Friday, 22 April 2022

Using an SV305M Pro with a Barlow lens, tilt adapter and AstroDMx Capture for Linux

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It is a common problem with H-alpha solar imaging with CMOS cameras that if a Barlow is introduced into the optical train Newton's rings...
Sunday, 17 April 2022

Flat-fields and sensor dust

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In the previous article we looked at the correction of vignetting by the use of flat-fields and we explained exactly how flat-fields work. I...
Tuesday, 12 April 2022

Markarian's chain of galaxies with an SV405CC, AstroDMx Capture and a 102mm f/4.5 refractor, and the effect of flat-fields

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This experiment had a number of aims. One of them was to create an optical path that would produce vignetting. The second was to show that t...

Black Eye Galaxy with an SV405CC, AstroDMx Capture and a Skymax 127

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A motor-focus modified Skymax 127 Maksutov was mounted on a Celestron AVX mount and an SV405CC OSC fitted with an SVBONY UV/IR cut filter wa...
Saturday, 9 April 2022

The SV305M Pro, AstroDMx Capture, A Raspberry Pi and a Skymax 127 Maksutov

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A Skymax 127 Maksutov was  mounted on a Celestron AVX GOTO mount and an SV305M Pro monochrome camera fitted with an SVBONY IR/UV cut filter ...
Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Globular clusters with an SV405CC, AstroDMx Capture and a Skymax 127 Maksutov

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A motor-focus modified Skymax 127 was mounted on a Celestron AVX GOTO mount. an SVBONY SV405CC OSC camera, fitted with an SVBONY UV/IR cut f...
Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Selected SVBONY cameras for solar imaging.

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Selected SVBONY cameras for solar imaging. The cameras examined here are the SV305M Pro 12 bit monochrome CMOS camera and the SV405CC OSC ...