AstroTasmania
November 18th, 2006, 10:40 AM
Total cloud cover greeted sunrise with two cloud levels. I had three scopes set up to hopefully take a full solar image, a higher power close-up and some video clips. All cameras were equipped with interval timers set to take images every 2-minutes. The only images obtained were through a layer of thin cloud.
By mid day the clouds were clearing and by 1 pm the sky was cloud free and a clear deep blue.
Two images taken with a Nikon D200 DSLR at prime focus of a Takahashi FS-102, Some shots of the mobile system I used. Tak Mewlon 210, WO 66 Petzval, and Tak FS-102 all mounted on an Anssen Technologies Alhena mount with German made FS2 controller on RA & Dec, shaft encoders and motor encoders.
The video camera is a Mintron colour, also known a a GStar, Steve Massey has written a very nice camera control & capture software which allows for tri-colour imaging as well as sequence and interval imaging via his software and RS232 control in the camera. A very useful tool indeed.
The more serious equipment is inside the 4-metre rotating dome. (Under the Southern Cross). I am building a smaller dome for the mobile gear as I will be replacing the 12" homebuilt Newtonian with a similar 16", now 3/4 finished.
By mid day the clouds were clearing and by 1 pm the sky was cloud free and a clear deep blue.
Two images taken with a Nikon D200 DSLR at prime focus of a Takahashi FS-102, Some shots of the mobile system I used. Tak Mewlon 210, WO 66 Petzval, and Tak FS-102 all mounted on an Anssen Technologies Alhena mount with German made FS2 controller on RA & Dec, shaft encoders and motor encoders.
The video camera is a Mintron colour, also known a a GStar, Steve Massey has written a very nice camera control & capture software which allows for tri-colour imaging as well as sequence and interval imaging via his software and RS232 control in the camera. A very useful tool indeed.
The more serious equipment is inside the 4-metre rotating dome. (Under the Southern Cross). I am building a smaller dome for the mobile gear as I will be replacing the 12" homebuilt Newtonian with a similar 16", now 3/4 finished.