This page holds examples of astrophotography done by current or former members of BRAS They are listed alphabetically by photographer. Image format and size is listed, as well as information on where and how these images were taken, and comments from the photographer, when available.
Thumbnails in JPEG format have been compressed in DPI and file size much more than the original images. In plain english, that means the thumbnails may not look as good as the original image.
Was taken by Chris Carlton at his dark site near Centreville, MS using a William Optics Redcat 51, a Canon Ra camera, and a SkyWatcher Pro tracking mount. 17 min. of 30 sec. exposures.
Includes Jupiter with Europa plus Europa shadow and Io. At this time Jupiter is as close as it's been in about 50 years. Taken in my driveway in Baton Rouge. Equipment: Meade 10" Reflector on Motorized German Equatorial Mount. Camera: 3Com Homeconnect USB Webcam at 640x480 through Orion 2X barlow. Video: 400 frames of captured AVI at 2 fps X 5 one for each frame of the movie. Processing Software: Registax, VirtualDub and Photoscape.
Jupiter Europa Shadow Transit Image
September 21, 2010
JPEG image 10KB.
Includes Jupiter with Europa plus Europa shadow and Io. At this time Jupiter is as close as it's been in about 50 years. Taken in my driveway in Baton Rouge. Equipment: Meade 10" Reflector on Motorized German Equatorial Mount. Camera: 3Com Homeconnect USB Webcam at 640x480 through Orion 2X barlow. Processing Software: Registax, VirtualDub and Photoscape.
Jupiter Europa Shadow Transit Enlarged
September 21, 2010
JPEG image 72KB.
Includes Jupiter with Europa plus Europa shadow and Io. At this time Jupiter is as close as it's been in about 50 years. Taken in my driveway in Baton Rouge. Equipment: Meade 10" Reflector on Motorized German Equatorial Mount. Camera: 3Com Homeconnect USB Webcam at 640x480 through Orion 2X barlow. Processing Software: Registax, VirtualDub and Photoscape.
Jupiter Great Red Spot Movie
September 23, 2010
AVI movie 1.76MB.
Includes Jupiter with Europa (farther out) and Io (closer in). Taken in my driveway in Baton Rouge. Equipment: Meade 10" Reflector on Motorized German Equatorial Mount. Camera: 3Com Homeconnect USB Webcam at 640x480 through Orion 2X barlow. Video: 400 frames of captured AVI at 2 fps X 6 one for each frame of the movie. Processing Software: Registax, VirtualDub and Photoscape.
Jupiter Great Red Spot Image
September 23, 2010
JPEG image 11KB.
Includes Jupiter with Europa (farther out) and Io (closer in). Taken in my driveway in Baton Rouge. Equipment: Meade 10" Reflector on Motorized German Equatorial Mount. Camera: 3Com Homeconnect USB Webcam at 640x480 through Orion 2X barlow. Processing Software: Registax, VirtualDub and Photoscape.
I took that Orion shot on Feb. 7th, 2008 using my Canon G5 Digital. It was an 8 second exposure, at f/2.2 on a tripod of course, out in my front yard. Very clear night.
The Moon
February 18, 2008
JPEG image 79KB.
Taken using a Canon Digital G5 Powershot. Shutter at 1/250 & 1/500 f/3.2, out in my front yard tonight.
The Moon
February 18, 2008
JPEG image 78KB.
Taken using a Canon Digital G5 Powershot. Shutter at 1/250 & 1/500 f/3.2, out in my front yard tonight.
The Moon
February 18, 2008
JPEG image 245KB.
Taken using a Canon Digital G5 Powershot. Shutter at 1/250 & 1/500 f/3.2, out in my front yard tonight.
The Moon
February 18, 2008
JPEG image 249KB.
Taken using a Canon Digital G5 Powershot. Shutter at 1/250 & 1/500 f/3.2, out in my front yard tonight.
The Moon
February 18, 2008
JPEG image 258KB.
Taken using a Canon Digital G5 Powershot. Shutter at 1/250 & 1/500 f/3.2, out in my front yard tonight.
The Moon
February 18, 2008
JPEG image 604KB.
Taken using a Canon Digital G5 Powershot. Shutter at 1/250 & 1/500 f/3.2, out in my front yard tonight.
This was my first attempt at doing any photography with my telescope. Took last night from my driveway. I used my son's Canon 40D connected to my C8. Not as much detail as I would like but for a first time photo. I had several exposures and took the better exposure for the moons and pasted them in the correct spot with the planet. There was a lot of “heat monkeys” so the the air was not real stable. Sharpened it with software some and adjusted contrast. My C8 is an older model and it's on a Byers work gear drive.
Andromeda Galaxy
September 6, 2011
JPEG image 48KB.
This photo of M31 - Andromeda was taken on the GRAS-003 telescope at Mayhill, NM. This is a 150MM Takahasi - TAO with SBIG color imager - Exposure 10 minutes, no correction. Time was 11:03 UTC.
