FluoroStar 110 FLT APO

Sunspot observation

Posted on 2011-04-24 Updated on 2016-06-17

Enjoying Easter holidays with a bright shiny and sunny day with my telescope. Considering it has been very nice weather during the entire holidays here in Sweden, this must have been the best as there are two sunspots appearing on the surface of the sun (1195, 1196 and 1193).

This image was taken by using a Mülar filter installed infront of my refractor (William Optics Fluorostar 110 FLT APO) at ISO 100, shutter speed 1/800, WB: 7500 K and was processed with curves and levels adjustments in Adobe Photoshop.

This entry was posted in Astrophotography, Observation and tagged FluoroStar 110 FLT APO, Mülar filter, Mylar filter, Niklas Henricson, Sun, Sun spots, Sunspots, White light filter, William Optics.

Orion’s Nebula M42

Posted on 2011-01-27 Updated on 2016-06-17

Having a cold and a 39 degrees fever I couldn’t resist from not observing tonight. Tonight’s object was Orion’s nebula (a.k.a. M42). I had to try my new SynGuider, so things went slowly at the beginning while trying to understand the menu options and also attempting to aligning my newtonian with my Megrez 72.

The reason I was using my newtonian this time was because my FluorStar is sent for service maintainance. Unfortunately I’ve got some troubles with my crayford focuser and so I needed someone to check it out.

Regardless, both the newtonian and my Synguider did an excellent job tonight autoguiding a star and allowing me to take a shot on Orion’s nebula. I used ISO1600, experimenting with different exposures. At this particular shot it was 75 seconds.

This entry was posted in Astrophotography, Observation and tagged Astronomi, Astronomy, Astrophotography, Deep Space, FluoroStar 110 FLT APO, M42, Megrez 72 FD APO, Messier Catalogue, Niklas Henricson, Orion's Nebula M42, Sky-Watcher 150PL, Sky-Watcher Synguider.

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