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This gallery represents my attempts at capturing the night sky on digital media. The pics are more or less in order from when I started.
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Uranus with Nikon 4500 6 images stacked
Uranus with Nikon 4500 6 images stacked
9/21/02 Nearly full moon, 8 & 12 inch scopes
Picture 354.jpg

9/21/02 Nearly full moon, 8 & 12 inch scopes

Picture 357.jpg
Picture 357.jpg
2001 With Nikon 950 6 images stacked
2001 With Nikon 950 6 images stacked
Picture 036.jpg
Picture 036.jpg
101602.jpg
101602.jpg
reduced.jpg
reduced.jpg
Taken with 4 takahashi refractor and nikon 5000
appenines.jpg

Taken with 4" takahashi refractor and nikon 5000

Mars taken 8-20-03 with celestron 9.25 sct, televue big barlow and vesta pro web cam.
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Mars taken 8-20-03 with celestron 9.25 sct, televue big barlow and vesta pro web cam.

Orion rising in the east, skyglow from Shiner.
Gonzales Star Trails.jpg

Orion rising in the east, skyglow from Shiner.

M 33 Taken with Tak FS102 and Canon 10d. single 4 minute iso 800 shot with f5.9 reducer
M33.jpg

M 33 Taken with Tak FS102 and Canon 10d. single 4 minute iso 800 shot with f5.9 reducer

2nd light with 14 lx200gps  Shot in altaz mode ofr 9 secs with canon 10d @ ISO 800 and with f6.3 focal reducer.
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2nd light with 14" lx200gps Shot in altaz mode ofr 9 secs with canon 10d @ ISO 800 and with f6.3 focal reducer.

Custom pier and meade 14 superwedge
pier1.jpg

Custom pier and meade 14" superwedge

pier2.jpg
pier2.jpg
Double moon transit 3-29-04  taken with toucam pro webcam and 14 meade lx200.
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Double moon transit 3-29-04 taken with toucam pro webcam and 14" meade lx200.

Another shot from 3-29-04 showing the moons themselves as the transit continues
2 moons.jpg

Another shot from 3-29-04 showing the moons themselves as the transit continues

Same setup as other two, but with better seeing conditions.
3-30-04.jpg

Same setup as other two, but with better seeing conditions.

single frame of the video that was used in the 3-30-04 pic. This was about the best of the bunch, 551 pics were used in the stack.
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single frame of the video that was used in the 3-30-04 pic. This was about the best of the bunch, 551 pics were used in the stack.

Takahashi fs102 with 5x powermate and toucam 2
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Takahashi fs102 with 5x powermate and toucam 2

14 lx200 with televue big barlow and toucam 2
CCDCap0096.jpg

14" lx200 with televue big barlow and toucam 2

mars june 19.jpg
mars june 19.jpg
m27_filtered.jpg
m27_filtered.jpg
lagoon.jpg
lagoon.jpg
seven two minute lights at iso 800, and four two minute darks.  Canon 10d
M 31

seven two minute lights at iso 800, and four two minute darks. Canon 10d

Tak fs102 with f5.9 reducer and canon 10D on a losmandy g-11 gemini, guided with an st4 coupled to an orion short tube 80. 36 2-1/2 minute lights and one 5 minute light, 10 dark frames.
spring branch m31.jpg

Tak fs102 with f5.9 reducer and canon 10D on a losmandy g-11 gemini, guided with an st4 coupled to an orion short tube 80. 36 2-1/2 minute lights and one 5 minute light, 10 dark frames.

mars 9 21 05.jpg
mars 9 21 05.jpg
first attempt at m45  Canon 10d 7 exposures @ 5 minutes 11 exposures at 4 minutes all iso 800
Tak fs102 on g11 guided with short tube 80 and st4
M 45

first attempt at m45 Canon 10d 7 exposures @ 5 minutes 11 exposures at 4 minutes all iso 800
Tak fs102 on g11 guided with short tube 80 and st4

Reshot M31 on October 8th following a cool front that cleared the air and dropped the temps to 46 degrees. This allowed the use of a higher iso setting (1600) at 2 1/2 minutes, 26 frames.
M31.jpg

Reshot M31 on October 8th following a cool front that cleared the air and dropped the temps to 46 degrees. This allowed the use of a higher iso setting (1600) at 2 1/2 minutes, 26 frames.

