M42 Test shot through a tree with Asteroid?

M15 HyperStar

Dumbell HyperStar

Blue SnowBall HyperStar

Andromeda HyperStar

M42 HyperStar first light

MSL (Curiosity) Animation

Curiosity Landing on Mars (Full HD)

The Great Orion Nebula: M42

Taken tonight using my 8" LX200 and QHY8L CCD camera.

25 Second exposure (Gain 0 Offset 145) using EZCap CCD software.

Dark Star Telescopes: 14" Dobsonian.

14" 355mm F4.5 (Limiting magnitude 16.4)
David Hinds Mirrors (re-coated Orion optics HILUX)

This scope will be my Deep Sky Object (DSO) hunter and due to its simple design should dramatically reduce setup times.

Unfortunately these scopes are no longer produced so I grabbed a second hand bargain.

Astro Engineering Deluxe locator plate mod.

 
Using my scope in Alt-Az mode required a locator plate to safely locate the bottom of the scope to the Meade field tripod whilst fumbling around in the dark.

After changing to an equatorial wedge I have been looking for a good eyepiece tray but alas could not find one, so I decided to modify the deluxe locator instead.

Just flip the locator plate over and drill 3 new 10mm holes for the bolts on the tripod, bolt it all back together and you've got a very useful eyepiece tray in equatorial mode.

Saturn

Saturn: 2003.




The image was created using a Phillips Webcam (Toucam Pro) and a 2x apocromatic barlow at prime focus.

The resulting ".avi" file was then processed using Registax.