Ted's Astropix: The Comparison Gallery

TED'S ASTROPIX: The Comparison Gallery: The ST-8E (KAF-1602E) NABG v. the ST-8 (KAF-1600) ABG Page created: 24 August 2008 Last update: ? © 2008 Ted Saker, Jr. All rights reserved. Country of First Publication: The United States of America These works are for the personal viewing and enjoyment of visitors to this site. Any and all commercial use of these images is absolutely, strictly and totally prohibited without my consent. Remember, I sue people professionally. Besides Astronomy, it's what I live for. An obstructed horizon coupled with the summertime leaves only a few good objects in position to image from the Bad Wolf Observatory. The arrival of the ST-8E at this point lent itself to the inevitable questions: is the KAF-1602E chip in the ST-8E better than the KAF-1600 chip in the ST-8 (and its predecessor, the Genesis 16 camera)? If so, how much better? Judge for yourself whether the difference is the camera, the processing, or something else. Blue borders denote ST-8E images and red borders denote ST-8 images.
M13 Globular Cluster “The Great Northern” in Hercules The ST-8E (KAF-1602E) v. The ST-8 (KAF-1600) ABG

This is the first tricolor image taken with the ST-8E, 20 min. L, 30 min. R, 36 min. G, 42 min. B. Taken from under the Columbus Nebula on 24and 29 July 2008. Posted 30 July 2008.	This is the first tricolor image taken with the ST-8, July 2006, from under the Columbus Nebula. Technical details unavailable. Posted 23 June 2008.
M27 Planetary Nebula “The Dumbbell” in Vulpecula The ST-8E (KAF-1602E) v. The ST-8 (KAF-1600) ABG

XX min. L, XX min. R, XX min. G, XX min. B. Taken on July 24, 28 and August 8, 2008, from under the Columbus Nebula Posted 24 August 2008	35 min. Ha (for luminance), 18 min. R, 18 min. G, 36 min. B. September 12 & 15, 2007, from under the Columbus nebula. Came in dead last in the Starfest Salon 2008 imaging contest. Posted 23 June 2008
M57 Planetary Nebula “The Ring” in Lyra The ST-8E (KAF-1602E) v. The ST-8 (KAF-1600) ABG

70 min. L, 15 min. R, 18 min. G, 14 min. B, Jul. 29, Aug. 3 & 9, 2008, from under the Columbus Nebula. Posted 24 Aug. 2008	105 min. Ha (for L ), 18 min. R, 18 min. G, 54 min. B, Sept. 15 & Oct. 20, 2007, from under the Columbus nebula. Posted 23 June 2008
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TED'S ASTROPIX:

The Comparison Gallery: The ST-8E (KAF-1602E) NABG v. the ST-8 (KAF-1600) ABG

Page created: 24 August 2008

Last update: ?

© 2008 Ted Saker, Jr. All rights reserved.
Country of First Publication: The United States of America
These works are for the personal viewing and enjoyment of visitors to this site.
Any and all commercial use of these images is absolutely, strictly and totally prohibited without my consent.
Remember, I sue people professionally. Besides Astronomy, it's what I live for.

An obstructed horizon coupled with the summertime leaves only a few good objects in position to image from the Bad Wolf Observatory. The arrival of the ST-8E at this point lent itself to the inevitable questions: is the KAF-1602E chip in the ST-8E better than the KAF-1600 chip in the ST-8 (and its predecessor, the Genesis 16 camera)? If so, how much better? Judge for yourself whether the difference is the camera, the processing, or something else. Blue borders denote ST-8E images and red borders denote ST-8 images.

M13 Globular Cluster “The Great Northern” in Hercules

The ST-8E (KAF-1602E) v. The ST-8 (KAF-1600) ABG

This is the first tricolor image taken with the ST-8E, 20 min. L, 30 min. R, 36 min. G, 42 min. B. Taken from under the Columbus Nebula on 24and 29 July 2008.

Posted 30 July 2008.

This is the first tricolor image taken with the ST-8, July 2006, from under the Columbus Nebula. Technical details unavailable.

Posted 23 June 2008.

M27 Planetary Nebula “The Dumbbell” in Vulpecula

The ST-8E (KAF-1602E) v. The ST-8 (KAF-1600) ABG

XX min. L, XX min. R, XX min. G, XX min. B. Taken on July 24, 28 and August 8, 2008, from under the Columbus Nebula

Posted 24 August 2008

35 min. Ha (for luminance), 18 min. R, 18 min. G, 36 min. B. September 12 & 15, 2007, from under the Columbus nebula. Came in dead last in the Starfest Salon 2008 imaging contest.

Posted 23 June 2008

M57 Planetary Nebula “The Ring” in Lyra

The ST-8E (KAF-1602E) v. The ST-8 (KAF-1600) ABG

70 min. L, 15 min. R, 18 min. G, 14 min. B, Jul. 29, Aug. 3 & 9, 2008, from under the Columbus Nebula.

Posted 24 Aug. 2008

105 min. Ha (for L ), 18 min. R, 18 min. G, 54 min. B, Sept. 15 & Oct. 20, 2007, from under the Columbus nebula.

Posted 23 June 2008

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