San Pedro de Atacama and SpaceObs observations

All images were recorded at San Pedro de Atacama using Spaceobs facilities held by Ale and Alain Maury
All images processed using PRISM v6 from RAW CR2 files.

1. Milky Way : CANON 20D + 20-35 mm F/4 to 20 mm at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 5 x 120s exposures

2. Eta Carena :

  1. CANON 20D + 105 mm F/2.8 Sigma EX, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 3 x 300s exposures
  2. CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4L Canon, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 5 x 180s exposures

3. Southern cross + coal sack :

  1. CANON 20D + 105 mm F/2.8 Sigma EX, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 3 x 300s exposures
  2. CANON 20D + 105 mm F/2.8 Sigma EX, F/4 at 800ISO (1/8 resolution image), 3 x 300s exposures + cross drawn

4. Globular clusters :

  1. Omega Centaurus -> CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4 Canon at 800ISO, 6 x 100s exposures
  2. 47Toucan -> CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4 Canon at 800ISO, 6 x 100s exposures
  3. M13 -> CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4 Canon at 800ISO, 6 x 100s exposures

5. Bug Nebulae (located at the Scorpio's tail)

  1. CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4L Canon, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 12 x 180s exposures
  2. CANON 20D + 105 mm F/2.8 Sigma EX, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 5 x 300s exposures
  3. Same as previous, with scorpio's tail constellation drawn

 

6. Coal sacks in milky way

  1. Alpha centaurus area -> CANON 20D + 105 mm F/2.8 Sigma EX, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 3 x 300s exposures
  2. Lupus area -> CANON 20D + 105 mm F/2.8 Sigma EX, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 3 x 300s exposures

7. M8 and M20

  1. CANON 20D + 105 mm F/2.8 Sigma EX, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 5 x 300s exposures
  2. CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4L Canon, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 10 x 180s exposures

8. M16 and M17

  1. CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4L Canon, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 10 x 180s exposures

9. Pipe Nebula

  1. CANON 20D + 105 mm F/2.8 Sigma EX, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 6 x 300s exposures
  2. Same image has above, full resolution, centered to the snake nebulae

10. Small and Large Magellanic Cloud

  1. Small Magellanic Cloud : CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4L Canon, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 7 x 180s exposures
  2. Large Magellanic Cloud Est Part : CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4L Canon, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 7 x 180s exposures
  3. Large Magellanic Cloud West Part : CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4L Canon, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 7 x 180s exposures

11. Barnard72 Area

  1. CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4L Canon, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 10 x 180s exposures

12. Zeta 2 Sco Area (16h54m | -42°20'')

  1. CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4L Canon, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 10 x 180s exposures

13. NGC3603

  1. CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4L Canon, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 10 x 180s exposures

14. Alpha scorpio area

  1. CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4L Canon, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 13 x 180s exposures
  2. CANON 20D + 105 mm F/2.8 Sigma EX, F/4 at 800ISO (Half resolution image), 7 x 300s exposures

15. Moon

  1. CANON 20D + 300 mm F/4L Canon, F/4 at 100ISO, 2s exposures

 

By Cyril CAVADORE, May 2005, back to my homepage