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Photo by Jim Foy
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| January Meeting - Asto-Imaging |
| Astrophotographers Jim Foy and John Boudreau |
| Thursday, Jan 11, 2007 at 8:00 PM |
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Photo by John Boudreau
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Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation (9.25MB)
This month, “focus in”on astro-imaging with astrophotographers’ Jim Foy of the North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club and John Boudreau of ATMoB. For many amateur astronomers the next logical step beyond visual observing is astrophotography: imaging in detail not only what we can see through the eyepiece, but much fainter detail and brilliant color beyond that visible to the eye. More and more amateurs are undertaking astrophotography and it surely opens a new door to the hobby.
Jim Foy started out in astronomy ten years ago with a pair of binoculars and a sky map. After learning the constellations he purchased a 6” Dob and continued exploring the night skies in search of Messier objects. He joined the Amateur Astronomy Club of Pittsburgh and participated in several star parties. Seven years ago Jim moved to Andover and joined NSACC. He has been the star party coordinator there for five years. Jim has upgraded his equipment which currently includes an Astro-Physics 900 Goto mount, Takahashi FSQ106N and Meade 10” SCT, Webcam and SBIG 2000-XM camera which he uses to acquire some beautiful images.
John, an ATMoB member for over 25 years, has been doing astrophotography since he was a kid. He did film astrophotography up until 2002, when he started using a webcam for planet imaging, and later that year, an ST-10 CCD camera for deep sky work. John does most of his imaging from his backyard observatory in Saugus, unfortunately under strong light-polluted skies. While John sometimes travels to New Hampshire for a few hours of imaging under dark skies, those images taken from back home in Saugus are stunning. Currently, John’s main deep sky work is done with a TEC140 refractor, and a few images have taken with a Takahashi FS60C. He uses a Celestron C11 for webcam imaging of the planets and the C11 sees some limited deep sky work too.
Their experiences should give you ideas on how to get more out of your hobby. Come and hear about some of the fundamentals and techniques of imaging through a telescope: settings, image processing, cameras, filters, planetary imaging, and deep sky. As always, members are invited to bring examples of their work to share with the group.
~Virginia Renehan, President
Please join us for a pre-meeting dinner discussion at Changsho, 1712 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA at 6:00pm before the meeting. |
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