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DEEPSKY ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

Last updated: 27 December 2002

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Here are some deepsky astrophotographs taken with my LXD55 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. All of these were taken with a Scopetronix 25mm (80X) eyepiece using the Scopetronix Digi-T System using a Nikon Coolpix 995 with Remote Release Cable.


M42 in Orion [27 Dec 02]
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M42 at 8 seconds at ISO 800. No camera zoom and no image adjustments. (I used digital zoom to adjust the focus and then fully unzoomed.)
 
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M42 at 14 seconds at ISO 800. No camera zoom and no image adjustments.
 
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M42 at 30 seconds at ISO 800. No camera zoom and no image adjustments.
 

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