I installed a Astrophysics AP1200 mount in my roll-off roof hut, now actually more than a year ago. It’s intended for remote imaging from the comfort of my living room, and if I can get it to work from my living room to the Hut, it “should” work from living room to New Mexico. I … Read more
Here’s the result using the Canon 60Da on my little tracker head. I spent a lot of time fooling with these in Pixinsight and then Photoshop. Unusual for this part of New Mexico, I had problems with gradients due to smoke from wildfires in Arizona. (See https://www.jjmcclintock.com/?p=139) I believe this is stacked from 5-180 second … Read more
I spent a lot of effort trying to figure out where in Ohio would be clear enough to see the transit, and ended up heading toward Sandusky because it looked like a hole might open. When I got near the lake, a nice blue patch was developing, with a stiff East wind which made it … Read more
The normally great skies at Rancho Hidalgo were somewhat marred by aerial haze from fires burning in Arizona. Here’s a picture from the El Paso- Phoenix plane showing the source of some of the aerial haze. We’re at about 36,000 feet. I showed this to Dan Klinglesmith, who is studying astronomical seeing at the … Read more
At Rancho Hidalgo, I set up the Canon with my standard 28-135 zoom and the tracker head. The tracker has a small polar scope, and the alignment just uses that. I shot constellation scale tests, mostly at 28mm with ASA from 1600 to 6400. Here’s a 3 minute exposure of the Scorpius region at 6400. … Read more