Astrophotography

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From a young age, I have been fascinated by the night sky. I feel a special, almost tangible connection with God as I stand down here looking up at His creation. Using a telescope and camera, I'm able to appreciate the vastness of this creation even more. The deeper we look, the more we see.

One would think that only huge telescopes at mountaintop observatories would be able to capture stunning images, but this is not the case. My main telescope is a mere 80mm round -- not much bigger than a telephoto camera lens!

Most of the image descriptions come from Wikipedia.

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Nebulae

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Galaxies

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Star Clusters

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Messier Catalog

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Recognized and Published Images

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Other

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Processing Example

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B&W (H-Alpha)

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Flat Analysis

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Favorites

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Older/Retired Images

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Moon-Based Comparisons

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Equipment

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Guestbook for Astrophotography

Rick Therrien(non-registered)

Hello Barry, I am really impressed with what you have been able to do with a relatively modest scope (the 8" F4.9). I am currently imaging with a 6 RC and an 80mm APO and my camera is the QHY9 OSC. But I have not been able to achieve anything close to the quality of images you have. I'd like to move to an 8" Newt, but wondering if you think my HEQ5 Pro would properly carry an 8" F4 or F5. There is a decent F4.9 currently on Astromart that I'd like to pick up but only if I have enough mount.
The QHY9 is quite light (as light as a Canon DSLR) and I would be autoguiding with a QHY5 mounted to the 8" OTA in place of it's finder scope.
Appreciate your thoughts on the matter.
Thanks Barry

Rick Therrien

Toni(non-registered)

Those are some really good shots

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