Moon with Earthshine - 27/10/2014 (Processed image)
Pentax 75mm Refractor borrowed from Perth Observatory to test a custom made 60.2mm to 2" sleeve for standard 2" accessory usage, such as a 2" T-Adapter and DSLR camera as used for this test.
Single raw (CR2) image @ ISO 800 and 1 sec post processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2014
Telescope - Pentax 75-SDHF 75/500 (borrowed from Perth Observatory) with no Field Flattener, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 102' x 153' , Ambient 17C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.0.3 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.
Geoff Scott
on November 25, 2014Longer exposure kimbomac to show the 'dark side'illuminated by 'Earthshine'
Kimbomac
on October 30, 2014OMG! It looks like it's on fire and burning from the ground up!