This image was taken at 7:30pm on the 17th April, when the Moon had a close grazing occultation of the Pleiades Star Cluster (M45). It was captured at the Mudgee Star Party, using my ED80, modded Canon 40D with WO 0.8x reducer. FL 480mm, f/6, ISO 320, 5 second exposure. Processed in Photoshop CS4. Thanks [...]
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The Great Orion Nebula – M42
Hi all This is my first deep space image in about 6 months, taken at the Pony Club in March but only just got around to finish processing it. I’m quite happy with the image, but there are parts of it that are very messy – especially the background with diagonal noise issues from stacking [...]
M31 – The Andromeda Galaxy from IISAC2009
I really wanted to capture a great image of the beautiful Andromeda Galaxy (M31) from IISAC2009, but everything conspired against me and it just didn’t work out the way I’d hoped. With a host of problems, I only captured 15 minutes of data and no flats calibration. Despite all that, it’s my first image of M31 [...]
The M7 Open Star Cluster in Scorpius
Hi all The Open Cluster M7 (or Ptolemy’s Cluster) is situated in the constellation Scorpius, near the centre of the Milky Way. This image was taken at IISAC2009, early on the Saturday night before it clouded over. The Milky Way was setting in the West, and I captured 50 minutes of data on this object [...]
Saturated Colour Full Moon, May 2009
This image of the Full Moon (well, almost full – it was 99% illuminated) was taken on the 8th May 2009, using my Canon 20D attached to my ED80. I took 136 photos @ ISO100, 1/125s exposure. All photos were stacked in Registax. The image was processed in Photoshop to reveal the different compositions of [...]
The Saturated Colour Moon
I took this image of the 9-day old waxing gibbous Moon on Sunday night, 3rd May 2009. The image has been colour-enhanced to emphasise the composition differences of geological formations. From APOD: ..blue hues reveal titanium rich areas while orange and purple colors show regions relatively poor in titanium and iron. Continue reading to find [...]
Crescent Moon and Jupiter Conjunction, 23rd March 2009
This morning there was a beautiful conjunction featuring the waning Crescent Moon and Jupiter, less than 2° away. Looking through the eyepiece at Jupiter, she appeared to have an extra moon in an odd position – in fact it was a field star, HIP105256. The Galilean Moons were close by – Io was right next [...]
Image of the Rosette Nebula (NGC2237)
Hi all This image was captured on the 30th January 2009 at my local “dark sky” site at the Mangrove Mountain Pony Club. I say “dark sky” in quotes because while it’s darker than my home, it’s not exactly what you’d call a nice dark sky site as it’s still only 20 minutes from Gosford [...]
Deep Space Imaging Equipment
The equipment I use for deep-space imaging is reasonably modest and contains a mix of new and 2nd hand equipment. The picture of the complete setup is shown below, and then I’ll describe each of the components. I’ll replace these pictures with more purpose-taken ones soon. Imaging Telescope I use a Saxon ED80 as my [...]
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My name is Mike Salway and I'm an amateur astronomer and photographer. I'm the co-founder of IceInSpace, and this is my personal blog site and image gallery.
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