Since the conditions were cooperating for m31, I went ahead and reshot m45 for good measure.  20 frames @ iso 1600, 2.5 minutes each
M45 oct 8.jpg

Since the conditions were cooperating for m31, I went ahead and reshot m45 for good measure. 20 frames @ iso 1600, 2.5 minutes each

More of the same... seeing was great and nice and cool, 20 images @ iso 1600, 2.5 minutes each.
Flame and the Horse.jpg

More of the same... seeing was great and nice and cool, 20 images @ iso 1600, 2.5 minutes each.

CCDCap0071.jpg
CCDCap0071.jpg
m33 Friday night.jpg
m33 Friday night.jpg
M33 half size.jpg
M33 half size.jpg
ngc 891 reduce.jpg
ngc 891 reduce.jpg
Sold in nov. 05
14" lx200gps

Sold in nov. 05

softened horse.jpg
softened horse.jpg
40 45 second exposures, iso 800 and 1600.
m8 40.jpg

40 45 second exposures, iso 800 and 1600.

CCDCap0016.jpg
CCDCap0016.jpg
CCDCap0010.jpg
CCDCap0010.jpg
Pic taken with 7 meade lx200  By Ralph Encarnacion (panotaker)
CCDCap0040.jpg

Pic taken with 7" meade lx200 By Ralph Encarnacion (panotaker)

7inch lx200 2.jpg
7inch lx200 2.jpg
7inch lx200.jpg
7inch lx200.jpg
canon 10d tak fs102 w/5.9 reducer 28 lights, 10 darks, @ iso 1600 3min ea.
M45 11 06 Small.jpg

canon 10d tak fs102 w/5.9 reducer 28 lights, 10 darks, @ iso 1600 3min ea.

M42 Orion and Running Man Nebula
M42 Orion and Running Man Nebula
nov 18 06.jpg
nov 18 06.jpg
nebulostiy.jpg
nebulostiy.jpg
First light for new ccd-labs q8-hr
first light ccd-labs q8-hr .jpg

First light for new ccd-labs q8-hr

m31 small.jpg
m31 small.jpg
m31 stack 10 13small.jpg
m31 stack 10 13small.jpg
17p Holmes.jpg
17p Holmes.jpg
eagle.jpg
eagle.jpg
Comet Panstarrs 3-13-13.jpg
Comet Panstarrs 3-13-13.jpg
Sixty two one minute exposures of M31 with Canon 5D MK2, TC 80N3 Intervalometer, Processed in Images Plus 6. Televue NP127IS/Losmandy G11 unguided.
M31 10-17-15.jpg

Sixty two one minute exposures of M31 with Canon 5D MK2, TC 80N3 Intervalometer, Processed in Images Plus 6. Televue NP127IS/Losmandy G11 unguided.

M33.jpg
M33.jpg
Triffid.jpg
Triffid.jpg
M52 crop.jpg
M52 crop.jpg
CombineFilesMed pac man.jpg
CombineFilesMed pac man.jpg
m31 10-21-16.jpg
m31 10-21-16.jpg
CombineFilesExcAvg m31 pbs.jpg
CombineFilesExcAvg m31 pbs.jpg
CombineFilesExcAvg m31 CN.jpg
CombineFilesExcAvg m31 CN.jpg
First light for ASI 1600 MM Cool

16 ten minute H alpha exposures Shot 11-13-16
Flaming Star Nebula

First light for ASI 1600 MM Cool

16 ten minute H alpha exposures Shot 11-13-16

ASI 1600 MM Cool
Moon 11-11-16

ASI 1600 MM Cool

20 Ten minute H Alpha (Astrodon 5nm) exposures with ASI 1600 MM Cool and Televue NP127IS
Horse head and Flame Nebulas 11-19-2016.jpg

20 Ten minute H Alpha (Astrodon 5nm) exposures with ASI 1600 MM Cool and Televue NP127IS

Flame and Horse Nebulas 

20 Ten minute H alpha exposures ASI 1600 MM Cool
Horse 11-19 1600-1200.jpg

Flame and Horse Nebulas

20 Ten minute H alpha exposures ASI 1600 MM Cool

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