Astro-images - This page is still being worked on
All photos by Jeffrey W. Mirick
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Specs for images taken with a camera and lens: Camera: Panasonic lumix DC-S5 Full Frame Camera - 26MB Lens: 70-200 mm, F2.8 lens Temperature: Room temperature Star Tracking: The camera was mounted on the Sky-Watcher Star Adventure to track the stars across the sky. Mount: The Sky Watcher (and camera) was mounted on a camera mount capable of holding the weight of the Star tracker, camera, and lens. Stacked images: 80 to 120 images were stacked to reduce the noise using PixInsight. |
Specs for taking images using a telescope: Telescope: Orion 190 mm (7.5 inches) F5.6 Maksutov-Newtonian (Mak-Newt) Astrogrraph Telescope Mount: Orion Atlas II, EQ-G Computerized Goto Mount Camera: Orion cooled CMOS 26 MB G26 camera Temperature: Camera was cooled to 0 C Filter: SkyGlow Broadband Filter - Light pollution filter |
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Galaxies
This is a composite image of a lunar eclipse and the Andromeda galaxy.
Both were taken with a 200 mm focal length camera lens.
This image illustrates the relatively sizes between the two objects in the night sky.
| Object | M51a, Whirlpool Galaxy |
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| Constellation | Canes Venatici |
| Distance | 31 Million Light Years |
| Magnitude | 8.4 |
| Comments | A 600 mm focal length camera lens was used to capture this image. |
| Exposure | 51 subs at 20 seconds |
| Object | M65, M66, NGC 3628, Leo Triplet |
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| Date | April 2021 |
| Constellation | Leo |
| Distance | 35 Million Light Years |
| Magnitude | 9.3, 8.9, 9.5 |
| Comments | Gain: 8000 |
| Exposure | 190 subs at 20 seconds |
The Andromeda Galaxy, M31
| Camera | Telescope |
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Leo Galaxy Cluster of 3 |
The Leo Galaxies |
M31, Andromeda Galaxy |
M81 and M82: Camera, 200 mm lens |
M81 and M82: Telescope |
M51, Whirlpool Galaxy |
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Cluster of galaxies in Leo - M99 and M100 |