Cercis Astro - Gallery Page One

Cercis Astro 25 Rt. 31 South, Ste. C 2030, Pennington, NJ 08534 TL: 609-737-5120 FX: 609-564-0546 EMAIL: info@cercisastro.com

The astrophotos in the Photo Gallery are all taken with DSLR cameras. Where possible, equipment used is identified and attribution to the photographer is made.

Cercis welcomes photos submitted for this section, and will try to include as many as possible and update frequently.

M27 Dumbell Nebula         www.skypoint.it
Photo details: Marco Cosmacini, City of Fagagna (Udine) 400 meters above sea level,
Camera: Canon 20Da                             Scope: Pentax 125SDP f/6.4
DslrStar controller without the use of PC only to make sequences and take dark frames
Mount: Losmandy Titan                        Autoguider: Sbig STV
Image: 4 pictures of 10 minutes plus one of 15 minutes ISO400
Dark Frame: taken automatically for each image due to temperature change
Process: Images Plus for dark subtraction, alignment and stacking; color and level processing with Photoshop; noise reduction with Neat Image

M13 Globular Cluster        www.skypoint.it
Photo details: Marco Cosmacini, City of Fagagna (Udine) 400 meters above sea level,
Camera: Canon 20Da                              Scope: Pentax 125SDP f/6.4
DslrStar controller without the use of PC only to make sequences and take dark frames
Mount: Losmandy Titan                        Autoguider: none
Image: 33 pictures of 30 seconds ISO400
Process: Images Plus for dark subtraction, alignment and stacking; color and level processing with Photoshop; noise reduction with Neat Image