Motoki's Astrophotodiary  Part 3
Astro photographs by ST-10E

Part 1, Part 2 moved to http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis/5267/
Test shots of ST-10E

M27(Dumbell nabula): 04/05/26 0:56 (JST), 1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector
x1.6 teleconvertor/coma corrector, AO-7, CFW-8A, ST-10XE
R=3x10min(IDAS Type2), G=3x10min(SBIG), B=5x10min(IDAS Type2), -18C
L(R+G+B)RGB compositting was performed
, which brings remarkably increased S/N without luminance filtered imaging.



@NGC1499(California nebula): 04/02/15, Sky90, ST-10E, Self guided with
Ha-Clear filter mosaic, 4x20min
Ha-RGB processing@
  NGC2174 (Monkey nebula): 03/12/29, 12"F5 Newtonian reflector, ST-10XE, Ha(3nm), 4x20min
NGC6888: 03/10/17 21:13(JST), 12"F5 Newtonian reflector, ST-10XE, Ha(3nm), 4x10min
NGC7000: 03/09/30 20:59 (JST), Sky90, ST-10XE, Custom Scientific Ha(3nm); 3x10min+1x6min
R(IDAS type2); 2x2 binning 1x3 min, G(SBIG); 2x2 bininng 1x3 min, B(IDAS type2); 1x5 min
high resolution Ha , Ha-R(Maximum pixel value)GB
CCDOPS 5.25: camera control, dark subtraction, cool & warm pixel removal, fix blooming streaks
StellaImage 4: maximum pixel value processing, RGB composite


Mars_2003_14: 03/09/14  23:12 (JST), 1500mmF5, Pentax XO 5mm, ST-10E, CFW-8A
Fuji-SC60(600nm-); 12x0.12sec, G(IDAS tupe2); 4x0.2sec, B(IDAS type2); 4x0.2sec
my system for planet
my image processing of Mars
Mars_2003_13: 03/09/08  22:26 (JST), 1500mmF5, Pentax XO 5mm, ST-10E, CFW-8A
Fuji-SC60(600nm-); 7x0.12sec, G(IDAS tupe2); 4x0.2sec, B(IDAS type2); 6x0.2sec
Mars_2003_12: 03/09/04  23:05 (JST), 1500mmF5, Pentax XO 5mm, ST-10E, CFW-8A
Fuji-SC60(600nm-); 2x0.12sec, G(IDAS tupe2); 5x0.12sec, B(IDAS type2); 5x0.2sec
Mars_2003_11:03/09/02 00:46 (JST), 1500mmF5, Pentax XO 5mm, ST-10E, CFW-8A
Fuji-SC60(600nm-); 10x0.12sec, G(IDAS tupe2); 5x0.2sec, B(IDAS type2); 4x0.2sec
Mars closest to earth:03/08/27 22:52 (JST), 1500mmF5, LV2.5mm, ST-10E, CFW-8A
Fuji-SC60(600nm-); 8x0.12sec, G(IDAS tupe2); 4x0.12sec, B(IDAS type2); 4x0.2sec
Mars_2003_09: 03/08/22 0:44-56(JST), 500mmF5, LV2.5mm, ST-10E, IDAS TypeII
R: 8x0.12sec, G: 4x0.12sec, B: 4x0.2sec
Try 3D view
Mars_2003_08: 03/08/20 1:40-1:49(JST) 1500mmF5, LV2.5mm, ST-10E, IDAS TypeII
R: 3x0.12sec, G: 4x0.12sec, B: 4x0.2sec
Mars_2003_07: 03/08/16 1:58-2:11(JST) 1500mmF5, LV2.5mm, ST-10E, IDAS TypeII
R: 5x0.12sec, G: 3x0.12sec, B: 2x0.2 sec
Mars_2003_06: 03/08/03 2:27(JST), 1500mmF5, LV2.5mm, ST-10E, IDAS TypeII
image processing: by StellaImage IV, Registax and Photoshop
Mars_2003_05: 03/08/01 1:35(JST), 1500mmF5, LV2.5mm, ST-10E, IDAS TypeII
"A boy and space" painted by Yasumichi Inoue
Mars_2003_02: 03/07/17 03:50-04:02, 1500mmF5, LV2.5mm, ST-10E, IDAS TypeII
Image processing (maximum entropy)
Mars_2003_01: 03/07/11 03:48-03:55,1500mmF5, LV2.5mm, ST-10E, IDAS TypeII


