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M13 Globular Cluster

Standard Philips Vesta unmodified Webcam.
Stacking of 50 x 100 images integrations with Astro-Snap. (5000 frames total).

Automatic dark subtraction.
No post processing.

406mm F/D =4.5 dobsonian on an equatorial platform.

 


M57 Planetary Nebula
in Lyrae

Standard Philips Vesta unmodified Webcam. 100 integrations of 100 images. 10000 images total.

Automatic 90 image dark subtaction for each integration.

406mm F/D=4.5 dobsonian on an equatorial platform.

 


NGC7009 Planetary Nebula
(Saturn Nebula)

Planetary nebulae are very easy to capture with a webcam.You can even get colors.

Standard Philips Vesta unmodified Webcam Stacking of 50 x 100 image integrations.
Total : 5000 images.

Automatic 90 image dark subtaction for each integration.

406mm F/D=4.5 dobsonian on an equatorial platform.

 

 

Trapezium region, M42

Standard Philips Vesta unmodified Webcam
Simple Integration of 80 images.

Raw image, no post processing.

406mm F/D=4.5 dobsonian on an equatorial platform.


Nebuleuse Planétaire NGC2392
La nébuleuse de "l'Esquimo"

Philips Vesta-SC (Alias "Steve Chambers") webcam
7 x 20 second stacked frames

406mm F/D=4.5 dobsonian on an equatorial platform.


M82 Irregular galaxy

Philips Vesta-SC webcam with IRB filter.
19 x 45 second stacked frames.

406mm F/D=4.5 dobsonian on an equatorial platform.


Trapezium region, M42

Philips Vesta-SC webcam
20 x 10 second stacked frames.

406mm F/D=4.5 dobsonian on an equatorial platform.


M57 Planetary Nebula
in Lyrae

Philips Vesta-SC webcam with IRB filter.
10 x 30 second frames and 16 x 45 second frames added.

406mm F/D=4.5 dobsonian on an equatorial platform.

 


Saturn

Standard Philips Vesta webcam
Celestron Ultima apochromatic 2X barlow with 80mm extension.

406mm F/D=4.5 dobsonian on an equatorial platform.

stacking of 40 x 0.2 second frames.
Post processing with IRIS software.

Click on the image to enlarge.


M42
The Great Orion Nebula

Philips Vesta-SC webcam
Pentax 135mm F/D 2.8 telephoto lens
Photo stand on an equatorial platform.

Stacking of 24 x 30 second images.

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M42
The Great Orion Nebula

Philips Vesta-SC webcam with IRB filter.
Pentax 135mm F/D 2.8 telephoto lens
Tripod on an equatorial platform.
Stacking of :
10 x 3 second images.
10 x 10 second images.
10 x 60 second images.
4 x 180 second images.

Click on the image to enlarge.

Comet C/2002 C1
Ikeya-Zhang

Philips Vesta-SC webcam with IRB filter.
Pentax 135mm F/D 2.8 telephoto lens
Tripod on an equatorial platform.

71 x 60 second frames.

Click on the image to enlarge.

NGC6543 planetary nebula
"Cat's Eye"

Webcam Philips Vesta-SC with IRB filter.
406mm F/D=4.5 Dobsonian on an equatorial platform.

22 x 10 second exposures added.

Click on the image to enlarge.

NGC7662 planetary nebula
"Blue Snowball"

Webcam Philips Vesta-SC with IRB filter.
406mm F/D=4.5 Dobsonian on an equatorial platform.

45 x 10 second exposures added.

Click on th image to enlarge.


Video Format : DivX 4 (49Kb)

08/0602004 Venus Transit
(Ingress)

Webcam Vesta Pro with IRB filter.
Vixen 60/700 guidescope, barlow 2X on a Vixen GP equatorial mount.

AstroSnap Pro V2.0d
Automatic sequence recording. 42 sequences with 10 frames each every 10 seconds.
10 frame loop integration on the resulting sequence, with a frame saved every 10 frames.

The AVI file obtained was converted to DivX format.
No post processing.

Click the image to see the video


Video Format : DivX 4 (250Kb)

08/0602004 Venus Transit
(Transit)

Vesta Pro webcam.
Vivitar 70/300 scope on a Vixen GP mount.
AstroSnap Pro V2.0d
Automatic sequence recording. 59 sequences with 5 frames each every 5 minutes.
5 frame loop integration on the resulting sequence, with a frame saved every 5 frames.

The AVI file obtained was converted to DivX format.
No post processing.

Click the image to see the video


Video Format : DivX 4

08/06/2004 Venus Transit
(Egress)

Webcam Vesta Pro with IRB filter.
Vixen 60/700 guidescope, barlow 2X on a Vixen GP equatorial mount.

AstroSnap Pro V2.0d
Automatic sequence recording. 40 sequences with 10 frames each every 10 seconds.
10 frame loop integration on the resulting sequence, with a frame saved every 10 frames.

The AVI file obtained was converted to DivX format.
No post processing.

Click the image to see the video


Video Format : DivX 5, 20FPS 12 seconds, 995Kb

15/03/2005 Jupiter Great Red Spot
Transit

Webcam Vesta Pro with IRB filter.
Vixen GP 200/800 reflector, 2 stacked 2X barlows on a Vixen GP equatorial mount.
Capture settings :

AstroSnap Pro V2.2 beta
250 auto-correlated frame loop integration (2.5 hours capture time)
Real time processing (at capture time) :
- LRGB Luminance conversion with red layer (RRGB)
- Increased Saturation (+50%)
- Simple Deconvolution filter
- 1 frame saved every 10 seconds. (180X speed)
- The resulting video was accelerated 4 times

No further post processing

Gallery of Images made with AstroSnap
since its creation