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wishing upon a star: Canopus

Brian Valente
 

Hi everyone

I'm starting to really enjoy imaging the big stars. This is Canopus, second brightest star, but tough to see in the northern hemisphere


Lots of small galaxies in the background, unfortunately the solver in astrobin doesn't identify them

I like the (non AP) 80mm widefield scope, but the reducer has significant issues in the corners. 

Taken at Obstech in Chile on AP1600ae, unguided
Karen Christen
 

Nice field, Brian!

Karen

AP

 

From: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Valente
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 12:39 PM
To: main@ap-ug.groups.io
Subject: [ap-ug] wishing upon a star: Canopus

 

Hi everyone

 

I'm starting to really enjoy imaging the big stars. This is Canopus, second brightest star, but tough to see in the northern hemisphere

 

 

Lots of small galaxies in the background, unfortunately the solver in astrobin doesn't identify them

 

I like the (non AP) 80mm widefield scope, but the reducer has significant issues in the corners. 

 

Taken at Obstech in Chile on AP1600ae, unguided

 

 
Emilio J. Robau, P.E.
 

Kind of overwhelming.  Have you imaged colorful binaries?
Brian Valente
 

>>>Kind of overwhelming.  

It is, and how i prefer it 

>>>Have you imaged colorful binaries?

I have done very little of that but if you have some targets for southern hemisphere i'm all ears! Not sure how good the fov of this particular setup is for binaries: 5.37° x 3.58°

for example i can get maybe 1/4 of the southern cross in the fov

Brian
 

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 11:16 AM Emilio J. Robau, P.E. <ejr@...> wrote:
Kind of overwhelming.  Have you imaged colorful binaries?



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Chris White
 

Wow!  That is a statement!  Love it.  I like the blow your mind brightness of this.  It's kind of like Globs... these things are supposed to be a little bright!  very cool...
Stuart
 

Brian, what a cool idea and cool result!!


On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 at 13:39, Brian Valente <bvalente@...> wrote:
Hi everyone

I'm starting to really enjoy imaging the big stars. This is Canopus, second brightest star, but tough to see in the northern hemisphere


Lots of small galaxies in the background, unfortunately the solver in astrobin doesn't identify them

I like the (non AP) 80mm widefield scope, but the reducer has significant issues in the corners. 

Taken at Obstech in Chile on AP1600ae, unguided
ROBERT WYNNE
 

Very nice. -Best, Robert

On 11/29/2022 10:38 AM Brian Valente <bvalente@...> wrote:


Hi everyone

I'm starting to really enjoy imaging the big stars. This is Canopus, second brightest star, but tough to see in the northern hemisphere


Lots of small galaxies in the background, unfortunately the solver in astrobin doesn't identify them

I like the (non AP) 80mm widefield scope, but the reducer has significant issues in the corners. 

Taken at Obstech in Chile on AP1600ae, unguided


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