Comet Hartley 2010; The final animation.

Ever seen a comet flying? This is Comet Hartley, visible to the naked eye, late 2010. The animation consists of 30 frames with an exposure time of 5 minutes each and shows the movement of the comet in a time span of 2 and a half hours!

Messier 31; My Nemesis :-)

This is our closest galaxy neigbour; Messier 31. So it should be an easy object. But I find it so hard to get a decent result. There has to be something wrong here :-). This image from 2010, consists of 20 frames of 5 minutes each (Canon 400D - ISO800). I used the 8" newton Skywatcher to catch the light. If anyone has any tips, please let me know :-).

Orion nebula and the trapeziumstars

After restoring my Celestron C8, it was time to try some deepsky. The C8 is equiped with an ETX70 frome Meade, as guiding scope. The combination is placed on an EQ6 Syntrek mount. This image consists of 7 frames with an exposure time of 5 minutes each, at ISO1600 (Canon 400D - Baader mod.). The image is processed in PhotoShop. I used 5 layers to achieve the high dynamic range. Although some collimation on the telescope has to be done, the scope passed the first test.