#12: 120′ of Orion & M33 – Mars & unguided Pleiades

07.11.2018 New aspects: First use of modded Logitech webcam – Fist stacking of unguided DSLR shots Acquisition: Mars: After fiddling around with the old Canon compact camera “PowerShot SX240 HS” held in front of my eyepieces I ordered a cheap Logitech webcam and modded it for the purpose of using it as an astro camera. …

#11: Orion Nebula with Smartphone

03.11.2018 New aspect: Capturing a DSO with a smartphone Acquisition: On a clear evening I tried to capture the Orion Nebula M42 with my Smartphone LG G4 f1.8. Therefore I needed to sort out some things: What is the maximum possible exposure length with the unknown focal length of my smartphone? I knew the 1/400-rule …

#8: Andromeda, Hercules and the Pleiades

11.10.2018 New aspect: Coming back to already visited objects to enhance the quality Acquisition: M31 – Andromeda Galaxy: First I tried a second round on M31. As you might remember, M31 was one of the first DSO my brother and I visited. Back then we took little time to capture this beauty. I had recently …

#6: M101, Mars and Moon

24.09.2018 New aspect: Finding DSOs in Stellarium and plan a DSO session Acquisition: M101: The days before this session i considered what DSO target to capture next. There are many factors I hadn’t figured out back then: Where is your scope placed? This is important for setting up. You don’t want to set everything up …

#4: First light for the DSLR – First Deep Space Object – Saturn again

18.09.2018 A few days before this session I purchased a T2-4/3 Olympus adapter ring to attach the old Olympus E510 DSLR (my brother lent me) to my Skywatcher 750/150 PDS. With such an adapter you can detach the lens of the DSLR and attach the scope instead as it will act as a lens for …