Astrophotography
It FINALLY Happened! – New Observatory First Light with the Player One Uranus-C Cam!
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Maxim: What will be got with 16″ SCT and Apollo MINI if AIM to a plane?
Maxim share us his new testing with 16″SCT and Apollo-M MINI camera, this time is preparing for ISS imaging, look at the details of the plane. We are wondering if use this setup to tracking a rocket, what we will see? Looking forward to know 🙂
Lunar imaging with Apollo-M MINI, photo by Maxim
We are very happy to see Maxim’s new images. This time he sent us 5 images of Moon surface. With Meade 16″ f/10 SCT with 1.5X barlow lens. Seeing 3/5, transparency 5/5. (1 – bad, 5 – excellent) 86fps 1944×1472, mono12, gain 125, shutter speed 10ms. Adding 20% of 5000 frames in AS!3 with wavelets.
Lunar images by Sean Walker, use 12.5″ f/5.1 Newt + Mars-M (IMX290)
Associate Editor of famous Sky & Telescope, Sean Walker, use his DIY 12.5″ f/5.1 Newt and Player One Astronomy Mars-M (IMX290) did some impressive lunar imaging last night. He record 250GB data, we will keep updating his new images.
Jupiter and Saturn in 2021, by Ecleido Azevedo
Ecleido Azevedo said on his facebook: “First planetary images from 2021 came out, using the excellent planetary camera Player One Mars-C (IMX 462) I’m really liking the results, Player One Astronomy is congratulating on the top product.” C11+ PLayer One Mars-C Best Resolution Jupiter: https://www.astrobin.com/full/3wbj6f/0/?nc=user Saturn: https://www.astrobin.com/full/j0gw4m/0/?nc=user
Lunar mosaic is more efficient
1/1.8“ Format make Neptune-C II very efficient to do Lunar mosaic. This image is token by an astrophotographer when he testing first Neptune-C II prototype. With a IR-CUT filter, Neptune-C II could provide very nature color.