When I purchased my new Celestron 9.25 EdgeHD and CGX mount in early August, I figured 2 months was plenty of time for it to arrive just in time for Mars opposition. I never have been one for planetary photography (good thing now, trees block them most of the time) but I was keen to […]
Planetary Photography: Venus
Even though my first photo was of a planet (Saturn), I never really took to planetary photography. I had quickly moved on from the “wow I can see the rings” to wanting to see distant galaxies and faint nebula. Even with the much-covered conjunction of Venus and the Pleiades earlier this month, I havent been […]
Jupiter with Galilean Moon Eclipses
Another shot of Jupiter tonight, this time using the 3x Barlow stacked with the 2x Barlow. Colours seem a bit off, but the focusing wasn’t too bad after some stacking & work in Photoshop. Similar to the other one, Ganymede and Io are visible to the right of Jupiter, with the shadows on the planet […]
First Light: Venus
One of my earliest Astrophotography pictures taken with my Celestron 4SE telescope.
First Light: Jupiter
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First Light: Mars
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