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Saturn33 viewsMy first attempt with my new ToUcam Pro II, 2,005 Frame AVI, Stacked in Registax total of 1,995 Frames used, tweaked in CS2. No colour tho and I cannot figure out why?02/17/10 at 08:39rwilkinson: Well done Dave - that's the first Saturn image...
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Charles Messier26 views02/09/10 at 06:56rwilkinson: Ironically, M. Messier was in fact looking for com...
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M42 41 viewsModified by Ross Wilkinson using 29 frames at ISO 40002/09/10 at 06:52rwilkinson: I took just Carl's 29x30-sec sub-frames (no da...
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Observing from the kitchen37 viewsControlling the telescope mount with ASCOM, the focus with a JMI MotoFocus, and captuing the images from the Toucam with Vega.
You can see an image of Mars on the screen, as well as the "virtual hand-control" for the telescope mount. The focus control is the black handset to the left of the PC.
01/31/10 at 09:15rwilkinson: Another advantage of controlling the telescope fro...
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Saturn27 viewsA 2 minute video in light polluted Bolton, taken with a Philips TouCam through a Celestron 11" SCT, processed and stacked in IRIS01/28/10 at 06:55rwilkinson: When did you take this one Keith? Around 2005 I re...
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M3125 viewsA selection of the best 25 X 30 second exposures using a Canon 400D camera and an 11" Celestron SCT processed in Iris01/28/10 at 06:52rwilkinson: Keith, surely this was taken through .a camera len...
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Pleiedes30 viewsI took single exposure of the Pleiedes using Sony DSLR A350. It was 34 Second Exposure using 800 ISO. This was mounted directly onto my EQ5 Mount. 11/15/09 at 15:31rwilkinson: It looks like you're using a 135mm lens...
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Pleiades39 viewsI took single exposure of the Pleiedes using Sony DSLR A350. It was 35 Second Exposure using 800 ISO. This was mounted directly onto my EQ5 Mount. 11/15/09 at 15:28rwilkinson: Not a bad first attempt Carl, but it's not cri...
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Solar transit37 viewsThis phenomenon takes place only twice every 182 years, and for once there wasn't a cloud in the sky!
This image shows "second contact", and the so-called "black-drop effect"
11/02/09 at 11:19rwilkinson: A filter made of Baader's Astro-Solar film was...
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Scorpius52 views11/02/09 at 10:54rwilkinson: Scorpius and Galactic centre from COAA in July 199...
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Nanebula26 views11/02/09 at 10:52rwilkinson: The "North American" Nebula. Taken with ...
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Coat-Hanger24 views11/02/09 at 10:51rwilkinson: The "coat-hanger" and Milky Way in from ...
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