My first Saturn image taken through my new telescope !

boothee · Post by **boothee** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:11 pm

Here is the image of Saturn taken through my new telescope. I thought not so bad.

Cheers !!!

8-)
boothee

alvinsclee · Post by **alvinsclee** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:39 pm

Nice... I observed Saturn and Jupiter not too long ago through my new scope too.

What scope did you use? What mount do you use? What camera do you use? Do you have to use software to enhance the image?

I am interested to know because I will try astrophotography someday later. But for now, I have only the basic scopes and eyepieces to observe... not to take photos.

Cheers!

boothee · Post by **boothee** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:54 pm

Hi Alvin,

Thanks for your comment !

I use china made 114mm, 900mm reflector scope on a build in undriven equatorial mount for small telescopes. China made web cam. I use k3ccdtoos & QCfocus to capture avi and Registax for stacking. Photo shop CS2 for some enhancements.

Astro Imaging is such an interesting hobby for me.

You can start with inexpensive web cam for Lunar and Planetary imaging like me.

Cheers !!!

boothee

alvinsclee · Post by **alvinsclee** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:32 pm

Hi boothee,
An aperture of 114mm is nearly 4.5" ... good aperture. Is it a Newtonian or a classical Cassegrain reflector? You used undriven eq mount? If it is not driven, does it mean that the planet will not stay in same position if you do not track it manually? I find myself having to use my alt-az mount to track both planets manually as it will go out of field of view soon.

Your username reminds me of a constellation named Bootes

I spotted Bootes with my naked eyes while having a weekend stay at Sijori Resort in Batam during the end of April this year.

jermng · Post by **jermng** » Wed May 17, 2006 10:26 pm

Great 1st Saturn boothee!

Alvin, what scope did you buy?

alvinsclee · Post by **alvinsclee** » Wed May 17, 2006 10:57 pm

Hi Jeremy,
My inventory can be found in this thread.

I'm new to astronomy and astrophotography... wanting to learn more through those who are already in it. I am aware of the problems of using alt-az mount and that I would need an eq mount for proper astrophotography. However, I need to save money for that much later... astrophotography is expensive (and expansive... lots of trial photos to 'collect' before success) hobby!

I also like the challenge of manual location of the heavenly bodies, so that's why I did not go for those GOTO scopes.

boothee · Post by **boothee** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:12 pm

Hi Alvin,

My telescope is an ordinary Newtonion reflector telescope. Yes! Undriven eqatorial. I'll update my equiptment database very soon.

Yes objects rush through my FOV very fast on high magnification. But you still can capture images if you want.

I saw some people taking stunning pictures of Moon Mosaics and Planets using 80mm refractor on undriven ALT-AZ mount with Web Cams.

I like star hopping too !!! Last year & before last year, we organized the observation sections in our country monthly and try to find DSOs. It was amazing !!! We could see some star clusters even with naked eyes.

boothee

alvinsclee · Post by **alvinsclee** » Thu May 18, 2006 4:32 pm

Hey boothee,

Click this link to read more about the constellation that sounds like your username: Bootes constellation

Wow, I am impressed with your skills! Even though you have only basic equipment, you are able to photograph good pictures of these planets. Looks like I should go ahead and give it a try too. Thanks for being an encouraging model for beginners like me to emulate.

boothee · Post by **boothee** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:37 pm

Dear Alvin,

I haven't any idea of Astro Imaging before. Due to my strong enthusiasm & with the help of Singastro members I have improved to this stage.

I am still trying to improve my images to the level of Singastro members' quality shots. If U got extra time to spare, I would like to encourage U to try your hand at Astro Imaging. I am doing what I can with my very limited equipment.

Since U have a vast amount of astronomical literature & availability of state -of -the- art equipment, I am sure U can do better than me. Hope to see pictures from you soon . .

Cheers !!!

8-)
boothee

mrngbss · Post by **mrngbss** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:41 pm

alvinsclee wrote:Hi Jeremy,
My inventory can be found in this thread.

I'm new to astronomy and astrophotography... wanting to learn more through those who are already in it. I am aware of the problems of using alt-az mount and that I would need an eq mount for proper astrophotography. However, I need to save money for that much later... astrophotography is expensive (and expansive... lots of trial photos to 'collect' before success) hobby!

I also like the challenge of manual location of the heavenly bodies, so that's why I did not go for those GOTO scopes.

Hi alvin,

I saw that you have a Chinese Book on Constellations. How to get to see it (besides you show me)? Any chance the bookshop still has?