Ring Nebula
September 7, 2011
JPEG image 104KB.
This photo of M57- Ring Nebula was taken on the GRAS-003 telescope at Mayhill, NM. This is a 150MM Takahasi - TAO with SBIG color imager - Exposure 10 minutes no correction. Time was 04:10 UTC .
Orion Nebula
September 11, 2011
JPEG image 3.57MB.
Here is a photo I took at home in my backyard the morning of Sept 11th, 2011 at 4:45am. Celestron C8 with Direct Mounted Canon 40D at 10 seconds.
Jupiter
October 2, 2011
JPEG image 56KB.
Telescope = Celestron C8. Camera = Canon 40D. Planet is stacked 5 - 1/16s Exposures at ISO200. Moons are from stacked 5 - 10s Exposures at ISO 1600. Images were combined with software. Used Nebulosity for stacking frames. Moons from left to right are Calypso, Gannymede, Europa and Io.
Moon
October 3, 2011
JPEG image 632KB.
Celestron C8. Canon 40d. ISO 200 @ 1/80s.
Jupiter
November 12, 2011
JPEG image 20KB.
Taken with a Philips SPC900NC Webcam through a 2X Barlow using my Celestron C8 in my backyard. Image was 710 frames stacked in Registax 6 software. Photo taken at
10:00 pm. (Not best focus/clarity but will work on it.)
Taken with an OM 1 camera, 105mm lens, f 3.4, on Fuji Super 800 film. Exposure time was 20 minutes, with the camera guided piggyback on telescope. Photographed at the BRAS observing site in Clinton, LA. This was everyone's favorite. Was very pleased to have M34 below the comet, and was able to identify the specific stars in that group when I looked in Burnham's!
Comet Hale-Bopp C/1995 O1
April 7, 1997
JPEG image 131KB.
Taken with an OM 1 camera, 105mm lens, f 3.4, on Fuji Super 800 film. Exposure time was 5 minutes, with the camera guided piggyback on telescope. Photographed at the BRAS observing site in Clinton, LA. I think of this one as my "Observer with Comet" shot - note the front of the telescope. So there are several "depths" from the observer, then the trees at left, the plane crossing at lower right, then the comet, finally the rest of the heavens! Glad I could squeeze in the Pleiades also.
Taken with an Apogee AP-7 camera on a Meade 12" LX200 telescope remotely controlled from inside the house. Image is a composite of 20 separate images, each a 10 second exposure.
Galaxy M33
January 21, 2001
JPEG image 62KB.
Taken with an Apogee AP-7 camera on a Meade 12" LX200 telescope remotely controlled from inside the house. Image is a composite of 5 separate images, each a 1 minute exposure.
Nebula M1
January 24, 2001
JPEG image 45KB.
Taken with an Apogee AP-7 camera on a Meade 12" LX200 telescope remotely controlled from inside the house. Image is a composite of 3 separate images, each a 1 minute exposure.
Galaxy M74
January 24, 2001
JPEG image 43KB.
Taken with an Apogee AP-7 camera on a Meade 12" LX200 telescope remotely controlled from inside the house. Image is a composite of 10 separate images, each a 30 second exposure.
Globular Cluster M13
May 13, 2001
JPEG image 34KB.
Taken with an Apogee AP-7 camera on a Meade 12" LX200 telescope remotely controlled from inside the house. Image is a 1 minute exposure.
Galaxy NGC 4565
May 13, 2001
JPEG image 51KB.
Taken with an Apogee AP-7 camera on a Meade 12" LX200 telescope remotely controlled from inside the house. Image is a composite of 5 separate images, each a 1 minute exposure.
Sombrero Galaxy
May 13, 2001
JPEG image 36KB.
Taken with an Apogee AP-7 camera on a Meade 12" LX200 telescope remotely controlled from inside the house. Image is a composite of 5 separate images, each a 1 minute exposure.
Comet Ikeya-Zhang
March 13, 2002
JPEG image. 11KB.
The images are two versions of the same image but processed to show different perspectives. The base image is a combination of 50 ten second exposures with my 12 inch LX-200 and AP-7 at the Blackberry Observatory (in our backyard).
Comet Ikeya-Zhang
March 13, 2002
JPEG image. 27KB.
The images are two versions of the same image but processed to show different perspectives. The base image is a combination of 50 ten second exposures with my 12 inch LX-200 and AP-7 at the Blackberry Observatory (in our backyard).
Canon T2i at Prime Focus on 2800mm f/10 SCT with 6.3 focal reducer (1764mm). 1 frame only ISO100 exposure 1:125 sec.
Green Flash Sunset
October 5, 2012
JPEG Image. 1.34MB.
Taken in Destin, FL. Camera on tripod - Canon T2i (550D), 1 frame 250mm f/5.6 1:500 second ISO 800.
