Since Clayton Kessler decided to show us what he does with his imaging
set-up (see for example “Stepping up the Focal Length” by Clayton Kessler
December, 2009), I thought I might show you some of the
images I have taken over the past few years using remote / rental equipment.
Through the internet to places around the
world using the scopes and imaging equipment of
Slooh (http://www.slooh.com/),
MyTelescope (http://www.mytelescope.com/) and
Global Rent A Scope (http://www.global-rent-a-scope.com/).
I have taken over 500
images of astronomical objects like planets, galaxies, star cluster and
comets. From mountain tops in the Canary Islands
to the flat lands in southern Australia and from the deserted back country
of New Brunswick, Canada to the high desert
of New Mexico the following pictures are a brief sample of what can be
done online with just a few mouse clicks:
Additional processing and labeling was done with Thumbs Plus 7.0