Coronado SolarMax II 60 Telescope Sun Photo

Why didn't the sun go to college?
(Because it already had a thousand degrees!)

First attempt of Sun photo using Coronado SolarMax II 60 Telescope

Coronado SolarMax II 60 Sun Photo NexImage

Coronado SolarMax Photo

Coronado SolarMax II 60 telescope; NexImage: about 1min and 600 frames; Registax; Photoshop: Filter-Sharpen-SmartSharpen and Color; 6/15/2013

Coronado SolarMax

Coronado SolarMax

Coronado SolarMax II 60 Telescope

Coronado SolarMax II 60 Telescope

Coronado SolarMax II 60

Coronado SolarMax II 60

 Celestron 4SE and piggy back Coronado SolarMax II 60 Telescope

Celestron 4SE and piggyback Coronado Solarmax 60

Piggy-Back for Celestron 4SE allows easy to use GOTO for Coronado SolarMax II 60!

Coronado Solarmax 60 piggy-back

Celestron 4SE, Solarmax 60

Piggy-back Coronado 60 Celestron 4SE

Piggy-Back Mount for Celestron NexStar 4 (Item# BRKTPIG4)

Northern Lights Aurora Borealis

The Northern Lights  (the Aurora Borealis), Canon 40D, Ultra Wide Angle Canon Lens EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, Tripode, Canon Remote shooting, 15 Sec, ISO 1600,f/2.8 Akureyri, Iceland

The Northern Lights  (the Aurora Borealis), Canon 40D, Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, Astrophotography

The Northern Lights  (the Aurora Borealis), Canon 40D, Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, Astrophotography

The Northern Lights  (the Aurora Borealis), Canon 40D, Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, Astrophotography

The Northern Lights  (the Aurora Borealis), Canon 40D, Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, Astrophotography

The Northern Lights  (the Aurora Borealis), Canon 40D, Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, Astrophotography

Astrophotography - The Northern Lights  (the Aurora Borealis), Canon 40D, Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

The Northern Lights  (the Aurora Borealis), Canon 40D, Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

The Northern Lights  (the Aurora Borealis), Canon 40D, Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

The Northern Lights  (the Aurora Borealis), Canon 40D, Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

Astrophotography The Northern Lights  (the Aurora Borealis), Canon 40D, Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

The Northern Lights  (the Aurora Borealis), Canon 40D, Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

The Northern Lights  (the Aurora Borealis), Canon 40D, Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

Northern Lights - Akureyri Iceland - Canon 40D, Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

Star Trail Astrophotography Canon 40D and Canon 60Da

Eppur si muove (And yet it moves).

Galileo Galilei

Star trails - Astrophotography. The north celestial pole is at the center of all the star trails. Polaris is the bright star near the pole. New York state Catskill mountains.

6 images - 10 min each, Fixed Tripod , ISO 1600 F3.5, Canon 40D, Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM. All of these short exposures together in StarStax. 

Star Trails Canon 40D. 6 images 10 min each, Stack in StarStax. Photohop: Levels, Curve, Shadow Filter Color, Un-sharp mask, Despeckle

Color Star Trails, Canon 40D, Total Time about 1 hour, Stack in StarStax

Canon 60Da, Canon Lens EF 16 35mm f2.8L II U, Fixed Tripod, Dew Heater, 39 images - Exposure time 2 min , ISO 400, Aperture F4.0. Post-processing: StarStax and Photoshop.

Star Trail Astrophotography Canon 60Da - Catskills

Celestron Stereo Binocular Viewer # 93691

I just received the Celestron Stereo Binocular Viewer 93691. These are photo of scope with the Binoviewer.

Celestron 4SE and Binoviewer

Celestron Stereo Binocular Viewer  93691 and 4SE

Celestron 4SE and Celestron Stereo Binocular Viewer  93691

I like this toy. Also, more easy for kids now see through Binoviewer. Really like 3-D or IMAX scope :)

Mars map - Celestron 4SE Mars image

I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.
--Elon Musk

Mars map celestron 4 se photo

Using TheSkyX First software founded computer simulation of Mars image at the moment of photo.

TheSkyX First Light Edition Mars Simulation

After that founded Mars Picture in Google Map

Google Map

And using Mars Map from website planetologia.elte.hu

finally can able to show Mars Terra's on the my image.


Planum Boreum - Latin: "the northern plain".

The Acidalia Planitia is named after a corresponding albedo feature on a map by Giovanni Schiaparelli, which was in turn named after the mythological fountain of Acidalia. It has been hypothesized by J.E.Brandenburg that a large natural nuclear reactor in the northern Mare Acidalium underwent catastrophic meltdown.

Tempe Terra is a heavily cratered highland region, contains a large number of small shield volcanoes and other volcanic structures. The name comes from the Vale of Tempe, a valley located south of Mount Olympus and celebrated by the ancient Greeks for its beauty.

Xanthe Terra means "golden-yellow land."

The Valles Marineris rift system is one of the larger canyons of the Solar System.

