RASC St. John's Centre

RASC - St. John's Centre
Members Photos


Images of the "California Nebulae, Fireworks Galaxy & M17" taken from Butter Pot Provincial Park, Newfoundland. Photographed by Dave Newbury 2016 09 04

	"California Nebulae" taken September 4, 2016 from Butter Pot Provincial Park, Newfoundland. 12, 20 sec subs at 6400 iso. Equipment used: Stellarvue 90mm APO, AVX Mount, StarSense and Canon 6D (modified). Click on image for full original photo.
	"Fireworks Galaxy and open cluster NGC6939" taken September 4, 2016 from Butter Pot Provincial Park, Newfoundland. Fireworks Galaxy/NGC6939 - stacked/processed using Deep Sky Stacker (12, 20 sec subs, 6400iso). Equipment used: Stellarvue 90mm APO, AVX Mount, StarSense and Canon 6D (modified). Click on image for full original photo.
	"Swan Nebula "M45"" taken September 4, 2016 from Butter Pot Provincial Park, Newfoundland. Video of M17 (Swan/Omega nebula) "setting" into the trees. Click on image for full original photo.
	"Collage #1"" taken September 4, 2016 from Butter Pot Provincial Park, Newfoundland. Collage #1 of pictures using short duration exposures (no stacking/processing). All images are single 20sec exposure. Click on image for full original photo.
	"Collage #2"" taken September 4, 2016 from Butter Pot Provincial Park, Newfoundland. Collage #2 of pictures using short duration exposures (no stacking/processing). All images are single 20sec exposure. Click on image for full original photo.
	"The Boys & Milky Way"" taken September 4, 2016 from Butter Pot Provincial Park, Newfoundland. Robert and Randy against the backdrop of the Milky Way. Click on image for full original photo.
Very good sky conditions at the park that night, where 4 members where in attendance. There was a lot of dew which eventually ended our sessions a little early. But not before much observing (and imaging). There were many noted meteors including one particularly bright fireball. Seemed more than normal considering there are no meteor showers around that date. Had fun playing with short/non-guided exposures which meant time to visit more targets! Was also testing Starsense (alignment automation tool) which worked quite well - the scope placed targets dead center in fov for every slew.