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The sun march 11th 2015

Posted by Haavard_K on March 11, 2015
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This is the sun today – another cloudless day. Best 300 of 1000 frames stacked in Registax. Captured using my Lunt LS35THa solar telescope and the IS DMK51AU02.AS CCD camera.

TheSun_20150311_Processed

Date: 11.03.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Optics: Lunt LS35THa, 400mm f11,4
Camera: IS DMK51AU02.AS
Exposure: 300 frames for bouth surface and prominences
Postprocessing: Registax 6, Photoshop CS5

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90% waning moon on march 8th 2015

Posted by Haavard_K on March 9, 2015
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After photographing deep sky objects all winter, I spent this weekend photographing solar system object. The targets was the Sun, Jupiter and the moon. After a cloudy afternoon, the sky cleared a couple of hours before the moon rises above my horizon. I started imaging Jupiter in RGB (the result will be posted as soon as I´ve processed it). A few hours later the moon was within reach of my telescope. Here is the result:

moon3_Processed_web

Date: 09.03.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Camera: Imaging Source DMK51AU02.AS CCD
Optics: Takahashi FSQ106-EDX III 530mm f5.0
Exposure: Video, best 250 frames of 1000
Post processing: Registax 6, PhotoShop CS5

The Sun March 6th 2015

Posted by Haavard_K on March 6, 2015
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First light for my new Imaging Source DMK51AU02.AS. I purchased this camera to be able to image the whole solar- and lunar disc in one image. This is an upgrade from my Imaging Source DMK21AU618.AS which has a smaller sensor.
The sun is captured using IC Capture. 1000 frames for surface details and 1000 frames for prominences. 200-300 best frames was stacked and processed in Registax 6 and Photoshop CS 5.

Sun_150306_Processed

Date: 06.03.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Optics: Lunt LS35THa, 400mm f11,4
Camera: IS DMK51AU02.AS
Exposure: 200-300 frames for bouth surface and prominences
Postprocessing: Registax 6, Photoshop CS5

NGC 2237 / Caldwell 49 – The Rosette Nebula

Posted by Haavard_K on January 30, 2015
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I have started to work on the Rosette Nebula. Due to the 45% illuminated waxing moon, I started with h-alpha. I managed to get 10 good exposures on the night of january 26th. I will continue to collect more h-alpha, and when the conditions are good enough RGB image data.

This is the result so far:

Astrophotography of the rosette nebula NGC2237 Caldwell 49 in hydrogen alpha ( h-alpha Ha)

Object: NGC2037 / Caldwell 49 The Rosette Nebula
Date: 26.01.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Camera: SBIG-STT-8300 MONO CCD
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX III 530mm f/5.0
Exposure: Ha 10x1200sec
Filter: Astrodon Hydrogen Alpha 5nm
Calibration: Darks, Bias
Guiding: MaxIm DL, SBIG Selfguiding FW
Post processing: MaxIm DL, Photoshop CS5

C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy comet

Posted by Haavard_K on January 25, 2015
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First light for my new telescope – The Takahashi FSQ 106-EDX III astrograph.

Not an ideal night for astrophotography, but I managed to get a few decent exposures of the comet between the clouds. Hopefully I´ll have another go at this comet before it disappears from my skies…

Lovejoy-LRGB_Sigma_Linear_PS

Object: C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy
Date: 24.01.2015
Time: 23:00
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Camera: SBIG-STT-8300 MONO CCD
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX III 530mm f/5.0
Exposure: LRGB (L=7x300sec RGB=7x180sec 2x2bin)
Filter: LRGB
Calibration: Darks, Bias
Guiding: MaxIm DL, SBIG Selfguiding FW
Post processing: MaxIm DL, Photoshop CS5
Notes: New edit in PS. Also calibrated with bias and darks

NGC7635, The bubble Nebula

Posted by Haavard_K on December 14, 2014
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After a few nights without clouds, but with rather poor conditions for astrophotography, I´ve managed to create this image of the Bubble Nebula. This is a HaRGB: 6x1200sec Ha + 8x300sec RGB. I tried to make a better image after a third night of exposures, but I was most happy with this image. I have 15 unused LRGB exposures for another edit.

NGC7635-HaRGB_web

Date: 13.12.2014 (Ha from 12.10.14)
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Camera: SBIG STT-8300 Mono CCD
Optics: Celestron SCT 8″ 1260mm f6,3
Exposure: Ha (6×20 min 2x2binned), RGB (8×5 min 3x3binned)
Guiding: MaximDL, SBIG Selfguiding FW
Post processing: MaximDL, Photoshop CS5
Comments: Processed using only images from two nights. Another 17 images in LRGB is available for another edit.

 

 

NGC7635 The bubble nebula – a work in progress.

Posted by Haavard_K on October 13, 2014
Posted in: Astrophotography, Nebula. Tagged: Astronomy, Atrophotography, Bubble Nebula, Nebula, NGC7635, Work in progress. Leave a comment

This is a work in progress. I managed to collect 6 x 20min successful H-alpha exposures last night. The rest of a total of 15 exposures were out of focus.
This object will be revisited soon to collect more light – including color-information.

NGC7635

Date: 12.10.2014
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Camera: SBIG STT-8300 Mono CCD
Optics: Celestron SCT 8″
1260mm f6,3
Exposure: Ha (6×20 min 2x2binned)
Guiding: MaximDL, SBIG Selfguiding FW
Post processing: MaximDL, Photoshop CS5
Comments: Work in progress. 84% illuminated moon.

NGC7023 – The Iris Nebula

Posted by Haavard_K on September 15, 2014
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First photo-session this season! Finally the nights are getting dark enough for astrophotography again. Having a clear night this weekend, and the Iris Nebula right overhead, I gave it a go.
A 70% illuminated moon added quite a bit light to my suburban skies.

NGC7023-LRGB_web_cred

Welcome to my new home!

Posted by Haavard_K on January 28, 2014
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After having my previous webpage for a little more than a year, I decided to move the whole thing to another server, and upgrade bouth the looks, and the “nuts & bolts” of the page.
Since most of my followers don’t speek norwegian, I have changed from being an all norwegian site, to write in engslish!
I hope you all enjoy my new site, and are looking forward to see your comments on my work! 🙂

M42 – “Orion Nebula”

Posted by Haavard_K on January 28, 2014
Posted in: Astrophotography, Nebula. Tagged: M42, Nebula, Orion. 1 Comment

M42 Orion ebula

This is the first LRGB image I’ve taken with my new camera – the SBIG STT-8300 monochrome CCD.

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