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!
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 | Date | 2012/10/17 |
 | Location | Böblingen / Germany |
 | Object | M33 (Triangulum Galaxy) |
 | Camera | Atik383L+ |
 | Guiding | yes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG |
 | Telescope | 8" GSO Newtonian |
 | Barlow lens | none |
 | Mount | EQ6Syntrek |
 | Cooling | -10°C |
 | Luminance | 5x, 300s, bin: 1x1 |
 | Red | 5x, 100s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Green | 5x, 100s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Blue | 5x, 100s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Dark | 5x |
 | Flat | none |
 | Total exposure | ~50min. |
Clear skies!
Last updated: June 21, 2022 at 23:17 pm
The image is also available in full resolution.
| Date | 2016/03/09 |
| Location | Böblingen / Germany |
| Object | Messier 44 (Star cluster) |
| Camera | Atik383L+ |
| Guiding | yes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG |
| Telescope | 8" GSO Newtonian |
| Barlow lens | none |
| Mount | EQ6Syntrek |
| Cooling | -15°C |
| Luminance | 6x 300s, bin: 1x1 |
| Red | 3x 100s, bin: 2x2 |
| Green | 3x, 100s, bin: 2x2 |
| Blue | 3x, 100s, bin: 2x2 |
| Dark | 4x |
| Flat | - |
| Total exposure | ~45min. |
Clear skies!
Last updated: June 21, 2022 at 23:21 pm
The image is also available in full resolution.
| Date | 2012/10/12 |
| Location | Böblingen / Germany |
| Object | Pleiades (M45) |
| Camera | Atik383L+ |
| Guiding | yes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG |
| Telescope | 8" GSO Newtonian |
| Barlow lens | none |
| Mount | EQ6Syntrek |
| Cooling | -15°C |
| Luminance | 6x, 300s, bin: 1x1 |
| Red | 3x, 100s, bin: 2x2 |
| Green | 3x, 100s, bin: 2x2 |
| Blue | 3x, 100s, bin: 2x2 |
| Dark | 4x |
| Flat | - |
| Total exposure | ~45m |
Clear skies!
Last updated: June 21, 2022 at 23:27 pm
| Date | 2012/09/13 |
| Location | Böblingen / Germany |
| Object | M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) |
| Camera | Atik383L+ |
| Guiding | yes, DMK31AU03.AS via OAG |
| Telescope | 8" GSO Newtonian |
| Barlow lens | none |
| Mount | EQ6Syntrek |
| Cooling | -10°C |
| Luminance | 5x, 300s, bin: 2x2 |
| Red | 3x, 300s, bin: 2x2 |
| Green | 3x, 300s, bin: 2x2 |
| Blue | 3x, 300s, bin: 2x2 |
| Dark | 4x |
| Flat | none |
| Total exposure | ~1h10min. |
Clear skies!
Last updated: June 22, 2022 at 8:34 am
