New CCD camera
Monday, June 29, 2015
We received our new CCD camera! We're still missing a few adapters and configuring the system to use it properly, but I got some nice pictures. All of them are monochrome (we can't use colour filters just yet...). They were produced from ~100 x 10 seconds exposure (guiding doesn't work just yet...). These were my first trials, so the quality might not be the best, and the Moon was very bright (95% illumination) so, again, the results could be better.
Starting with Messier 57, the ring nebula,
![Messier 57, the ring nebula](/observatory/sites/physics.carleton.ca.observatory/files/content-files/M57.jpg)
Then, Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy,
![Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy](/observatory/sites/physics.carleton.ca.observatory/files/content-files/M101.jpg)
Another Galaxy, Messier 51, the Whirlpool Galaxy,
![Messier 51, the Whirlpool Galaxy](/observatory/sites/physics.carleton.ca.observatory/files/content-files/WhirpoolGalaxy.jpg)
And finally, a globular cluster, Messier 92
![a globular cluster, Messier 92](/observatory/sites/physics.carleton.ca.observatory/files/content-files/M92.jpg)