Visit Japan Kyoei Store ...

This is one of the reasons that I want to have this Japan trip ;-)

A very small store but makes me want to stay here for many hours !!

Visit Cheng Kung University Observatory

Thanks to my brother Yi (who is a professor at Cheng Kung University), we got a chance to visit the observatory. What a good experience. Please enjoy the photos.

http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/ckuo/home.html (official website)

RoR

C14 + WO 130 (?)

old AP 1200 GTO mount

2017/Feb/10 Comet 45P

Don't know what I am doing... ;-)
Woke up at 4:30am and start getting LRGB 30s frames...
Still learn how to process comet...

This one is from L channel only, 10 subs...

2017 New Year Project -- "Portable Observatory"

Want to do something like this for a long long time. Having two young kids really limits my go-out-to-do-imaging time. People said having a semi-permanent setup is the next best thing to an observatory. So I pull the trigger... !!

I really should do this earlier !!!

Take me 5 min to setup and 5 min to tear down.

Although I have very limited sky in my backyard, I think I am going get a lot of subs this year.

365 cover ...

Very limited sky ...

First light -- Thor's Helmet Nebula - Ha 30min x 3 and the target is blocked by the tree...

 Second light -- Rosette Nebula -- Ha 30min x 7 ...

iTelescope ... First Try

Raining ... so I decide to give iTelescope a try ...

DSLR Narrowband (6nm Ha) Test

Always curious how well can a DSLR do with a narrowband filter.

This is from a single 1200s expo. With Canon t3i + 6nm Ha filter.

Setup:

The second expo touchess the roof ;-)

Non process version ...

12/12/2016 - Moon Occult Aldebaran

This is my first time viewing occultation !! Happened at 19:06 and I did see it via my 70x15 bino.