Very nice David! Can't wait to see what you get after some tweaking. Howard --- On Wed, 3/23/11, david@rankinstudio.com <david@rankinstudio.com> wrote:
From: david@rankinstudio.com <david@rankinstudio.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] First CCD Images To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 11:42 AM I picked up this little DMK21 Monochrome CCD for planetary work. It can shoot at 640X480 at up to 60 minutes - but is made mainly for planetary work to function as a CCD webcam. I shot a few galaxies last night waiting for Saturn to rise. I didn't expect much from such a small sensor, but it framed them quite nicely and surprised me with the amount of detail it captured. I couldn't get it in focus with the filter wheel on and no barlow, so they are all monochrome.
Cigar:
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4161
M51:
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4163
Bodes:
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4159
I need to get the right adapter to achieve focus with the color wheel. I will probably give these another shot sometime shooting with the color filters.
Cheers
David
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