C/2002 V1(NEAT): 03/02/03 1500mmF5, ST-10E, L=8x30sec, R=G=4x30sec, B=8x30sec
C/2002 V1(NEAT):03/02/02 19:11:26(JST) 1500mmF5, ST-10E, L=3x30sec, R=G=2x30sec, B=4x30sec
M1-Saturn: 03/01/04 23:03(JST)
Saturn and some bright stars were captured through the partial candle-carbon filter
Leonids 2002 in Japan: 70mmF4, ST-10E, IR cut, 60 sec exposed 9 frame composite
Image with time table(JST)
NGC7331: 02/11/11 1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector, x1.6 teleconvertor/coma corrector, AO-7
IDAS typeII, L=4x15min, R=G=1x5min, B=2x5min, -19C
M76: 02/10/10 1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector, x1.6 teleconvertor/coma corrector, AO-7
IDAS typeII, L=4x10min, R=G=2x5min, B=3x5min, -19C
NGC7331: 1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector, x1.6 teleconvertor/coma corrector, AO-7, 6x10min, -16C
M1: 1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector, x1.6 teleconvertor/coma corrector, AO-7
Deconvolved by CCDSharp (another example; M17, M57)
 Eclipse: 02/06/11 C5, Baader AstroSolar Safety Film, Celestron x 0.63 reducer
40mm eye piece, MINOLTA Dimage 1500-EX, 1/1000sec exposure
 M57:02/06/06 1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector with x1.6 teleconvertor, AO-7, ST-10E
IDAS Type2 except G(SBIG), L=4x5min, R=G=1x5min, B=2x5min, CCD Temp;-12C
 Six planets: 02/05/12 28mm, Fuji Speria zoom master 800, 20sec exposure
 M81,51: 02/04/04 1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector, ST-10E, IDAS Type2
M81: L=4x10min, R=G=1x10min, B=2x10min   M51; L=3x10min, R=G=1x10min, B=2x10min
 Comet Ikeya-Zhang-2(C/2002 C1): 02/04/04 19:13:07-19:17:15
1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector, ST-10E, L=4x30sec(2x2 binning)
 Comet Ikeya-Zhang(C/2002 C1): 02/03/30 19:12:46-19:23:11
Sky90, ST-10E, 8x30sec(2x2 binning)
 M81:02/03/19 1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector, ST-10E
IDAS Type2, L=3X10min, R=G=1x5min, B=1x10min
Subscope guiding with Sky90(f=407mm) and STV was collaborated by TAKANORI YAMAJI
M1:02/02/15 1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector with x1.6 teleconvertor, AO-7, ST-10E
IDAS Type2, L=2x10min, RG=1x5min, B=1x10min
Jupiter: 02/02/07 1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector, ST-10E, L=2x0.01sec, RG=3x0.01sec, B=4x0.015sec
Saturn eclipse: 2/01/25 1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector, ST-10E, 3x3 binning
Horse head: 02/01/19 1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector, ST-10E, Ha=4x10min, L=R=G=B=2x5min
M96: 02/01/12 1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector, ST-10E, L=3x5min, RG=1x5min, B=2x5min
IC443: 02/01/05 Sky90, ST-10E, Ha=4x10min, G=1x5min, B=1x10min (full size image)
NGC281: 01/12/17 1500mmF5 Newtonian reflector(T-914), H-alpha, 4x10min
IC434: 01/12/10 Sky90, ST-10E, H-alpha(SBIG-amateur grade), 3x10min
C/2000WM1(LINEAR):01/12/07
@Leonids radiation: 01/11/19 2:00-4:00(JST) 28mmF1.8, Superia 800, 24x5min continuous exposure
Leonids GIF movie (1.9Mb)


M8
Non-blooming Rotational Composite (NBR Composite) processing by StellaImage 3
f=1500mm(F5) Newtonian reflector, ST-10E, CFW-8A(IDAS Type II)
L=4min x 2, R=G=2min x1, B=4min x 1
ABR Composite beautifully erased blooming and the underlying star or diffraction images survived.
Please compare with soft anti blooming processed by " dust & scratch " filter of Photoshop.

Rosette nebula

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SKY90 with 0.82x flattener/reducer, CFW-8A(IDAS Type II), ST-10E, f=407mm, F4.5
L=5min x 3, R=5min x 2, G=5min x 1, B=10min x 1
NBR Composite by newly released StellaImage 3.1 and some tips
Flat field image of this system with SKY90 (20sec x 4 exposure of dim lighted inner dome wall)

Pleiades

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SKY90 with 0.82x flattener/reducer, CFW-8A(IDAS Type II), ST-10E, f=407mm, F4.5
L=2min x 2, R=2min x 1, G=2min x 1, B=3min x 1, NBR & Mosaic