Messier 51. the whirlpool galaxy

April 23, 2008 at 08:35:50 AM
This is a quick atempt at this interesting object. I was visited with clouds and was not able to get many shots.

M3 Globular cluster in Canes Venatici

April 18, 2008 at 12:03:43 AM

Lost in post

March 30, 2008 at 12:49:28 AM
The package from Ian King imaging finally rrived after some "lost in post" action. No credits given to businesspost or UPS for the handling of this shipment!

Stacking magic

March 25, 2008 at 08:17:09 AM
The process combining a lot of similar images into one (aka stacking) can have dramatic effects.

The "Leo triplet"

March 9, 2008 at 10:55:08 PM
I took this image with my Helios startravel 80. The chromatic abberation is quite visible in the center star. I'm looking forward to recieving my Megrez 90. The image focus has also some room for improvement...

Wide field with Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM.

February 29, 2008 at 08:17:24 AM
A collegue of mine was kind enough to borrow me a macro lens that he is get ting rid of. It's hi.h quality optics (£1000++) and I was curious on how it would perform on my HEQ5 Pro mount.

Double cluster

February 25, 2008 at 10:17:41 PM
The double cluster captured with my Helios Startravel-80 Acromatic Refractor on a HEQ5 Pro mount. 10 x 30 seconds averaged togheter. Unguided.

Tycho and friends

January 23, 2008 at 10:23:54 PM
Tycho is a prominent lunar impact crater located in the southern lunar highlands, named after Tycho Brahe. To the south is Street crater; to the east Pictet, and to the north-northeast is Sasserides crater

Moon 17.01.2008

January 19, 2008 at 10:56:11 AM
The moon was high and there was hazy clouds covering the sky. There wasn't really any use in trying to photograph anything else.

Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) Redone

January 15, 2008 at 08:57:03 PM
After learning more in photshop and how to process images with the curve tool, I've managed to squeeze more detail out of the images as you can see here in this comparison.... I am sure I have more to learn, but It's quite fun to see the details pop out at you when you work with the images.