Best frame out of 20+ captured with “sports burst.” No color enhancement via processing - processed in Photoshop CS6 for cropping, resizing and conversion from Canon RAW (.CR2) to JPEG. Image was featured in both Astronomy Magazine and Sky and Telescope Magazine digital newsletters. Voted a Favorite Image and Image of the Day by Astrobin.com.
Blue Snowball Nebula (NGC 7662)
December 29, 2011
JPEG Image. 1.75MB.
Eyepiece Projection: 20mm EP in CPC1100 SCT (f/10 – 2800mm). Canon T2i ISO 1600 20secs - 1 frame only.
Daylight Moon
July 24, 2010
BMP Image. 590KB.
Handheld Canon T2i 18-55mm Zoom at 55mm – camera set to full automatic.
New Year’s Moon
January 1, 2012
JPEG Image. 4MB.
(1) single frame taken at prime focus (2800mm) f/10 with Canon T2i ISO 400 1:125 sec.
New Year’s Moon
January 1, 2012
JPEG Image. 3.62MB.
(1) single frame taken at prime focus (2800mm) f/10 with Canon T2i ISO 400 1:125 sec.
Jupiter
November 30, 2012
JPEG Image. 34.7KB.
Orion Star Shoot Solar System Color Imager IV webcam. Best 50% of approx. 1250 frames. Stacked with AVIstack2 – Wavelets sharpening in Registax6 – final touchup in Photoshop CS6.
M65 & M66 in Leo
April 3, 2013
BMP Image. 1.99MB.
Stacked 14 out of 20 light frames with 14 Darks, 14 Flats, 14 Dark-flats- and 14 Bias. Canon T2i at Prime Focus of CPC1100 with focal reducer (f/6.3 - 1764mm) ISO800 90secs per exposure. CPC1100 set up on equatorial wedge for polar alignment.
The Trapezium
January 24, 2011
BMP Image. 1.99MB.
A focal shot of view with 17mm eyepiece in 11” SCT f/10 2800mm (165X) star diagonal installed. Canon T2i with 18-55mm Zoom set to approx. 25mm f/5.6 - 1 frame – ISO 400 - 10 secs.
Wide Field Orion
December 28, 2011
JPEG Image. 6.58MB.
Wide field image in moderate-heavy light pollution near Denham Springs, LA. “Piggyback” photo with Canon T2i – 55-250mm IS Zoom (at approx. 150mm) mounted on CPC1100 in Alt-Az mode.
Piggyback M31
Autumn, 2012
PNG Image. 51.6KB.
Best 4 frames out of 10 at 55mm f/5.6 Canon T2i ISO 800 - 45 seconds. Piggybacked on CPC1100 in Alt-Az mode. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker – post processing in Photoshop CS6.
Galaxy NGC 2903
October 28, 2013
JPEG Image. 1.25MB.
(8) 5 minute frames at ISO 800. f/6.3 - Processed with Pixinsight.
Saturn Movie
July 3, 2011
AVI Movie. 607MB.
Video of Saturn with Orion Star Shoot webcam.
Moon Terminator
2011
JPEG Image. 7.95MB.
Quarter Moon near terminator. Canon T2i. Prime focus. Celestron CPC1100. Single frame. 1/125 second. ISO 100. Reprocessed with Pixinsight.
Moon
2014
JPEG Image. 235KB.
Camera: CanonT2i. Capture Software: Backyard EOS in Planetary mode. Best 100 frames out of 2000 @6400ISO 25FPS. Stacking: Autostakkert2. Processing: Pixinsight using Restoration Filter, Curves Trasformation, Color Saturation.
Galaxy M65
no date given
JPEG Image. 216KB.
An older Photoshop file I have reprocessed using Pixinsight.
Galaxy NGC 2905 Redux
no date given
JPEG Image. 2.25MB.
An older Photoshop file I have reprocessed using Pixinsight.
Saturn
May 25, 2014
JPEG Image. 55KB.
Shot with a CPC1100 (2800mm) @f/10 Canon T2i DSLR using BackyardEOS Premium 3.03 in Planetary Mode. ISO6400, shutter speed 1-8sec, Frame rate of video capture was 26.7 FPS. Best 650 of 1000 frames staked with Autostakkert2. Stacked image processed with Pixinsight.
First Quarter Moon
July 5, 2014
PNG Image. 391KB.
Celestron CPC1100 with 0.63 focal reducer. Canon T2i DSLR using BackYardEOS to capture 800 frame AVI. Best 400 frames stacked using Autostakkert2. Post Processing with Pixinsight.
First Quarter Moon
July 5, 2014
PNG Image. 2.71MB.
Celestron CPC1100 with 0.63 focal reducer. Canon T2i DSLR using BackYardEOS to capture 800 frame AVI. Best 400 frames stacked using Autostakkert2. Post Processing with Pixinsight.
Orion Nebula (M42)
JPG Image. 7.66MB.
