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Green Flash Sequence from Marathon Key15 viewsWe watch for it 6 times and saw it 3 times.
Canon Rebel XTi 55-200mm zoom with polarizers
(the polarizers were not needed I just didn't bother to take it off.
Set at 200mm f/5.6, iso200, 1/640 sec.
The "green flash" occurs because the atmosphere strongly refracts lights of objects low on the horizon, just like a prism. With red on the bottom and blue on the top.Jun 05, 2010

Horsehead Nebula26 viewsHorsehead Nebula, IC434, NGC2023 NGC2024
2010-03-06
Middlebury, VT
Constellation - Orion

Exp 14x180sec (42min total)
ISO 1600
North - left

4.25 inch f/3.9 (422mm fl) reflector
Field of view: 1.9 x 2.9 deg.
German Equatorial Mount (Super Polaris model)

Camera - Modified Canon Rebel XT (350D)
with Orion Broadband Light Pollution Filter
with Baader Coma Corrector (MPCC)

Temp. 27 to 22 degree F
Transparency 20.10 mag/arc sec (Sky Quality Meter)
Seeing 5 (1-10)Mar 21, 2010

M81 and M8225 viewsM81 & M82
2010-03-17, 10:39PM EDT to 2010-03-18, 1:08AM EDT
Middlebury, VT
Constellation - Ursa Major
Exp 11x720sec (12min) subs (2hr 12min total)
ISO 1600
Focus was soft. The seeing was poor and the tracking was problamatic, had to use 5sec integrations and that's a little too long for my setup. All the subs had a little trailing and could not use 4 of them.
Camera - Modified Canon Rebel XT
Autoguider (Meade Pictor 201XT)Mar 21, 2010

The Leo Triplet25 viewsM65, M66, NGC3629
2010-03-16, 10:59PM EDT to
2010-03-17, 12:23AM EDT
Middlebury, VT
Constellation - Leo

Exp 11x480sec (88 min total)
ISO 1600
North - right

Camera - Modified Canon Rebel XT (350D)
with Orion Broadband Light Pollution Filter
Autoguider (Meade Pictor 201XT)

Temperature - 26 degree F
Transparency 20.80 mag/arc sec (Sky Quality Meter) (20.86 at zenith)
Seeing 7 (1-10)Mar 21, 2010

Leo 1 Dwarf Galaxy20 viewsLeo 1 is a nearby dwarf galaxy.
The bright star is Regulus
2010-03-06, 10:49 PM EST to 2010-03-07, 12:01AM EST
Middlebury, VT
Constellation - Leo
Exp 10 x 480sec (80 minutes total)
ISO 1600
North - up
Camera- Canon Rebel XTi
Transparency 20.55 mag/arc sec at target (Sky Quality Meter) (20.70 at zenith)
Autoguided (Meade Pictor 201XT)Mar 21, 2010

M33 (The Whirlpool Galaxy)35 viewsM33 (The Whirlpool Galaxy)
Middlebury, VT
Constellation - Triangulum
Combined images from 2 sessions
Exp 9x8min (2010-01-12) and 10x8min (2009-11-17) Total exp 2hr 32m
ISO 1600
North - right
10 inch f/5.6 (1407mm fl) Newtonian (Homemade with Coulter Optics)
Field of view: 0.90 x 0.60 deg.
Camera - Modified Canon Rebel XT (350D) (8 mega pixel) (modified by Hap Griffin) (sensor
with Orion Broadband Light Pollution Filter and Baader Coma Corrector (MPCC)Jan 17, 2010

Eastern Veil Neb33 views4 image mosaic
Four single 6 min exposures.
Noise Reduction - Noise Ninja
Stitching - Serif's Panorama Plus 3
Other Processing - Picture Window Pro 5.0
The Moon was rising when the bottom 2 images were taken, hence no images to stack.Nov 15, 2009

Moon_8days_old31 viewsA composite picture made from five separate shots. Oct 28, 2009

Western Veil38 views4x10min (40min total)
Modified Canon XT (stock IR filter replaced with Baader UV/IR)
iso1600Oct 18, 2009

Jupiter's Great Red Spot with moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto52 viewsIo Jupiter Europa Ganymede Callisto
2009-09-09 approx 10:30 PM EDT
Middlebury, VT
10 inch f/5.6 (1407mm fl) Newtonian
3x barlow, 16mm Konig eyepiece.
Camera Sony Cybershot DSC-W80
3x optical zoomOct 18, 2009

Jupiter, Io and Io's Shadow36 viewsStack of 900 video frames take with a Sony Cyber Shot DCS-W80.Oct 18, 2009

31 viewsFull Moon Shot on 8-5-09Sep 05, 2009

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