 |
|
| Magnus' Astronomy page |
|
|
|
| Magnus' Astronomy page |
| What is this site about? | This is my astronomy site. Here you find photos that I have taken of astronomical objects, reflections on experiences of watching the sky, information about my equipment and related issues. |
| Who am I? | I am a swedish amateur astronomer, psychologist by profession, living in Malmö in the south of Sweden. |
| My equipment | My first SCT (Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope) was a Celstron C5+. In
the summer of 2000 I upgraded to a Celestron C8 orange tube on a Vixen
Great Polaris mount.
More about my equipment. |
| C5+ photos | |
 |
The moon at prime focus, exposed with a piece of cardboard with a smaller hole taped on the telescope, to shut down the opening, and allowing for longer exposures that could be done without the camera shutter. In this case, exposure was about 1/2 sec, with another piece of cardoard held in front of the scope. |
 |
M42, prime focus, with Meade reducer f/6.3. The problems with the RA drive caused the drift that you can see on this picutre. In fact, this is the best I managed to take before the drive was replaced by Celestron. |
| C8 photos
(from summer 2000): |
|
 |
The moon at prime focus with a 2x Barlow |
 |
M57, Ring nebula |
 |
M27, Dumbbell nebula |
 |
M56, Globular cluster in Sagitta |
 |
Comet LINEAR, 1999 S4. |
 |
M 31, Andromeda galagy. Large object, larger then field of view even at f 6.3. |
 |
NGC 7331, a "nearby" sprial galaxy. |
| Some links to other
astronomy related pages |
SAAF,
Swedish assocoation of amateur astronomers
SCT-user home page Cartes du Ciel, a freeware sky chart software American Association of Amateur Astronomers |
Last updated 2001-01-19
This site is produced by Magnus
Larsson.