Last year, I travelled not far from Toronto to a Provincial Park called Forks of the Credit. It was very windy, and my guiding was horrible. In the end, I managed to only image 10 subs of M45. At the time, I did not dither, and was not using any flat frames. This year I […]
Category Archives: Stars
Solar eclipse using mobile phone
My coworker brought solar glasses today. So I did what any astrophotographer would – I took my trusty Samsung Note 5 and shot the solar eclipse through them. 10 years ago this would have been impossible, but now even a cell phone can produce simple but clear images such as this: Last Updated on October […]
M13 – The Hercules Cluster
Not very happy with the guiding during this session. The weight of the C6N along with the overweight guidescope (ST80) presented a lot of issues getting good RMS. In addition, my reflector’s focus and/or collimation was a hair off. But it is what it is 🙂 GEAR USED Celestron 6″ NewtonianAVX MountH-alpha modified D5300ST80/QHY5L-II-M IMAGE […]
Splitting double stars
I haven’t done much visual since getting my gear, but one of the few things you can do in a light polluted city, is find some double stars. One of the most prominent ones is the Albireo system – a double star designated Beta Cygni. Taken with a Celestron 6″ Newtonian, it shows a beautiful […]