ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY & DIGITAL IMAGING

by GARY HONIS

My attempts at astrophotography began in 1989 from a desire to capture colors of celestial objects not seen visually at the eyepiece. The first telescope I used was an 8 inch Meade LX-3 Schmidt-Cassegrain. This was later replaced by a Meade 10 inch LX-200 telescope. Film Cameras I use are the Olympus OM-4T and OM-1 with a varimagnifier for focusing. I have also experimented with a Quickcam VC, a cooled Greyscale Quickcam and the Olympus C2000Z and C2020Z digital cameras for astro imaging that I can also use with my 20 inch Starmaster. In 2003, I began imaging with a Canon 10D digital SLR camera.
 
Astrophotography and amateur astronomy are adversely affected by light pollution. If you are an amateur astronomer, please get involved by becoming a member of the International Dark Sky Association (IDA).
 

MARS 2003:

Mars images taken with Olympus C2020Z, Canon 10D and Philips Toucam Pro and 20 Inch Starmaster can be seen HERE.

Canon 10D Digital SLR:

Click here for gallery of Canon 10D Digital SLR astro images.

Deep sky images taken with Canon 10D and 20 inch Starmaster,10 inch LX200 and Orion ED80 scopes can be seen HERE.

Digital Cameras C2000Z and C2020Z:

Click here for gallery of Olympus digital camera deep sky images.

For an 8 part series on digital camera imaging along with planetary and deep sky images taken with Olympus C2000Z and C2020Z digital cameras select C2020Z.

Astrophotographs - Olympus OM-1 and OM-4T Cameras:

Pick a category of celestial object at right, then choose from thumbnails to view an astrophotograph.

Quickcam VC and Peltier Cooled Greyscale Quickcam Imager:

For my Quickcam VC results and Cooled Greyscale Project select Quickcam. For Comet Linear S4 Images & Animations Click Here