker Exposures: 1500 @ .0078 seconds Quality Setting: 75 - Eval Exposures: 15 Gain: 100 - Offset: 50 - Saved as FITS, Save All Uncombined. RGB combine in Photoshop CS, levels, curves. Noise reduced with Neatimage at 10%