Composite image processed in Pixinsight. 16 frames@ 300 seconds, 10 frames@ 120 seconds, 10 frames @ 20 seconds. Celestron 800 EdgeHD with Starizona .75 focal reducer. Canon 60Da DSLR. BackyardEOS capture. Location: Tucson, AZ. Data by Ray Morris. Processing by Chris Desselles.
M33
PNG Image. 5.85MB.
CPC1100 @F/6.3 (1764mm) Canon T2i @ ISO 800, 36 lights @300 seconds, 24 Darks, 60 Bias - Processing with PixInsight.
“Blue Moon”
JPG Image. 247KB.
Actual photo was a single frame taken in 2014. The image you see was heavily saturated and blue shifted to produce the “faux Blue Moon” as a bit of a joke on Facebook. Even though I confessed to the “photoshopping” a number of people still thought it was real! When I explained what I did, a few even got mad at me.
The Sword and Belt of Orion
JPG Image. 110KB.
Piggyback shot with Canon T2i DSLR – original data from late 2014 (just got around to processing it). 24 frames @ 90s with equal Darks and Bias (no flats).
Taken on 27 January 2004 from Professor Franks's front yard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Shot at prime focus with a conventional Ricoh 35 mm camera using as its lens a six-inch (diameter) Celestron refractor telescope on a computer-driven German equatorial mount. Focal length 1,200 mm (47.24 inches); effective focal ratio f/7.87. Exposure on Agfa ISO 800 film for 10 minutes, using an LPR (light pollution reduction) filter.
Mare Humorum
April 1, 2004
JPEG Image. 96KB.
This picture is of Mare Humorum, a region of the Moon containing craters 3.3 billion years old. Photo consists of one thousand pictures taken digitally with a modified Philips Toucam webcam used as a CCD (charge-coupled device), using as its lens a six-inch (diameter) Celestron refractor telescope.
Taken with a 10" f/6 focal ratio Newtonian Reflector, using a CCD video camera, Snappy video frame grabber, and Sky Pro software for image manipulation.
Copernicus Crater
GIF image 251KB.
Taken with a 10" f/6 focal ratio Newtonian Reflector, using a CCD video camera, Snappy video frame grabber, and Sky Pro software for image manipulation.
Eratosthenes Crater
GIF image 222KB
Taken with a 10" f/6 focal ratio Newtonian Reflector, using a CCD video camera, Snappy video frame grabber, and Sky Pro software for image manipulation.
Hadley's Rilles
GIF image 306KB.
Taken with a 10" f/6 focal ratio Newtonian Reflector, using a CCD video camera, Snappy video frame grabber, and Sky Pro software for image manipulation.
Humboldt Crater
GIF image 217KB.
Taken with a 10" f/6 focal ratio Newtonian Reflector, using a CCD video camera, Snappy video frame grabber, and Sky Pro software for image manipulation.
Langrenus Crater
GIF image 283KB.
Taken with a 10" f/6 focal ratio Newtonian Reflector, using a CCD video camera, Snappy video frame grabber, and Sky Pro software for image manipulation.
Mount Pico
GIF image 170KB.
Taken with a 10" f/6 focal ratio Newtonian Reflector, using a CCD video camera, Snappy video frame grabber, and Sky Pro software for image manipulation.
Petavius Crater
GIF image 301KB.
Taken with a 10" f/6 focal ratio Newtonian Reflector, using a CCD video camera, Snappy video frame grabber, and Sky Pro software for image manipulation.
Plato Crater
GIF image 254KB.
Taken with a 10" f/6 focal ratio Newtonian Reflector, using a CCD video camera, Snappy video frame grabber, and Sky Pro software for image manipulation.
Stadius Crater
GIF image 202KB.
Taken with a 10" f/6 focal ratio Newtonian Reflector, using a CCD video camera, Snappy video frame grabber, and Sky Pro software for image manipulation.
Tycho Crater
GIF image 264KB.
Taken with a 10" f/6 focal ratio Newtonian Reflector, using a CCD video camera, Snappy video frame grabber, and Sky Pro software for image manipulation.
Mars
February, 1997
GIF image 25.7KB
Taken with a 10" f/6 focal ratio Newtonian Reflector, using a CCD video camera, Snappy video frame grabber, and Sky Pro software for image manipulation.
Andromeda Galaxy Core - M31
No date given
JPG image 212KB
C5 at f3.3 0n modified Celestron Byers mount with Meade DSI Pro2. 30 sec exposures X 10. Taken off my balcony while watching the Saints on TV. No guiding.
Orion Nebula - M42
No date given
JPG image 240KB
Taken with Takahashi FS 102 with f/6 reducer on Losmandy G11 Gemini mount with modded Cannon XSi. 10 X 3min exposures without guiding. Processed with Deep Sky Stacker and Deep Sky Imaging.
