Earth's Moon
No explanation needed here except to say that this was done due to limited time available. I will be away from scope & camera for some time and did not want to start (and not finish) a new deep sky image before I go. It seemed a good opportunity to try out a small planetary camera on my FS 60 CB scope - which I normally use for guiding. For this particular scope, I have an extension module that inserts in the OTA, that in fact changes the scope to an f10, Tak FS 60 Q.
The image itself was a run of 500 x 36 millisecond shots - the best 90% then stacked for a single image. Although the camera is actually a colour camera for (hopefully) planetary images in the future, this image was converted to grey-scale until I am more familiar with using this combination. Perhaps not very exciting - but some might find the full resolution image of interest.
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FS60Q
Imaging cameras: QHY 5P II
Mounts: Takahashi EM 400 Temma 2M
Guiding telescopes or lenses: N/A
Guiding cameras: N/A
Focal Extender / Reducer: None
Software: SharpCap for capture & Registax for Stacking. Finished in PixInsight.
Filters: N/A
Accessories: N/A
Original Resolution: 2592 x 1944
Dates: 10th June 2019
The image itself was a run of 500 x 36 millisecond shots - the best 90% then stacked for a single image. Although the camera is actually a colour camera for (hopefully) planetary images in the future, this image was converted to grey-scale until I am more familiar with using this combination. Perhaps not very exciting - but some might find the full resolution image of interest.
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FS60Q
Imaging cameras: QHY 5P II
Mounts: Takahashi EM 400 Temma 2M
Guiding telescopes or lenses: N/A
Guiding cameras: N/A
Focal Extender / Reducer: None
Software: SharpCap for capture & Registax for Stacking. Finished in PixInsight.
Filters: N/A
Accessories: N/A
Original Resolution: 2592 x 1944
Dates: 10th June 2019
