The filter wheel in my STL camera has suddenly decided to position the lum filter at random. Never exactly the same spot but never too far off. Result is a...

this is 4 x 30 minutes of CS 3nm Halpha on the FLI Dream Machine used on the Stinger 450 at f/7.1 seeing was poor again tonight, but better than the night...

just a short exposure from Sat night before the clouds shut me down then there's the = Red, Ha = Green = Blue shot too, showing that I can separate those...

ever get this error from registax? I am stacking a bunch of images I took with my Canon SI S2 of Saturn. After Optimizing and stacking this error comes up. I...

Greetings all. I've been in-between shooting planets for quite a few months now, and I've been thinking about getting one of the Coronado H-Alpha or...

I just purchased an 8" LX200GPS. I have a DSIC and DSIC2 cameras and want to use one for guiding. What is a good scope to use for guiding without spending a...

Here's my first attempt at imaging M33. I used the ST2000XM with my Takahashi TSA102/G-11. The image is a stack of 10 lum shots @ 120s ea. unguided. Final...

there was a Dream Machine up on Astromart two weeks ago and I bought it. Yesterday it arrived and I was fortunate enough to have clear skies for the testing....

The seagull's head. Seems to have both reflective and emission characteristics. Needed a lot more time but with clouds I needed three nights just to get...

Try again, its Monday... Here's the Sun as usual, with some nice spots and a large prominence, would have been even better but it's really windy. White...

80mm f/6 achromat 6"SN Orion SkyGlow 350D ISO1600 ~40min with the 6".

I have been waiting for a shot at this nice spiral for a long time. It is in the sky when I have the worst conditions and it is a bit low too. Tonight, the...

Another required object for a newbie to this digital stuff is the Horsehead. Last night it was clear though seeing wasn't all that good. I started a...

Taken using a Hutech modified Canon 350D (400ASA) and TeleVue NP-101. Exposure was 20 minutes 21 Nov 2006 from a location near Blue Knob state park PA.

First image from a dark sky sight since I learned how to self guide with my new (used) ST8-XE. it is 6x600sec Luminance 2x600 Red 2x600sec Green 3x600sec Blue...

A 15 minute exposure with an SBIG STL-1301E thru an OGS 20-in F/8.1 RC Cass. The seeing was pretty poor. The field of view is about 12x14 arc minutes with...

the Custom Scientific 3nm FWHM filters were confirmed tonight to split the very close emission lines of the doublet at 658.4 nm and the Halpha line at 656.4...

ok, now I am "balanced" 17 hours each Ha and . I know I should go for 20 hours each.... anyway here it is in all its...

Tak TSA102/G-11 ST2000XM Man, I love this camera. Its a big jump from the Meade DSI. I know I need more exposure, but I'm a learnin. Scott