Noachis Terra - Latin: "Land of Noah"

Terra Meridiani - "Meridian Land". Astronomers had chosen a particular point on Mars as being the location of its prime meridian. Sometimes is using other name "Sinus Meridiani", literally "Meridian Bay".

Arabia Terra was named in 1979 after a corresponding albedo feature on a map by Giovanni Schiaparelli, who named it in turn after the Arabian peninsula.

Mars Through Telescope Celestron Nexstar 4SE

Mars through telescope Celestron NexStar 4SE - comparison normal and zoom images

Mars Celestron 4SE Telescope Backyard Astrophotography

Mars Celestron NexStar 4SE (102mm) NexImage, 2-x Barlow

 

Mars Celestron NexStar 4SE (102mm) NexImage, 2-x Barlow

Video duration 4 min 00 sec (240sec), Frame Rate 10 frames/second, 2400 frames. 

Registax v6.1: 
Drizzling Optimization, Wavelet - Default Initial Layer 1, RGB shift, Resize Image 200%

Photoshop: 

Filter Unsharp Mask in Photoshop allows see more clear details which exist but still not so good visible after Registax (especially it is important for such small telescope as Celestron 4SE). But if Unsharp is too aggressive some artifact appears. So, first I decreased a little bit brightness to make possibility use aggressive Unsharp Mask. After that used Unsharp Mask which was still have some small artifacts. And smooth these artifacts with filter Noise Median radius 3. Finally I added a little bit magenta.

April 2, 2012 9:47pm

Summer Milky Way

Summer Milky Way Cygnus constellation
Simple tripod photo - Canon 40D ISO 1200

Summer Milky Way Cygnus constellation
Simple tripod photo - Canon 40D ISO 1200

Celestron NexStar 4SE and constellations

Celestron NexStar 4SE and Ursa Major constellation

Celestron NexStar 4SE and Cassiopeia constellation

These are Canon 40D photos (30 seconds each, ISO 200, Full Moon)

Bahtinov Focus Mask - astrophotography Celestron 4SE

The Bahtinov mask is a device used to accurately focus astronomical telescopes. The Bahtinov mask consists of three separate grids, positioned in such a way that the grids produce three angled diffraction spikes at the focal plane of the instrument for each bright image element (star). Bahtinov Focus Mask, Celestron NexStar 4SE

Bahtinov Focus Mask, Celestron NexStar 4SE, Canon 40D, Spica Out of focus - the central spike is noticeably displaced from the

Bright star near perfect focus using Bahtinov Mask. Optimum focus is achieved when the middle spike is centered on the star and symmetrically positioned between the other two spikes. Small deviations from optimal focus are easily visible. Bahtinov mask, Celestron NexStar 4SE, Canon 40D

Saturn NexStar 4SE RegiStax 6 NexImage Bahtinov mask and Vibration Suppression Pads

Saturn April 21, 2011. Weather was not good - it was windy and partially cloudy. To suppress vibration I used Celestron Vibration Suppression Pads. To made better focus - used  Bahtinov focus mask.

Saturn, Celestron NexStar 4SE, NexImage, Vibration Suppression Pads, Bahtinov mask, Astrophotography

Video duration 4 min 00 sec (240sec), Frame Rate 10 frames/second, 2400 frames.

Registax v6 - Align 3x3 area, 10  align points, Drizzling Optimization, Wavelet - Gaussian Initial Layer 3 Used Linked Wavelets with  1 and 2 layers, RGB shift

Photoshop - Crop, Luminosity Layer, Saturation,  Contrast, Unsharp Mask, save for Web device jpg

Saturn, Celestron NexStar 4SE, NexImage, Astrophotography

Video duration 4 min 30 sec (270sec), Frame Rate 10 frames/second, 2700 frames.

Registax v6 - Align 3x3 area, 11  align points, Drizzling Optimization, Wavelet - Gaussian Initial Layer 3 Used Linked Wavelets with  1 and 2 layers, RGB shift

Photoshop - Crop, Curves, Contrast, Unsharp Mask, Despeckle, save for Web device jpg 

Bahtinov mask, Celestron 4SE, Brooklyn Astrophotography

Celestron Vibration Suppression Pads

Comparison UV/Infrared Cutoff filter vs. without filter - Celestron 4SE NexStar NexImage

Just bought UV/Infrared Cutoff filter and tried to test it.

Saturn photos with UV/Infrared Cutoff Filter and without filter, Celestron 4SE, NexImage

Upper photo - with UV/Infrared Cutoff Filter
Bottom photo - without filter

RegiStax 6 vs. 5 comparison - Jupiter Celestron 4SE

Here is an example of the difference between Registax v5 and v6 for Jupiter (Jupiter with Ganymede Moon and Ganymede Shadow Transit, September 18, 2010 - Celestron 4SE)

Registax v6 - Wavelet - Gaussian Initial Layer 3 Used Linked Wavelets with denoise 1 and 2 layers, RGB shift

Registax 6, Celestron 4SE, Jupiter

Registax 5, Celestron 4SE, Jupiter

Some clouds are more visible in Registax v6, the shadow and Ganymede moon looks better. So my opinion Registax 6 gives better result with Used Linked Wavelets.