M57 Ring Nebula ASI224MC

Practising with ASI224MC camera on my TAL200K resulted in 100 frames of each 8.5s. All pictures were stacked using RegiStax and edited using CS4. I did not made any blacks which could have used to reduce some pixel errors.

Sunspots 2885-2890

As my telescoop was still standing outside I took the opportunity to take some pictures of the sun. Pictures are taken with Nikon D60, TAL200K with self-made AstroSolar Baader Sunfilm. Limited editing done using CS4.

Source SpaceWeather.Com - Note that the small sunspots left are not seen yet !!

M27 & M13 ASI224MC TAL200K

 Some more pictures taken during the night of september 10, 2016. Set up with AS-EQ6 GT mount, TAL200K and ASI224MC camera. Taking frames of multiple seconds withfull gray scale on SharpCap 2.8 software. In total 10 frames taken and stacked using RegiStax6 and DeepSkyStacker. Afterwards modification done using CS4.
Difficulty is still having too much light versus a dark background. But will find out next time.. hopefully.

M57 TAL200K ASI224MC

Also today some good weather and thus time for more experiments. Exploring the ASI224MC camera on the TAL200K was this time succesfull as I got the camera into focus.
I took M57 as the target object. Taking 10 frames each 8.5s . Frames were stacked using RegiStax6 and edited using CS4.

M27 The Dumbbell Nebula

Last night I was able to observe and take pictures of M27, known as The Dumbbell Nebula. About 1300 light-years away this planetary nebula is seen within the constellation Vulpecula. It was Charles Messier himself who discovered this nebula in 1764 and it was the first planetary nebula ever.

Of all pictures made I took three for stacking purposes, al three with different exposure time and ISO values. After stacking with DeepSkyStacker the result was edited using CS4.

Finding Uranus

You need to have some patience to find Uranus (magnitude 5.9). Below my starchart I used once the goto put the scope into postion for Uranus. The chart is an exact copy (North down, east left) when you look into the finderscope 9x50. Using the chart will guide you towards Uranus.

Uranus with Titania ans Oberon

Using my AZ-EQ6 GT I was able to locate Uranus. This is my first time ever I could observe Uranus. Low above the ESE horizon in the constellation Pisces, When enlarging the picture I got Uranus together with two moons Titania and Oberon (via Stellarium0.14.3). Both pictures are edited using CS4