Yeah, similar results with an 8 inch Newtonian reflector. It is hard to see nebula like that through the eyepiece, though. For planets and the moon, those pics show basically what you could see. Those pics are probably clearer since he might have stacked photos together with some software that automatically combines the clearest photo segments into 1 very clear one. For nebula and galaxy, photos are much better than an eye because they can detect much more light.
For long exposures like needed for those nebula and galaxy photos, the important thing is that your mount is good. A good motorized equitorial mount that is properly aligned with Polaris is needed because the Earth rotates a lot throughout your 2 or 3 hour exposures. If your mount shakes much, the stars in your photos will show all the places they shook around to.
what magnification were most of these pics
zombiekila1 1 month ago
@zombiekila1
Various.
Astrovideo 1 month ago
very nice
ModernSaxDotCom 8 months ago
Good work there, excellent pics!
For your deep sky objects, what type of camera were you using?
shlunko 2 years ago
Thanks. The camera is the Astrovid StellaCam2 by Adirondak Video Astronomy.
Astrovideo 2 years ago
Cheers,
Once again good work.
shlunko 2 years ago
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Germanboy567 2 years ago
why is here no color?
unicalus 3 years ago
Because the camera I used for the deep-sky objects is a black & white camera (the camera used for the planets was a color camera).
Astrovideo 3 years ago
the picture you got of andromeda was excellent! it looked just like the hubbles picture.
Germanboy567 2 years ago
What is the apperture of ur LX90? Could I see similar results if I bought an 8" newtonian reflector? Great video!!!
taha65466 3 years ago
The LX90 is 8". It's a Cassegrain which is a type of reflector.
Astrovideo 3 years ago
Yeah, similar results with an 8 inch Newtonian reflector. It is hard to see nebula like that through the eyepiece, though. For planets and the moon, those pics show basically what you could see. Those pics are probably clearer since he might have stacked photos together with some software that automatically combines the clearest photo segments into 1 very clear one. For nebula and galaxy, photos are much better than an eye because they can detect much more light.
joshig1983 3 years ago
For long exposures like needed for those nebula and galaxy photos, the important thing is that your mount is good. A good motorized equitorial mount that is properly aligned with Polaris is needed because the Earth rotates a lot throughout your 2 or 3 hour exposures. If your mount shakes much, the stars in your photos will show all the places they shook around to.
joshig1983 3 years ago
what kind of telescope are you using?
metalhead1986a 3 years ago
Meade LX90
Astrovideo 3 years ago
superb!
chaimdijk 4 years ago
omg, these are amazing!
queenvelvet 4 years ago