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M45 The Pleiades Cluster
(Added : 5/1/2006 Hits : 920 Rating: 10 Votes: 3)
This is a single 40 minute exposure with Fujichrome 400F Provira using an Olympus OM-1.
The scope was hand guided with an Orion 910mm focal length guidescope.
Focusing was done with an STI Stiletto Ronchi focuser.
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LXD55 / LXD75 mix - stacked!
(Added : 12/7/2004 Hits : 2574 Rating: 10 Votes: 2)
LXD55 SCT Mdified with internal flock and ultra flat black
Antares 8 x 50 mm Finder scope
Meade 90 mm f/10 Maksutov with erect 6 x 25 mm finder
LXD75 Equatorial mount
Meade Giant field tripod with modified mount, x and y bubble levels
Custom machined knobs, scope mounts and ballance weights (by me.)
2 Nikon camera bodies for film work
1 SBIG ST7E ccd
1 Meade Deep Sky Imager
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Gerry's rig!
(Added : 4/4/2006 Hits : 1341 Rating: 10 Votes: 2)
This my LXD75/SN8 UHTC Hypertuned, 80mm Orion Guidescope & Meade LPI with ScopeStuff piggyback kit, Orion Starshoot imager, Dew Buster controller with custom heaters, Kedrick primary mirror heater, etc.
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Saturn 2006
(Added : 4/2/2006 Hits : 1264 Rating: 10 Votes: 2)
Taken with LXD75SN-10AT UHTC - Guided - over 4 nights, SBIG ST-402ME with color wheel and Meade LPI combining best segments (SBIG detail/LPI for some additional color.)
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My 3 Telescopes!
(Added : 6/16/2005 Hits : 1834 Rating: 10 Votes: 2)
Background: Celestron C11 SCT on Losmandy G-11 --- Piggyback on C11 is Orion 4" wide FOV Refractor. Cameras: SBIG ST-7e, Nikon D-70, Taurus Tracker film cam. Coronado 60mm HA filter for 4" scope.
Foreground: Meade LXD75-AR5.
Cameras: Meade DSI, Meade LPI, Afocal with 35mm Pentax body and Taurus Tracker 35mm body
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M31 The Great Andromeda Galaxy
(Added : 12/6/2007 Hits : 294 Rating: 10 Votes: 2)
This Galaxy is 220,000 light-years across and is located some 2.3 million light-years away. Looking similar to our Milky Way galaxy that we live in, Andromeda is of our closest neighbors and a member of the Local Group of galaxies. It is easily seen with the naked eyes from a dark site, but is breathtaking in a small telescope or binoculars, and appears larger than six times the diameter of the full Moon! The light that recorded this film image left Andromeda when the first humans called Homo Erectus evolved on earth over 2 million years ago!
This is a single 40-minute, unfiltered exposure with the Meade LXD75 8" Schmidt
Newtonian. The image was captured with an inexpensive, 26 year old Olympus
OM-1 using Fujichrome Provia 400F slide film. The scope was manually guided with
an Orion 910mm F/L guidescope.
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Globular Clusters in M31 Andromeda Galaxy
(Added : 12/6/2007 Hits : 398 Rating: 10 Votes: 2)
Like our own Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy contains many globular clusters too. This photo identifies many of the suspected globulars within M31. This is a single 40 minute exposure with the Meade LXD75 8" f/4 Schmidt Newtonian using Fujichrome 400F Provia slide film. The photo was manually guided with a 910mm Orion guidescope. CLICK IMAGE to visit main website page and see this image in huge detail.
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The Cosmic Scale
(Added : 12/6/2007 Hits : 290 Rating: 10 Votes: 2)
If you have a little trouble with angular sizes, here's a collage I created from three rolls of film I took. All the objects in this picture are scaled to the exact same size- so you can make an accurate comparison of sizes of objects in the sky - compared to the moon. All the objects where taken with the same scope, and same camera:
- Meade LXD75 8" SN
- Olympus OM-1, Fuji 400F and Kodak E200
- All exposures (except the Moon) where single 20 to 45 minute exposures.
