Cherry Springs Dark Sky Park
September 2005
by Gary Honis
Deep Sky Images taken with a modified Digital Rebel through 20 inch Starmaster Alt-Az Dobsonian with GOTO Skytracker and autoguided using a modified Philips Vesta webcam. A Denkmeier 2 inch OCS was used to reach focus. No infrared block filter was used. All images were taken using ISO 1600 and are full frame:
M57 - Ring Nebula - 9/7/05 - Stack of three 1-minute exposures:
Click on thumbnail below for larger 900 X 600 image:
NGC 6960 Veil Nebula - 9/7/05 - Stack of sixteen 90-second exposures:
M101 Galaxy - 9/5/05 - Stack of twenty-three 90-second exposures:
M92 Globular Cluster - 9/2/05 - Stack of five 15-second exposures:
M27 Dumbell Nebula - 9/7/05 - Stack of nine 90-second exposures:
Milky Way - 9/7/05 - Cherry Springs:
This image was taken with a Canon 10D digital SLR camera (non-modified) using a Sigma 18-55mm zoom lens. Camera settings were ISO 1600, 2-minute bulb exposures, f /4.0 and 18mm. The camera was used unguided on a Meade LXD55 equatorial mount. The image is a panorama of two images made with the software Autostitch and each image is a stack of four 2-minute exposures:
For detailed directions for converting a Canon Digital Rebel for infrared and astro imaging CLICK HERE.
Infrared Canon Digital Rebel 300D camera and infrared digital camera with infrared filter for infrared photography