Welcome to Scott's Astrophotography page

 Not much real estate going on late at night so I found a hobby to keep busy.  I live outside of Raleigh so I  enjoy a
 fairly dark sky.   Eastern Wake county and Jordan Lake in southwestern Wake county offer even darker skies.  These
 are by no means professional astrophotos (those cameras and setups cost tens of thousands) but it is a lot of fun when
 I "catch" something!

 
Celestron CPC 800, HD Wedge On Homemade Pier              An early attempt at M51 - Meade DSI CCD camera
8" aperture, GPS, Go To, and great tracking when aligned
correctly.
    
 Galilean moons in alignment (intentionally overexposed)            Jupiter CCD 2 x barlow 1 x 1/30  - tough target this year

          
 Luna  CCD 1 x 1/60 filtered                                                      Venus CCD 2 x barlow 1 x 1/30

        
Comet 17PHolmes (10/07) CCD  1 x 3 sec.                               The Leo Trio / Canon 350D unmodded ISO800  10 x 60
   
 M51 CPC 800 / Canon 350D unmodded, ISO800                   M101 CPC 800 Canon 350D unmodded, ISO800
 9x60 sec unguided / processed in DSS and PSCS3                   7x60 unguided / processed in DSS and PSCS3
  
Got this mount on Craigs list for...well lets just say a great        CCD guiding setup - Orion ST80 and DSI Pro piggybacked.
deal. CG-5GT mount by Celestron - a very accurate GE         The sky here has enough light pollution to not allow exposures
mount.  The OTA is an Orion ST120 - great for widefield        much over 2 minutes but a guidescope can help when tracking
viewing but requires filter applications and additional                 is not close to perfect or when photographing in a dark sky
processing for photography.  A fine "grab and go" scope.         location.

  
Mars CPC 800 2 x barlow Meade DSI 5 x 1/30                    M63  CPC 800  Canon 350D unmodded  ISO 800
                                                                                              25 x 60 sec unguided, processed in DSS and PSCS3

  
M42  CPC 800 Canon 350D 6 x 30 ISO800                         Close up of M51 above


M81 CPC 800 Canon350D 27 x 60 ISO 800 unguided        M101 CPC 800 Canon 350D 28 x 60 unguided
Processed in DSS and PSCS3                                               Processed in DSS and PSCS3
  
M104 CPC 800 Canon 350D 14 x 60 ISO 800 unguided       NGC4565  CPC 800 Canon 350D  17 x 60  unguided
Processed in DSS and PSCS3                                                 Processed in DSS and PSCS3
  
Blackeye Galaxy CPC 800 Canon 350D 15 x 60 unguided     Owl Nebulae CPC 800 Canon 350D 10 x 60 unguided
Processed in DSS and PSCS3                                                Processed in DSS and PSCS3
  
M13 CPC 800 Canon 350D 9 x 180 guided with DSI and     Yet another M51 - 10 x 180 guided
Phd guiding  Processed in DSS and PSCS3

Markarian's Chain  CPC 800 Canon 350d 10 x 180 guided with DSI and    Veil Nebulae  CPC 800  Canon 350D 
Phd guiding  Processed in DSS and PSCS3                                                 14 x 180 guided with DSI and Phd guiding
                                                                                                                    Processed in DSS and PSCS3

   
Eagle Nebulae and Pillars of Creation                                                         Sagittarius region wide field (near center of Milky Way)

     
Cygnus region widefield with Veil and Crescent nebulae                                 Refeactor photography setup

                           M13 Globular Cluster                                                                                                                   M27 Dumbell Nebulae

       
  M57  The Ring Nebulae                                                                               M8 The Lagoon Nelulae

                                                                      
                                                                     More to come......Clear Skies!