HEQ5, N250/1200, ASI 178MM (cooled), home observatory, mountpusher, Baader Venus U filter
Due to the very few light, exposure times needed to be at around >100ms and gain pushed to > 3/4 of the slider to get meaningful results.
Jupiter in UV, Baader Venus U
Saturn in UV, Baader Venus U
HEQ5, N250/1200, TSO ADC, ASI 224MC (cooled) for the color, and ASI 178MM (cooled) through IR-pass 650 for the luminance, home observatory, mountpusher
first processing
another processing
HEQ5, N250/1200, TSO ADC, ASI 224MC (cooled), home observatory, mountpusher
I observed the asteroid 7 Iris’ close approach (though not the closest point) to 16 Sgr. These are some of my recordings. The autoguiding was done through a photo tele lens, as the main camera was exposing for seconds at a time. HEQ5, N250/1200, TSO ADC, ASI 224MC and ASI 178MM(cooled), home observatory, mountpusher
2020-07-01-2323Z
HEQ5, N250/1200, TSO ADC, ASI 224MC (cooled), home observatory, mountpusher
2020-06-29-0023Z
HEQ5, N250/1200, TSO ADC, ASI 224MC (cooled), home observatory, mountpusher
HEQ5, N250/1200, TSO ADC, ASI 224MC (cooled), home observatory, mountpusher
From 2020-06-26-2323Z to 2020-06-26-2346Z, 1:28 frames.
HEQ5, N250/1200, TSO ADC, ASI 224MC (cooled), home observatory, mountpusher
I put together a rather modest setup: the Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM telephoto lens with an ASI 120 MM camera, and the CaK filter that has given me so much joy while observing Venus, all mounted on the EQ3. The goal wasn’t to image something never seen before, but just to blow the dust off my astronomy gear. I am lazy so I don’t like moving the dovetails around, and I had a piece of hard wood — a dovetail it became.
