Tag Archive for 'Pleiades'

Friday was Cool and Fairly Clear, First Pics with the AT66ED

Observations from Friday, December 11, 2009 Friday night was very cold and fairly clear – just a few high thin clouds passing through every so often. I was out for a few hours and had the chance to take a few images with my new AT66ED scope that I picked up a month or so [...]

Andromeda and Pleiades

Clear, dark, and cold. Nice night for stargazing. Got a pretty good image of the Andromeda Galaxy. Five 2 minute exposures at ISO800 and 5 dark frames. I actually took 20 2 minute exposures but only 5 turned out nice enough to stack. I think it looks pretty nice. Here’s a wide field shot of [...]

My first piggyback pics – M42, M31, and Pleiades

Last night it was cold and a bit cloudy, but I really wanted to get out and try out my new piggy back mount with my Nikon D60. Neat stuff! It is really amazing how much the camera sees that you cannot see with your eye. The frost got to the scope lens pretty quick [...]