Recent images

getting better on the software side! Telescope: Tasco 114mm x 900mm focal Date: 20Jun2019 Barlow/Reducer: 2x

eek! Not as good on the software side. and.... The atmosphere acts as a large prism, hence the red at bottom and blue at top. There's software workarounds, that I hadn't gotten into, and there's additional equipment and lenses I hadn't bought yet. Telescope: Tasco 114mm x 900mm focal Filter: ICE Lipo, Neewer Yellow Date: 23Sept2019 Barlow/Reducer: 2x

Camera: ZWO ASI294mc Telescope: svBony sv503 80mm x 540mm focal length Filter: Optolong lExtreme Gain: 150 offset: 15 binning: 1 Date: 2022-1-29 Barlow/Reducer: 0.8 Exposure: 300 seconds

Getting better at that software wrangling! Camera: ZWO ASI178mc Telescope: Tasco 114mm x 900mm focal Gain: 319 offset: 110 binning: 1 Date: 23Sep2019 Exposure: 0.028seconds

Camera: ZWO ASI178mc Telescope: Tasco 114mm x 900mm focal Filter: none Gain: 319 offset: 110 binning: 1 Date: 11Oct2020 Exposure: 0.028seconds

Camera: ZWO ASI178mc Telescope: Tasco 114mm x 900mm focal Filter: ICe Lipo Gain: 281 offset: 110 binning: 1 Date: 11Oct2020 Exposure: 0.12seconds

Got and Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector (ADC) - a rotating pair of prisms that compensates for the prism effect of the atmosphere. Getting much better image quality! Camera: ZWO ASI178mc Telescope: Tasco 114mm x 900mm focal Filter: svBony CLS Gain: 349 offset: 0 binning: 1 Date: 30Sept2021 Barlow/Reducer: 3x Exposure: 127ms ADC

Camera: ZWO ASI178mc Telescope: Tasco 114mm x 900mm focal Filter: none Gain: 510 offset: 0 binning: 1 Date: 3November2021 Barlow/Reducer: 3x ADC Exposure: 4.2ms

cellphone held up to the eyepiece 2019-06-22

cheapo camera