Monthly Archives: February 2008

M42 after alot of failed photo’s

Posted by Erwin Kats on February 27, 2008 – 20:00
Filed under Random

So, finally i had the change to make some light frames from M42 in better conditions.
this time i made the light frames in Valkenburg (a place in the most south of the netherlands.)

Because i still didn’t had my Losmandy Polar scope, i had to do exposures from just 30 seconds x 69 times, so the Noise level is pretty high, and next time we will try for a better result ( but that will take a few months before the object will raise above the horizon again )

M42

Lunar Eclips 21st February 2008

Posted by Erwin Kats on February 21, 2008 – 00:00
Filed under Astrophotography

The day starts with alot of fog and going to work…

when arriving at home again,the fog was disappeared so i decided to set up the equipment to make some test shots, and bring out an live report on the Live Webcam page with some images of the moon.

For 3 hours long it was pretty clear, but then the Fog came up again…and clouds, 2 AM start of the Lunar Eclips it could be better, but around 4:10 AM (start of the total eclips ) it was foggy, and clouds everywere.
But i thought, just take some shots and see what it will bring with it.

So here 1 result pic, never took the time to look at the other pics.

Lunar Eclips