About
Martin Jansz lives in Melbourne Australia and takes these astrophotographs from his inner suburban backgarden.
All images copyright Martin Jansz. All rights reserved.
Telescope Imaging System
Telescope: Celestron CGE11 with Meade Series 4000 f/6.3 Focal Reducer/Field Flattener.
Focuser: Moonlite Focuser with stepper drive and controller
Guiding: Orion short tube refractor Guidescope 80mm f5 with Atik camera 16C using Autoguide port on mount.
Imaging Camera: Atik 314L which gives 0.85 arcsec/pixel and a field of 13.1 x 17.5 arcmin
Filter wheel: Atik EFW2 motorised filter wheel
Filters: Astronomik L-RGB set (1.25") Type 2 and 6nm Halpha filters
Software
Control: Maxim DL - Complete control of imaging session.
Polar Align: PemPro - Brilliant for accurate drift method.
Collimation: CCDInspector - useful for image quality as well.
Focus Software: FocusMax - results show using CCDInspector.
Image Processing: PixInsight
