久しぶりに月を撮って、故郷を思う。 古郷に かはらぬ影を あふぐかな カリホルニヤの あきの夜の月 村垣範正、遣米使日記より。安政7年、日米通商修好条約批准のため、副使に選ばれて訪米した。遣米使節団みな死ぬ思いの航海の後サンフランシスコに着いた。和歌は３月９日、サンフランシスコに入港したときに詠んだ。 元の歌は「あき」ではなく「はる」。 from Sunnyvale California on Aug. 27th 2012 VC200Lwith Vixen reducer ( Effective FL is 1280mm) with Direct Focus method by using EOS KISS X3(REBEL T1i) 8 Single Shot on a fixed tripod Reprocessed on 2013-07-19
Canon Standard Zoom Lens of 35mm – 80 mm, came with a film camera(EOS Rebel), At 35mm FL, ISO1600, 15 second exposure 18 sub-frames are stacked. 20 dark and 20 flat frames
Sunnyvale California Sigma Telelphoto Zoom Lens 150-500mm at 150mm Canon EOS T1i
VC200L + Reducerwith modded EOS Rebel T5(KISS X50) ISO3200 and 90 second exposure Around 50 frames are stacked.
150mm FL of Sigma Zoom Lens （150−500mm） 40 frames stacked.
located at 1.4 degrees east of Lagoon Nebula
From Sunnyvale CA (Silicon Valley) VC200L with Vixen Reducer (combined FL= @1260mm) and with EOS Rebel T3, IR-modified, on Sirius EQ-G mount, controlled by EQMOD. Guided with modified Tasco refractor, Meade DSI Pro camera and PHD guiding. The total exposure is 1-1/2 hour. At ISO3200 and Exposure of 90 seconds, 60 light frames were shot on July 10th and 11th. 40 and 40 shots were taken for dark and flat frames, stacked by DeepSkyStacker.
from Sunnyvale CA (Silicon Valley) on 4/29/2012 with Vixen VC200L with the Reducer on Orion Sirius EQ-G mount
40 lights, 40 darks and 40 flats at 90 second exposure and ISO3200. VC200L and the IR Modified T3 on Sirius EQ-G, guided by a modified Tasco and PHD guiding, controlled by EQMOD, stacked with DeepSkyStacker, retouched with Photoshop CS5, Olympus Background Subtraction Toolkit Reprocessed on 4/5/2014