International Space Station
June 25, 2010
JPG image 10.2KB
Taken with C8 at f11 with Malincam Color Hyper plus recording to an Arcos 605. The C8 was mounted on a Vixen GP mount with Meade LXD 75 electronics on a homemade pier. The scope was hand guided with a 3 foot piece of aluminum tubing duct taped on the side of the tube for more leverage and visually guided through a Telrad.
Jupiter, Io, & Ganymede
No date given
JPG image 212KB
10" f/6 Newt with 5X powermate to a Toucam. Approx. 1000 frames stacked and processed in Registax.
Mars
No date given
JPG image 25.8KB
10" f/6 Newt with 5X powermate to a Toucam. Approx. 1000 frames stacked and processed in Registax. Note the dust storm in Valley Marinaris.
Closeup of the Sun
No date given
JPG image 57.2KB
PST with 2X Barlow to Toucam. Processed in Registax.
Saturn
No date given
JPG image 36.2KB
10" f/6 Newt with 5X powermate to a Toucam. Approx. 1000 frames stacked and processed in Registax.
Scope Addiction
No date given
JPG image 182KB
Charles with a “few” of his scopes.
Comet Hale Bopp
April 6, 1997
JPG image 570KB
Taken with 80mm f6 semi apo refractor and Nikon FE with ASA 400 film. About 20 min exposure.
Comet Hyakutake
March 25, 1996
JPG image 29.1KB
Taken with 80mm f6 semi apo refractor and Nikon FE with ASA 400 film. About 20 min exposure.
Double cluster in Perseus
No date given
JPG image 476KB
Same 80 mm f6 refractor on ASA 800 film. about 30 minutes.
M8
No date given
BMP image 928KB
C5 at f3.3 to Meade DSI Pro 2 RGB each color about 30 sec X 10.
M13
No date given
JPG image 135KB
C5 f/6.3 Meade DSI Pro 2. 30 sec X 20.
M42
No date given
JPG image 144KB
C5 at f3.3 to Meade DSI Pro2 RGB. each 30 sec X10.
M57
No date given
JPG image 21.9KB
C5 at f/6.3 to Meade DSI Pro2. RGB each 30 sec X20.
M41
No date given
JPG image 140KB
Takahashi FS 102 at f/6 to modded Canon XSi. 3 min X10.
Mars
January 27, 2010
JPG image 21.3KB
10" f/6 Newt with 5X Powermate to IS DBK21 AU04. 1000 images processed with Registax.
Mars
January 28, 2010
JPG image 20.8KB
10" f/6 Newt with 5X Powermate to IS DBK21 AU04. 1000 images processed with Registax.
Saturn
March 31, 2010
JPG image 49.8KB
10" f/6 Newt with 5X Powermate to IS DBK21 AU04. 1000 images processed with Registax.
Saturn Occulted by the Moon
April 18, 1997
JPG image 9.37KB
10" f/6 Newt recorded to videotape with Murnahan camera. Frame grabbed with Snappy.
Impact scars on Jupiter from Comet Shoemaker/Levy 9
August, 1994
JPG image 12.6KB
10" f/6 Newt with 3X barlow to Murnahan camera. Recorded on videotape and grabbed with Snappy.
It was taken using a Canon AE-1 with a 50mm f1.4 lens piggy-backed on a Meade 2080B (8" Schmidt-Cassegrain). The exposure time was 1 minute on Kodak 400 Royal-Gold color film. I took the picture from dark skies in Mississippi where the tail could be seen with the naked eye. This was my second attempt at piggy-back photography. With the comet I took about 20 pictures ranging from 5 secs to 3 minutes. I was really surprised at the quality I got with not much effort. I have yet to see much better in the astro magazines. I guess we can call it beginners luck. The bright object near the tail is Arcturus.
Comet Hale-Bopp C/1995 O1
April 2, 1997
JPEG image 81.9KB
Taken using the same setup as above, a Canon AE-1 with a 50mm f1.4 lens piggy-backed on a Meade 2080B. The exposure time was 1 minute on Kodak 400 Royal-Gold color film. Photographed from the BRAS observing site at the Idlewild Research Center, Clinton, Louisiana. The black lines running through the image are power lines in the field of view.
Lunar Eclipse
January 20, 2000
JPEG image 18KB
Taken using a 35mm SLR camera at prime focus through a a Meade 2080B SCT.
Lunar Eclipse
January 20, 2000
JPEG image 12KB
Taken using a 35mm SLR camera at prime focus through a a Meade 2080B SCT.
Lunar Eclipse
January 20, 2000
JPEG image 18KB
Taken using a 35mm SLR camera at prime focus through a a Meade 2080B SCT.
Lunar Eclipse
January 20, 2000
JPEG image 18KB
Taken using a 35mm SLR camera at prime focus through a a Meade 2080B SCT.
These are 3 pics I took around 09:50 on the 29th. I have an 80mm refractor and of course a solar filter. I took my dig cam and just held it up to the lens and snapped about a dozen pics and these 3 showed the sun. I bought a device from Orion that holds the cam but I have never been able to get it to line up to see anything soe I just held it up there and shot away. My first astro pics. I was happy!
