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Hello everyone ! My name is Tony Boucher ! Welcome to my astro-site ! This is a place to view astrophotos
including Messier objects ,comets,eclipses,some other lunar,planetary , and
deep sky objects taken with a small scope and a few accessories right from
within the city. The scopes used are 8" or 11" schmidt cassegrain f10 systems
with focal reducers used for most photos to reduce exposure time.
The cameras used are a 35 mm single lens reflex ,the Taurus AstrophotoSystem
, an SBIG ST5C ccd camera or an MX7c ccd camera
.The film speeds used vary
greatly depending on the sky and brightness of the subject.The exposure times
are pretty much controlled by the same factors although during the winter the
subzero temperatures will have some bearing on exposure lengths!
.I have also included
some images
taken with an SBIG ST5C and Starlight Xpress MX7c camera to show the
incredible ability of ccd
imaging from within the city!
In most cases the objects imaged with the CCD camera were acquired using the
"Advance Astro Master"
from Celestron International .The "Astro Master" is a set of digital setting circles with encoders on both axis of the telescope that aid greatly in acquiring target objects!
Astronomy is a great hobby, its peaceful and serene but not without a few
surprises once in a while. One time when I was twenty or so minutes into an
exposure of the
Lagoon Nebula
I was rudely interrupted by one of our little furry friends with a white
streak down its back! I mean as I was guiding the exposure he put his two front
paws on my right knee and with his nose raised way up in the air was sniffing
to beat the band.The only thing that moved on me was my eyeballs! I couldn`t
believe he got that close without me knowing it! I mean they do have a way of
announcing themselves
usually
. Ironically I ended up with the best photo I have ever taken of the
Nebula
!
Anyway I just thought I`d share these images with anyone who would like to see
them.Who knows? They might stir something in someone that could put them in
touch with a terrific hobby that has an endless supply of subjects . With
just a pair of binnoculars there are hundreds of things that are easy to see if
you just know where to look ! A good feeling accompanies each and every
acquisition
regardless of what it is and finding them again gets easier and easier each
time out !
If anyone has any comments or suggestions or if I can do anything to help someone I would be glad to here from them. I can be reached at ....
5tonyb@adelphia.net
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