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by PETER LOO
Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:31 pm
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: A Newbie's Shameless Adventures in Imaging
Replies: 13
Views: 11373

Re: A Newbie's Shameless Adventures in Imaging

Hi Clinton, i casually opened your link & seen your photos, jaw drop (mind blowing), they are among the best (or maybe the best), so, maybe not so Newbie after all ...
by PETER LOO
Mon May 02, 2016 10:24 pm
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Frankenscope Images and Images from Eclipse 9 Mar 16
Replies: 22
Views: 13949

Re: Frankenscope Images and Images from Eclipse 9 Mar 16

Hi Alfred, wow !!! your scope should be call Hyper Mod H-A Scope instead of Frankenscope, congratulations on the successful Modification. From this scope, we can see Chromoshere Flare distinctly and all the plasma flow in 3-D view [smilie=admire.gif] [smilie=admire.gif] [smilie=admire.gif]
by PETER LOO
Mon May 02, 2016 8:10 pm
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Frankenscope Images and Images from Eclipse 9 Mar 16
Replies: 22
Views: 13949

Re: Frankenscope Images and Images from Eclipse 9 Mar 16

Hi Alfred, with reference to your 30 Apr Collections of Solar images, while the first two of them i can figure out are Hydrogen Alpha & Calcium K images i think, the last two close up views are they taken with Hydrogen Alpha also ? Looks like requiring very large Etalon unit and tight specificat...
by PETER LOO
Sun May 01, 2016 10:23 pm
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Frankenscope Images and Images from Eclipse 9 Mar 16
Replies: 22
Views: 13949

Re: Frankenscope Images and Images from Eclipse 9 Mar 16

Thanks Alfred for the information & links, i am starting out with a small unit, Coronado PST, quite a lot of fun though ..
by PETER LOO
Sun May 01, 2016 10:17 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Frankenscope Images and Images from Eclipse 9 Mar 16
Replies: 22
Views: 13949

Re: Frankenscope Images and Images from Eclipse 9 Mar 16

Super excellent Solar images Alfred, [smilie=admire.gif] [smilie=admire.gif] [smilie=admire.gif] i had just started into Solar & wish to consult you what are the brighten patches of lights on Sun surface that you had captured on 30 Apr 2016, are they Chromosphere Flare or to be classified as Sol...
by PETER LOO
Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:50 pm
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Solar System objects
Replies: 62
Views: 47246

Re: Solar System objects

Hi Alvin, thanks for the help, yah ! i am facing quite a bit of challenge in obtaining a good focus as using the rim to estimate, probably have to take a few sets of images & use the best one. But i see that yours are almost all razor sharp, probably because you are using a good scope (i saw a T...
by PETER LOO
Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:49 pm
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Solar System objects
Replies: 62
Views: 47246

Re: Solar System objects

So, i did image again on 24 Apr 2016 after 4.00 p.m. using the shorten nose piece, it focus better, used it briefly & quickly switched to test a PST to Digital Cam dedicated eyepiece projection made by TS Service, part number is PSTfotoR. Using same old Canon 500D, filter mod camera, i got this ...
by PETER LOO
Fri Apr 22, 2016 8:19 pm
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Solar System objects
Replies: 62
Views: 47246

Re: Solar System objects

Nice work Alvin, i just started to do solar imaging, below is my 2nd attempt on 17 Apr 2016 with PST - DS, not able to get a good focus with my Canon 500D with 2X Barlow, had cut down the length of nose piece and hope to try again tomorrow, meanwhile, will like to consult you how normally people use...
by PETER LOO
Sat May 02, 2015 10:05 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: M16 Eagle Nebula
Replies: 6
Views: 4042

Re: M16 Eagle Nebula

Hi Kimo,

Wow !!! This one with more SII is not nice ( nice is understatement), this is super excellent !!! [smilie=admire.gif] [smilie=admire.gif] esp. as i know it is shot from our light polluted city, Singapore & if i am not wrong, Bukit Panjang [smilie=blocked.gif]
by PETER LOO
Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:00 pm
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: Portable mini Observatory first light
Replies: 8
Views: 5598

Re: Portable mini Observatory first light

Excellent design Kimo [smilie=admire.gif] , very innovative, may be we can look into join venture and put in Gyro stabilization (using those manufactured for Aero-Model helicopter) in future :) The carpark is so bright, and you manage to capture good image, no doubt you had used a Ha narrow band fil...