Sunspots
October 29, 2003
JPEG image 14KB
These are 3 pics I took around 09:50 on the 29th. I have an 80mm refractor and of course a solar filter. I took my dig cam and just held it up to the lens and snapped about a dozen pics and these 3 showed the sun. I bought a device from Orion that holds the cam but I have never been able to get it to line up to see anything soe I just held it up there and shot away. My first astro pics. I was happy!
Sunspots
October 29, 2003
JPEG image 17KB
These are 3 pics I took around 09:50 on the 29th. I have an 80mm refractor and of course a solar filter. I took my dig cam and just held it up to the lens and snapped about a dozen pics and these 3 showed the sun. I bought a device from Orion that holds the cam but I have never been able to get it to line up to see anything so I just held it up there and shot away. My first astro pics. I was happy!
Sunspots
January 16, 2005
JPEG image 254KB
Took the picture with an 80mm refractor at 36x using a handheld digital camera.
Imaging scope: Celestron 6" Newtonian. Camera: Canon T1i. Mount: Celestron AVX mount. Camera was connected to the telescope with a T Ring.
Horsehead Nebula
December 9, 2015
JPEG image 339KB
Imaging scope: Celestron 6" Newtonian. Camera: Canon T1i. Mount: Celestron AVX mount. Camera was connected to the telescope with a T Ring.
M33
December 18, 2015
JPEG image 1.52MB
Imaging scope: Celestron 6" Newtonian. Mount: AVX mount. Camera: Canon T1i. This is a stack of 23 frames at 180 sec per frame unguided for a total exposure time of 1 hour and 9 mins, 25 dark frames, 30 flat frames, 25 bias frames.
M52 - The Bubble Nebula
January 10, 2016
JPEG image 2.27MB
10 frames @ 4:00 exposure on each frame. 20 Dark Frames, 25 Flat frames and 50 Bias Frames. All subs were taken unguided. Imaging scope is a Celestron 6" Newtonian on an AVX mount. Camera used was the Canon T1i. Subs were taken using the Astronomik CLS light pollution filter.
M1 - The Crab Nebula
JPEG image 2.43MB
14 x 180s subs, 25 dark frames, 31 flat frames, 50 bias frames. Telescope: Celestron C6N. Camera: T1i with Astronomik CLS filter. Mount: AVX mount unguided.
Galaxies M81 and M82
April, 2016
JPEG image 3.73MB
15 light frames @ 4 mins each. 15 dark frames. 50 flat frames & 70 bias frames. Stacked in DSS and processed in PixInsight.
Jupiter
May 21, 2016
JPEG image 21.5KB
Recorded 1:40 secs of video using a ZWO ASI120MC planetary camera, software used to capture the video is Sharpcap, Then processed the video in Registax 6.
Mars
2016
JPEG image 12.3KB
Recorded 1000 frames of video using a ZWO ASI120MC as my camera and Sharpcap as my video software. Stacked and processed in Registax using the Wavelets tools and adjusted the Histogram.
Saturn
2016
JPEG image 21.4KB
Recorded 1000 frames of video using a ZWO ASI120MC as my camera and Sharpcap as my video software. Stacked and processed in Registax using the Wavelets tools and adjusted the Histogram.
M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy
November 25, 2016
JPEG image 192KB
17 4 min exposures, stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and processed in PixInsight. Used phd2 as my guiding software and the ZWO ASI120MC as my guide camera and Orion 50mm mini guidescope. Images were captured with the Canon Rebel T1i and I used the Astronomik CLS light pollution filter.
M42 - The Orion Nebula
JPEG image 136KB
Camera: Canon T1i. Telescope: Celestron 6 in Newtonian. Mount: Celestron AVX. Guiding software: phd2 guiding. Took 11 - 300 sec exposures, 6 - 300 sec dark frames, 40 flat frames and 50 bias frames. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and processed with PixInsight.
Leo Triplet
March 3, 2017
JPEG image 320KB
28 x 4 min light frames,15 x 4 min dark frames, no flat frames and no bias frames: All images were stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, then processed with PixInsight. Camera - Canon T1i, Telescope - Celestron 6 in Newtonian on an AVX mount guided with phd2 software.
M16
2017
JPEG image 876KB
Camera: Canon T1i, Imaging scope: Celestron 6" Newtonian, Guide Scope: Orion 50mm guide scope, Guide camera: ZWO ASI120MC. Images and calibration frames: 16 240sec light frames, 25 240 sec dark frames, 40 flat frames and 100 bias frames Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and processed in PixInsight. Images were shot from my driveway.
M8 - Lagoon Nebula
2017
JPEG image 452KB
Imaging scope: Celestron 6" Newtonian. Camera: Canon T1i, Orion 50mm guide scope, ASI120MC guide camera, phd2 as my guiding software. 9 x 240 sec light frames, 30 x 240 sec dark frames, 40 flat frames, 200 bias frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and processed in PixInsight.
