"Deep Singularity" - Observatory
Infinite Widen in Color
Astroimaging by Torsten Jehsert
My observatory, the "Deep Singularity"
,is since the summer 2003 the home for my CCD-Imaging observations.
The first CCD-Imaging-project carried out with telescope optics.
The optical performance is improved by FSQ106N again.
"The times for a successful CCD-Imaging can come."
The observatory is completed completing.
The telescope in the observatory.
The first photographic light.
The observatory is assembled.
The dome hovers one.
"The substructure is ready.
The dome can come."
The floor has moved in.
"The pier is installed and the framework built."
The "feet" are sedate.
The foundation is poured.
The hole is dug and the form is sedate.
"My old observation-platform. (before observatory-ages)"
Optics
Meade LX200 10"
Takahashi FSQ 106N
Zeiss 300mm F4 Lens
Camera
Apogee U6 CCD-Camera (KAF 1001E)
Philips ToUcam Pro-II Web-Camera
Camera-Accesssories
FLI DF2-Focuser
FLI CFW-1, CFW-7 Filter-Wheel
Astronomik CCD-Filter (2" L, RGB, Halpha, OIII, SII)
Software
TheSky V6
MaxIm DL / CCD V4
RegiStar V1
Adobe Photoshop V9
My interest in the astronomy was woken up in my childhood by my father. My father drew the attention of me as a child to the treasures of the night sky. I dealt thenceforward with the astronomy in my spare time. My first telescope originated from a lens (D=80mm) of Zeiss and two oculars. From this lens originated in the own building with the help of my father a refractor with equatorial mount. With this refractor I observed much visually the night sky. I observed in particular variable stars. Beside the night observation I started to read a lot. In particular Einstein and the consequences of his theory of relativity on the explanation of the universe occupied me. The more I read about the astronomy, the more I saw and
felt with every new sight of the clear night sky.
With every new observation night this perception became more intensive.
There originated the wish to document the visually perceived one photo-graphically.
In 1997 I put for my future astrophotografy the foundation-stone. I decided to install LX200 in my place of residence a MEADE 10 “. In 2001 still the building of my observatory followed this decision. In 2003 I acquired an U6 of the Apogee (follower of the AP6) and the Focuser and the filter wheel of FLI. Now with it I was able to run CCD-Imaging independently.
The big astrophotographer David Malin impressed me quite early by his colored astrofotographies. In his images I could feel with the respect the same what I felt with every new sight of the clear night sky. The infinity of the universe was expressed in their full beauty.
The technical process of the CCD-Imaging is very demanding and instructive. For my first steps the articles of Robert Gendler gave me input to optimize my approach with the CCD-Imaging.
Since I run CCD-Imaging, my observations of the clear night sky are reproduceable. With thus I mean the following: I am in my observatory. The telescope and the CCD camera are built up and the first absorption series runs. If I look from the dome and look at the clear night sky, the infinity of the universe comes in its beauty very near me. She becomes conceivable. The earthly moves in this moment in a wide distance. Space and time qualify itself from all earthly and extraterrestrial in the infinity in the universe. These thoughts and sensations reproduce themselves when I edit the CCD absorption on the computer and draw of my images the stars, fogs and galaxies of the universe.
Technical Details
Optics
Telephoto lens 300mm - Focal-Ratio 1:4,
Takahashi FSQ-106N - Focal-Ratio 1:5
Meade LX200 10'' - Focal-Ratio 1:6.5
Mount
Meade LX200
Camera
Apogee U6 - T=-15°C
Filters
Astronomic L-HA-RGB
Exposures L:HA:R:G:B:
10:10:10:10:10 min (120-secound exposures)
Dates
10 August
Locaton
My Observatory "Deep Singularity", Ferdinandshof, MV, Germany
Gamma Cyg = IC1318, S108, M16, M17, M18, M24, M25, NGC7000, IC5067, NGC6960, S109, S119, IC1831,
IC1831, IC1305, IC1499, M42, IC405, IC410, IC417,
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Copyright ©1999-2005 by Torsten Jehsert.
E-Mail : jt.astrosingularity@online