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Mars through my EdgeHD 11 Telescope (video)
Here is a look at the capture of some of the images I took from late 2022 around opposition of Mars which was officially Dec 2, 2022. Earth was nowhere near as close to Mars as it was in 2020,…
Jupiter: Capturing and Processing From Start to Finish (Video)
In this video I walk you through the steps I take with my equipment from capturing to processing Jupiter. See my Latest Jupiter Images video for a deeper look at the equipment used and other final results. Feel free to…
Latest Jupiter Images from my Backyard with EdgeHD 11 inch Telescope and a quick 678MC vs 224MC compare (Video)
Here is the summary video from the latest images I acquired in late 2022. Jupiter was much higher this year at near 49 degrees peak. It will be even higher in 2023. In South West PA this makes for better…
I took a picture of the M106 Galaxy with the EdgeHD 11
Equipment used Telescope: Celestron 11″ EdgeHDObservatory: NexDomeMount: iOptron Cem120PC: Canyon I7 Mini PCOag: CelestronOAG Guidecam Asi174mm miniFocuser: Rigel nStepCamera: Asi294mc ProFilter drawer: StarizonaFilter: L-Pro 2″ (mostly) Reducer: Celestron F7 Integration time: 15.45 hoursDistance: 22-25 million light years awayMagnitude: 8.4Size: 135,000…
The Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) at F7 and F2 with the EdgeHD 11″ – 2021 (video)
This is the Crescent Nebula, also known as NGC 6888. It’s is a fun and fantastic target that I worked on this year from June through early August 2021. I took 22 hours of integrations at F7 and another 8…
Lets Photograph the Moon (Video)
Back in March and the first few days of April I took a break from deep space astrophotography to take some shots of the moon. Here are those resultant images and a video summary of the tools used to make…
The Celestron OAG Revisited and More Galaxies Far Far Away (Video)
This Galaxy season I decided to try to fine tune my OAG setup. This year I would also replace the ZWO Mini filter wheel with the Starizona Filter Drawer which can handle 2″ filters. In this video I show the…
Lets Photograph and Process the Orion Nebula with the Edge 11 and Hyperstar (video)
I made a quick tutorial video on Photographing and processing the Orion Nebula (M42). I dont go into great detail on the processing steps, aside from exactly what I did to go from the beginning to the end. I used…
Photographing the Heart Nebula IC 1805 with the Hyperstar V3 and Edge11 and 1.25 vs 2″ filters (Video)
The data for this video/target goes back to November 2020. A little late but better than never. I gathered around 12.4 hours of data on the Heart Nebula. In this video/article I also outline the differences between using 1.25″ and…
The Celestron OAG with the EdgeHD 11 SCT and a few Galaxies (Videos)
Earlier in the year I began experimenting with the Celestron Off Axis Guider (OAG) and in the end the results paid off, though it took some doing. I eventually switched guide camera’s from the 290mm mini to the 174mm mini…
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