M15
2017
JPEG image 1.72MB
39 - 4 min light frames, 20 - 4 min dark frames, 41 flat frames, 200 bias frames. Imaging Scope is Celestron 6" Newtonian. Camera is Canon T1i. Guide Scope is Orion 50mm autoguider. Auto Guider is ZWO ASI120MC. Guiding software used is phd2. Shot was taken from my driveway.
M52 & the Bubble Nebula
2018
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11 - 4 min light frame subs for a total of 44 mins exposure time. 8 - 4 min dark frames taken right after the light frames. 40 flat frames - I used an LED flat panel laid on top of a white t-shirt to give an flat illuminated surface. 100 bias frames.
Horsehead Nebula
2018
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14 - 300 sec Light Frames. 8 - 300 sec Dark Frames. 40 - Flat frames. 200 - Bias Frames. Taken with a canon T1i through a 6" Newtonian scope. This is a reprocess and crop of the entire image which also shows the Flame.
Taken near totality with an 8" f/10 focal ratio Meade LX-50 SCT, using an f/6.3 focal reducer, K-1000 Pentax 35mm camera at prime focus, and Fuji 400 Superia print film. Exposure time was approximately 8 seconds, and the image was cropped and manipulated for contrast with Adobe Photo Deluxe and Paint Shop Pro software.
Taken through my 100mm Orion desktop scope with my Canon Rebel T3 with T-ring and adapter. Camera Settings was 100 ISO and speed was 1/125.
Moon
January 9, 2014
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Taken through my 100mm Orion desktop scope with my Canon Rebel T3 with T-ring and adapter. Camera Settings was 200 ISO and speed was 1/125.
Venus
November 29, 2013
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You see Venus hanging low on the horizon on the left side of the pic and just to the right of it you can see a very faint streak. This is the Hubble Space Telescope which flew by on November 29, 2013 at a .8 magnitude. The camera I used was my Canon Rebel T3 with ISO set at 400, F5, and exposure setting set at 15 seconds.
International Space Station
December 10, 2013
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The streak you see between the two trees is of the International Space Station flying over at a -1.6 on December 10, 2013, coming out of the west at 6:09 pm. I used my Canon Rebel T3 settings 400 ISO, f5 and 15 second exposure.
This picture shows a polar ice cap. No other information given.
Solar Eclipse
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ISO 200 f11-1. No other information given.
Solar Eclipse
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ISO 200 f11-1. No other information given.
Crescent Moon
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Nearly Full Moon
August 8, 1984
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OA/1, 28mm Lens, 28mm Eyepiece, 1/1000 f11. No other information given.
Full Moon
August 10, 1984
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ISA/16, 28mm Lens, 28mm Eyepiece, 1/1000 f8. No other information given.
Jupiter
August 27, 1984
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10 inch f5.6 Dobson, 8mm RKE (178x), 50mm f1.8 Lens, ASA 400 film, 1/15 second exposure.
Sunspots
February 2, 1990
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10 inch Dobson at 45x, 32mm eyepiece, 50mm Lens, Wratten ND 4.00 filter, Ektar 25 film, 1/125 second exposure at f19.
Lunar Eclipse
February 20, 2000
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Multiple exposure of the Moon in totality from 10:06 PM to 11:20 PM CST. 6 second exposure every 6 minutes with a Nikon FM2, 115mm f3.5 lens on AGFA Optima ISO 400 film. Taken in Baton Rouge.
Sunspots
October 28, 2003
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Taken with ISO 200 film, exposure time of 1/125 second, with a Thousand Oaks type 2+ filter, on a Meade ETX 125EC telescope.
Lunar Eclipse
November 8, 2003
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Multiple exposure of the November 8th, 2003 Lunar Eclipse from 7:00 PM to 7:48 PM CST. 3 second exposure every 4 minutes with a Nikon FM2 at 150mm on AGFA Optima ISO 400 film. Shutter open on "13" with "Black Hat" over lens. First two and last two Moon images not in totality.
Taken with a Sony a7iii in Baton Rouge, LA. This is a stack of 19 2 second frames at ISO 1250, at F/5.6, and 300mm Focal Length cropped. The brightest star to the left of the comet is Mag +5.81
Comet Comet 19P/Borrelly
February 5, 2022
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Taken with a Sony a7iii at 300mmm cropped 30x45s F/5.6 ISO 640 in Baton Rouge, LA. The comet was currently shinning at Mag +9.2 in the constellation Pisces♓.
