Date Taken: 11/23/2009 Photographer:
Orion Staff Location: Cupertino, CA
Telescope:
Orion EON 120mm f/7.5 ED Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount:
Orion Atlas EQ-G Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Camera:
Orion StarShoot Deep Space Monochrome Imaging Camera III Processing: Captured and combined in MaxIm DL 5, additional processing in Photoshop 7, H-alpha for luminance and red, OIII for green and blue. Exposure: 12x20 minutes H-alpha and 12x20 minutes OIII Other Equipment Used: Orion StarShoot AutoGuider, Orion SteadyStar Adaptive Optics Guider, 1.25 inch Orion H-Alpha Extra-Narrowband Filter, 1.25 inch Orion Oxygen-III Extra-Narrowband Filter Notes: Captured and combined in MaxIm DL 5, additional processing in Photoshop 7, H-alpha for luminance and red, OIII for green and blue.
If you're looking for a heavy duty GoTo mount for all your observing or astrophotography needs, the Orion Atlas EQ-G computerized GoTo telescope mount is perfect. It supports up to 40lbs and finds over 42,900 celestial objects with pushbutton ease.
The Orion StarShoot is an easy-to-use, affordable autoguider for long-exposure astrophotography. Plug it into an autoguider port on your mount and let it do the work for you. It comes with the software and cables needed to work right out of the box!
The Orion SteadyStar Adaptive Optics Guider eliminates tracking errors far more effectively than regular autoguiding. Overcome your mount's periodic error resulting in sharper, smaller stars. It makes even a modest mount perform more effectively!
For producing striking, high-contrast color CCD astrophotography of emission nebulae with a monochrome CCD camera, you should use extra-narrowband filters. The 1.25" Orion Extra-Narrowband Hydrogen-Alpha filter is one of a set of three filters.
For producing striking, high-contrast color CCD astrophotography of emission nebulae with a monochrome CCD camera, you should use extra-narrowband filters. The 1.25" Orion Extra-Narrowband Oxygen-III filter is one of a set of three filters.