Atik Infinity Photos (April 8, 2018)
Introduction | Photos | References
On this page I present photos taken with the Atik Infinity camera on April
8, 2018.
Introduction
The following photos were my eleventh attempt with the Atik Infinity camera
(from now on, I will no longer count my attempts...). I used the following
equipment:
- Telescope: Sky-Watcher Explorer 150PDS
- Accessories: Celestron StarSense
Details
On April 8, 2018, the sky was clear again, so that I built up my Explorer
150PDS with GoTo mount once more. Aligning the mount with the StarSense module
was successful, and I attached the Atik Infinity camera to the telescope and
looked at the following objects: M 35, M 36, M 37, M 38,
M 47 and M 50 (M 1, M 46, and NG 2264 not found/recognized).
In the end, closer examinations with All sky plate solver and Stellarium (and
also the Website Nova Astrometry.net) revealed that I only found M 36, and
this only when I was looking for M 38. It looks is if there are some severe
issues with the StarSense module from time to time...
Photos
The following photos were taken with the Explorer 150PDS on the Star Discovery
AZ GoTo mount (with StarSense module) and saved as 16-bit TIFF files.
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M 35 (Gemini)*, unprocessed |
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Ditto, post-processed |
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Ditto, post-processed and sharpened |
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M 36 (Auriga)**, unprocessed |
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Ditto, post-processed |
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Ditto, post-processed and sharpened |
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M 37 (Auriga)***, unprocessed |
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Ditto, post-processed |
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Ditto, post-processed and sharpened |
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M 36 (Auriga)****, unprocessed |
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Ditto, post-processed |
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Ditto, post-processed and sharpened |
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M 36 (Auriga)****, unprocessed |
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Ditto, post-processed |
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Ditto, post-processed and sharpened |
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M 47 (Puppis)+, unprocessed |
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Ditto, post-processed |
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Ditto, post-processed and sharpened |
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M 47 (Puppis)+, unprocessed |
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Ditto, post-processed |
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Ditto, post-processed and sharpened |
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M 50 (Monoceros)+++, right, unprocessed |
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Ditto, post-processed |
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Ditto, post-processed and sharpened |
M 35, M 36-38, M 47, M 50 not yet confirmed
italic: not verified
kursiv: nicht bestätigt
*) too far to the east according to All sky plate solver (RA J2000: 06:08:54,
Dec: 24:19:58,8 for M 35; for the center of the photo: 06:13:35/23:10:17)
**) too far to the east according to All sky plate solver (RA J2000: 05:36:18,
Dec: 34:08:24 for M 36; for the center of the photo: 05:42:24/32:29:17)
***) too far to the east according to All sky plate solver (RA J2000:
05:52:18, Dec: 32:33:10,8 for
M 37; for the center of the photo: 05:58:07/30:55:24)
****) ich habe versucht, M 38 zu fotografieren, aber M 36 gefunden (nach All
sky plate solver)
+) too far to the east and too low according to All sky plate solver (RA
J2000: 07:36:35, Dec: -14:28:59
for
M 47; for the center of the photo: 07:39:49/-15:05:06)
++) too far to the east and too low according to All sky plate solver (RA
J2000: 07:36:35, Dec: -14:28:59
for
M 47; for the center of the photo: 07:39:58/-15:10:51)
+++) too far to the east according to All sky plate solver (RA J2000:
07:02:47,5, Dec: -08:20:16 for
M 50; for the center of the photo: 07:08:41/-08:49:08)
References
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