North American Nebula in Ha
March 12, 2022
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Taken with a Sony a7iii at 270mm cropped. Using a Ha 12nm CCD Clip Filter. Tracked with a Star Adventurer, and guided with a ZWO ASI224MC. ISO 800, F/5, 182s x 10, 10 Darks, 15 Flats, 10 Bias frames. Taken in Baton Rouge, LA
California Nebula
March 20, 2022
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I photographed this nebula with 2 different filters, one was an Ha filter, and the other was a CLS filter. The Ha gave me the detail, and the CLS gave the color for the sky and stars. Taken in Baton Rouge, LA. Taken with a Sony a7iii at 300mm cropped, SkyWatcher Star Adventurer, ZWOASI224MC for guiding, Ha 12nm CCD Clip Filter, CLS Clip Filter.
Rosette Nebula
April 7, 2022
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I actually took a picture of a beautiful rose in space. This nebula is over twice the size of the full moon in the sky, and is located just to the left of Orion’s left shoulder in the constellation Monoceros. Taken from my backyard in Baton Rouge, LA. Photographed using a Sony a7iii at 300mm cropped in HaRGB. 1 hour of Ha data and 32 minutes of RGB data.
Flame and Horsehead Nebula in HaRGB
April 1, 2022
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Located in Orion’s Belt this was around 90 minutes of exposure time. Shot with a Sony a7iii at 300mm cropped in HaRGB. Taken in Bortle class 8 sky in Baton Rouge, LA.
Lagoon and Trifid Nebula
September 14, 2022
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I spent around 3 hours of imaging time for this photograph. 2 hours of RGB, and 1 hour of Ha data. Taken with a Sony a7iii attached to a SkyWatcher 60ED Refractor mounted on a SkyWatcher Star Adventurer.
Taken in Wesson, Mississippi. The film used was Fuji 800 Super G Plus with an exposure time of 5 minutes at f/4.5. A 400 mm telephoto lens was used with my Pentax ME Super SLR camera piggybacked to my 8" Meade LX-50 SCT. This was the first time I had seen Hale Bopp in dark skies away from Baton Rouge. It was spectacular! Image reprocessed November, 2003.
Comet Hale-Bopp C/1995 O1
April 6, 1997
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Here's a photo taken in Clinton, LA. at our BRAS Hale-Bopp Comet viewing session. This was taken with Fuji 800 Super G Plus film through a 50mm camera at f/2 for 4 minutes piggyback to my 8" Meade LX-50. Ion tail is visible at 1 o'clock with dust tail visible at 2 o'clock. M-45 (The Pleiades) is visible in the left upper corner of the picture. Wish the power lines weren't in the way but otherwise, I am pleased with it. There is a light streak in the background which is either an airplane or might even be a meteor. We did see several meteors that night.
Mars
September 25, 2003
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Photo taken on 9/25/03 at 10:30 pm with my new 10" LX200 SCT and an Olympus 2100 Digital camera hooked to 12mm Nagler at almost full zoom. Photo taken at f3.2 at 1/30th second exposure. 50 frames stacked in Registax v2.
Sunspots
October 28, 2003
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Photo group taken on 10/28/03 at 3:00 pm through 10" LX200GPS at f/6.3 with a Olympus 2100 Ultra Zoom Digital Camera afocal on a 40mm MaxView Eyepiece.
Jupiter
November 16, 2003
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Jupiter image taken on 11/16/03 from Baton Rouge with ToUcam Pro II Web camera (unmodified) attached to my 10" LX200GPS f/10 with 2x barlow. Image taken with setup at f20. 2489 frames stacked and processed in Registax v2.1.13.
Saturn
December 30, 2003
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Saturn image taken on 12/30/03 from Baton Rouge on 10" LX200GPS with 2x barlow and ToUcam Pro II web camera. 1600 images stacked and processed in Registax.
Texas Star Party Composite
May, 2004
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Skies Over Texas Star Party - Images taken with 10" LX200 and SBIG ST-7ME CCD camera.
Lunar Eclipse
October 27, 2004
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Taken with 10" LX200 and digital camera.
Full Moon
December 26, 2004
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Taken with 10" LX200 and digital camera.
M45, The Pleiades
March 10, 2005
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Taken with Canon 10D and Tak Sky 90 - 20x3 min. Images processed in Images Plus.
Jupiter
March 27, 2005
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Taken with 10" LX200 f/20 and ToUcam Web camera.
Sun with large sunspot
September 16, 2005
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Taken with Canon 10D through 10" LX200 at f/6.3.
M42, M43, and The Running Man Nebula
October 10, 2005
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Taken with a Tak Sky 90 f/4.4 and Canon 10D Digital Camera, 60x1min images, processed in Images Plus and ACDSee.
Mars
October 16, 2005
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Taken with 10" LX200 f/40 and ToUcam.
M31, The Andromeda Galaxy
October 28, 2005
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Imaged with Tak 90 Refractor at f/4.4 and Canon 10D, 24x5min Images Processed in Images Plus.
Galaxy M33
October 28, 2005
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Imaged with Tak 90 Refractor at f/4.4 and Canon 10D, 12x5min Images Processed in Images Plus.
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Steven M. Tilley
