Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Camera: Skyris 236M with Orion RGB filters Exposure: Stack of 10000 frames @ FPS (avg.)=53 Shutter=8.000ms Gain=77 (16%) Date: Mar 31st 2017 Time: 6:47 pm Location: Campbell, CA | |
Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Camera: Celestron NexImage Barlow: Orion Shorty-Plus 2x Exposure: Stack of 1836@30fps Date: May 16th 2008 Time: 8:45 pm |
Mercury at ~2000X
Note: On the left side we can see Mercury as captured by the camera. The result is smeared due to the atmospheric dispersion effects. An IR rejection filter is needed to avoid this. In the right image the color has been corrected and the ghost images have been manually removed.
Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Barlow: Powermate Televue 5x Camera: Celestron NexImage Exposure: Stack of 600@5fps Date: May 16th 2008 Time: 8:37 pm |
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