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GUEST DEEPSKY ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

Last updated: 24 November 2008

Some ETX users have sent me examples of their astrophotography. If you have some examples you would like included here please send me a description of how you made the astrophotos and a copy of the images as GIF or JPEG files (due to internet email gateway issues, please send only one image file per message). Send to etx@me.com. Alternatively, if you have created your own web page with your examples please let me know and I'll include a link to your site. You will also find astrophotography examples on the Helpful Information - Astrophotography page.

Submitted by: Michael Schroder (m-schr@web.de) [24 Nov 08]
if you're not fed up with me sending you picture after picture, I have again three shots from last weekend. I still keep experimenting with the ETX-90 and its abilities. That night I tried with longer exposure times in polar-alignment-mode. The first shot is M45 the Plejades (which is my favourite object since childhood), taken with my Canon EOS 450D piggybacked upon the ETX90-PE, 250mm, f/5.7, 2x5min, ISO 800. The second shot is the belt of Orion with M42, taken with my Canon EOS 450D piggybacked upon the ETX90-PE, 55mm, f/5.0, 2x5 min, ISO 800 + 2x2,5 min, ISO 400 The third shot is my ETX herself during that night. With the help from your site and you book she really turned out a beauty. She is a hack of a small-budget-telescope. I feel a little bit sad that I probably wont be able to take as many pictures with her in the near future, as I am going to get a Celestron 9.25 SC in January. I am not sure if I am allowed to send you pictures taken with the Celestron SC as long as you wont have a Mighty Celestron Site. Just kidding. Maybe I send you some shots so you can compare them to your LX200.

Submitted by: Renee Ann Wirick (reneeannwirick@yahoo.com) [28 Oct 08]
It has been a while since I have posted anything-we moved back to the US (San Antonio, TX) from England recently and just got the ETX 80 back from Meade for a flip mirror that came loose. they sent me brand new one and I am very pleased, no jitters or backlash at all this time! I did a quick session last night, here is the image I did- the light pollution here is worse than I remember. One is just stacked and the other is editied in Photoshop, about 10 -10 second stracks with the DSI. My father is law is giving me his 14" LX200 next month when we go to Arizona for Thanksgiving- how is that for something to be thankful for! What a generous gentleman he is-he just isn't able to keep up the observing these days. We have to rent a truck or van to go get it! :-) Might have to invest in a light pollution filter....

Submitted by: Steve Hollar (sjhollar@dslextreme.com) [30 Sep 08]
Here's a photo of the Wild Duck Cluster M11 I took last night. You can see that old duck can't you?

Submitted by: Steve Hollar (sjhollar@dslextreme.com) [23 Sep 08]
Here are three photos from last night. The seeing was pretty good in spite of our increasing light pollution. Very frustrating at first. I just could not achieve a polar alignment, so, went back to alt/az. Not bad when limited to fifteen seconds or less.

Submitted by: mgavin@ntlworld.com [7 Jul 08]
Hello - here's my recent batch of DSOs in 60-120s exposures ... http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/attachments/2496903-m56etxlod080702x.jpg http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/attachments/2497585-m51etxlod080702.jpg http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/attachments/2497596-m101etxlod080702.jpg http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/attachments/2497603-m81etxlod080702.jpg http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/attachments/2497611-m27etxlod080702.jpg http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/attachments/2497620-m57etxlod080702.jpg http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/attachments/2499721-7331etlo080703y.jpg http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/attachments/2501088-m22etlo080703y.jpg http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/attachments/2501110-6366etlo080703.jpg http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/attachments/2501238-pal9etlo080703x.jpg taken over a couple of evenings via my portable ETX-70 setup plus SX Lodestar laptop powered CCD as picture attached. Hope you find the shots interesting.