Objects include M42/43 Orion Nebula, Double Cluster, M8 Lagoon Nebula, M17 Omega Nebula, M45 Pleiades, M20 Trifed Nebula, Crescent Nebula, M13 Globular Cluster, M57 Ring Nebula, M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, Luna, M27 Dumbell Nebula, M31 Andromeda Galaxy, M32 Galaxy near Andromeda, M101, Helix Nebula, M33 Triangulum Galaxy, Bubble Nebula, M110 Galaxy near Andromeda, M1 Crab Nebula, and Horsehead Nebula
To get a detailed 23" x 35" poster with labels, please visit my website and email me.
www.PetesAstrophotography.com
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LXD75 SC8 - Vicenç Coll (Barcelona)
(Added : 9/7/2007 Hits : 445 Rating: 10 Votes: 1)
I like to introduce my good friend LXD75 SC 8" UHTC from Barcelona (Spain). Extras like the #1209 Zero-Shift Micro Focuser and the MEADE 2" Diagonal Mirrow have been added. It's the perfect collegue to be with you in your backyard. Clear skies.
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NGC7293 Helix Nebula in Aquarius
(Added : 12/6/2007 Hits : 228 Rating: 10 Votes: 1)
This photograph was captured with the Meade LXD75 SN8 and a single unfiltered 30 minute exposure with Kodak E200 slide film. The camera was my old Olympus OM-1 SLR. The exposure was manually guided with an Orion 910mm f/l guidescope.
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NGC666 Crescent Nebula
(Added : 12/6/2007 Hits : 110 Rating: 10 Votes: 1)
Here is my shot of the very faint Crescent Nebula taken with the Meade LXD75 8" f/4 Schmidt Newtonian telescope and manually guided with an Orion 910mm f/l Guidescope. This is a 30 minute exposure on Kodak E200 slide film. the cameras was an Olympus OM-1 SLR and I used a Stiletto focuser to help achieve pinpoint focus.
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Cygnus Wide-Field
(Added : 5/3/2006 Hits : 854 Rating: 10 Votes: 1)
This wide angle image of Cygnus shows many deep sky objects from the North American Nebula to the Veil Nebula and many others. The photograph is a single 25 minute exposure with a 28mm lens with an Olympus OM-1 camera, using Fujicrome 400F Provia slide film. A minus-violet filter was used to reduce chromatic aberration. The camera was piggybacked on an LXD75 8" SN.
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Jupiter - using LPI
(Added : 8/23/2005 Hits : 1123 Rating: 10 Votes: 1)
Jupiter using Meade LPI and LXD75 SN-10AT with UTCH
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Solar_Composite in Hydrogen Alpha light
(Added : 6/20/2005 Hits : 628 Rating: 10 Votes: 1)
Our Sun taken thru an F:/6, 100mm refractor + Ha filter. 26mm Plossl and 6mm Ortho. Nikon CoolPix 5600 at 105mm telephoto equivalent. Would have used my Meade LPI, except the LCD was too weak to see in bright sunlight. Note to self: purchase a 5~6 meter USB extender cable for camera/laptop!
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M17 - Omega Nebula
(Added : 7/6/2005 Hits : 1029 Rating: 10 Votes: 1)
Meade LXD75 8" Schmidt Newtonian
45 Minute exposure, manually guided with an 80mm F/12 Refractor
Fiji-chrome 400 Provira
Olympus Om-1 with a stiletto focuser
Adobe Photoshop, Mac OSX
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Saturn-032306-6-495
(Added : 3/30/2006 Hits : 845 Rating: 10 Votes: 1)
Saturn taken on 03/23/06 with lxd 75 10" LPI and 5x powermate stacked 495 images using Meade's enviage software and edited(not Stacked) in Registax.
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