Solar System

Venus in Pleiades Date:4/3/2012, 11/28/11 This is a combination of different exposures from 2 set-ups Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED with CAA Mount: Astro-Physics Mach1GTO Guider: Meade DSI Pro through Astrodon MMOAG, with 2 Px dither CCD: Finger Lakes Instruments ML11002 CCD, with 65mm shutter Fiter Wheel: Finger Lakes Instruments CFW-2-7 Filters: Baader 50.8mm LRGB Calibration: 20,20,20 Exposure(s) RGB - 10 x 1min each LRGB - 5 x 5 minutes each Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED with CAA Mount: Astro-Physics Mach1GTO Guider: Unguided Canon 7D Fiter Wheel: N/A Filters: N/A Calibrated 10 Flat, 10 Dark Exposure(s):10 x 18 seconds @ ISO 1000 Software: MaximDL, Registar, Photoshop CS3 with Carboni & GXT Location: Light polluted back yard in El Paso, Texas
12/21/20 Moon
Canon 7D EF500mm F/4

a collection of photos by Eric Chesak