November 5 2007 (The moon, M42 and Comet Holmes)

Comet Holmes taken with an 80mm refractor and a Canon DSLR camera. 236 seconds total exposure at ISO 1600 (4 x 59 sec)

The Moon taken with an Orion 5" MCT and a Canon DSLR camera. 21 x 1/8 sec exposures @ ISO 100.

This is the raw image and the processed image. This just comes to show that processing is almost as important as acquiring the image!
All images below and the above one were taken with a Celestron 80 mm refractor and a Canon DSLR camera. These are the same images but processed differently. 420 second total exposure @ ISO 1600 (14 X 30 sec).

October 25 and November 1 - Moon, M45, M31 and Comet Holmes!!!

These are some of my latest photos! As most astronomy buffs know, comet Holmes has mushroomed into this huge rare comet that is visible to the unaided eye. Here are my attempts at photographing the comet plus some other objects.

November 1 2007 - (Comet Holmes, M45 and M31)- Click on images to see larger versions!

Taken with a Celestron 80mm telescope and a Canon Digital Rebel XT DSLR. 240 seconds @ ISO 1600 (8 X 30 Sec)

Taken with a Celestron 80mm telescope and a Canon Digital Rebel XT DSLR. 240 seconds @ ISO 1600 (8 X 30 Sec)

Same as above picture

Same settings as above pictures.

Photo taken with a Celestron 80mm telescope and a Canon G3 digital camera. 165 second exposure @ ISO400 (11 X 15 sec)

M45 (The Seven Sisters, The Pliedes) taken with a Celestron 80mm telescope and a Canon Digital Rebel XT DSLR camera. 180 second exposure @ ISO1600 (6 X 30 sec)

M31 and M110. Not a great shot by all means! 90 second exposure @ ISO1600 (3 X 30 sec)
Same as above but adjusted the contrast to show hints of the arms of the galaxy. Perhaps a 1 minute exposure will be enough to get those arms with more contrast.

October 25 2007 - A few moon shots taken with my 80mm Celestron telescope and Canon Digital Rebel XT DSLR camera. Click on images to see lager versions!