Astrophotography - Imaging the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) with the Atik383L+ camera

3rd March 2013 / Carsten / Leave a comment

	Date	2013/03/03
	Location	Böblingen / Germany
	Object	M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy)
	Camera	Atik383L+
	Guiding	yes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
	Telescope	8" GSO Newtonian
	Barlow lens	none
	Mount	EQ6 Syntrek
	Cooling	-15°C
	Luminance	4x, 400s, bin: 1x1
	Red	3x, 100s, bin: 2x2
	Green	3x, 100s, bin: 2x2
	Blue	3x, 100s, bin: 2x2
	Dark	none
	Flat	none
	Total exposure	~42min.

Last updated: December 20, 2015 at 15:23 pm

Astrophotography - Bode's Galaxy & Cigar Galaxy (M81 & M82)

2nd January 2013 / Carsten / Leave a comment

	Date	2013/01/02
	Location	Böblingen / Germany
	Object	M81 & M82 (Bode's Galaxy & Cigar Galaxy)
	Camera	Atik383L+
	Guiding	yes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
	Telescope	8" GSO Newtonian
	Barlow lens	none
	Mount	EQ6 Syntrek
	Cooling	-15°C
	Luminance	3x, 20s, 40s, 100s, 300s, 600s (bin: 1x1) (HDR image)
	Red	3x, 200s, bin: 2x2
	Green	3x, 200s, bin: 2x2
	Blue	3x, 200s, bin: 2x2
	Dark	3x
	Flat	none
	Total exposure	~1h23min.

Bode's Galaxy & Cigar Galaxy (M81 & M82)

Last updated: December 20, 2015 at 15:21 pm

Astrophotography - Horsehead Nebula (B33)

19th December 2012 / Carsten / Leave a comment

	Date	2012/12/19
	Location	Böblingen / Germany
	Object	Horsehead Nebula (B33)
	Camera	Atik383L+
	Guiding	yes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
	Telescope	8
	Barlow lens	none
	Mount	EQ6 Syntrek
	Cooling	-15°C
	Luminance	6x 400s, 2x 800s, bin: 1x1
	Red	4x 100s, 2x 200s, bin: 2x2
	Green	4x 100s, 2x 200s, bin: 2x2
	Blue	4x 100s, 2x 200s, bin: 2x2
	Dark	3x
	Flat	-
	Total exposure	~1h46min.

The image is also available in full resolution.

Last updated: June 4, 2019 at 11:09 am

Astrophotography - Orion Nebula (M42 & M43)

30th November 2012 / Carsten / Leave a comment

	Date	2012/11/30
	Location	Böblingen / Germany
	Object	Orion Nebula (M42 & M43)
	Camera	Atik383L+
	Guiding	yes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG
	Telescope	8
	Barlow lens	none
	Mount	EQ6 Syntrek
	Cooling	-15°C
	Luminance	4x 5s, 4x 10s, 4x 30s, 4x 60s, 4x 100s, 4x 300s, bin: 1x1
	Red	4x 3s, 4x 10s, 4x 30s, 4x 60s, 4x 100s, bin: 2x2
	Green	4x 3s, 4x 10s, 4x 30s, 4x 60s, 4x 100s, bin: 2x2
	Blue	4x 3s, 4x 10s, 4x 30s, 4x 60s, 4x 100s, bin: 2x2
	Dark	4x
	Flat	-
	Total exposure	~1h15min.

The image is also full in full resolution.

Last updated: June 4, 2019 at 11:11 am

Jupiter and some of his moons

18th November 2012 / Carsten / Leave a comment

Tonight I imaged Jupiter and some of his moons - a relatively bright spot in the sky - with my DMK31AU03.AS "The Image Source" camera. This was the first time I saw Jupiter through a telescope. Fantastic! First I could not believe that the other bright spots around are some of his moons! Unfortunately I too excited to note down the camera setting this time... 🙂

One of the images below has been taken without a barlow lens and one with a 2x Powermate TeleVue barlow lens. For stacking the images I used the Registax tool.

Last updated: December 20, 2015 at 17:42 pm