We are Joaquin (father) and Yago (son), amateur astronomers from Spain, from the Agrupacion Astronomica de Madrid. We obtained the Jupiter image at left on october/1999 from our backyard in Pozuelo de Alarcon (Spain), seven miles away from Madrid downtown, with our C-8 scope and our home-built Cookbook 245 CCD camera. During the following years, we have upgraded our equipment. Equipment. New SBIG STL11000 camera!
Recent CCD images gallery
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New. Exposure:
8.5 h.
First light of the new STL11000 camera, from our new observatory in Pozuelo (10 Km from Madrid center). Eight and a half hours of accumulated exposure (multiple 30 min subexposures) through a 7 nm H alpha filter (Baader), using the FSQ106 astrograph. Ionized Hidrogen gas glows (H alpha: 656 nm), in the area of the Cone nebulla (NGC 2264). The field is 4 degrees wide.
M31, the great Andromeda galaxy. Four frame LRGB mosaic. FSQ-106 and SXV-H9. Total exposure of 8 hours, from montes de Toledo (Dec 2006) and Bonilla (Sept 2007 and Oct 2007). Clic for 50% in size Clic for 100% in size
The Pleiades (M45). From dark skies in Piornal (10/11/07) and Bonilla (16/11/09). FSQ-106 and SXV-H9. Filters: LRGB. Total exposure of 3h 45m.
Reflection nebulla NGC 7023 ( iris). From Bonilla, September 2007. FSQ106 and SXV-H9, LRGB filters. Total exposure: 2 h 40 m.
Comet Holmes, October 28th 2007, 21 h TU. C8 at f:6 and SXV-H9. Ten second subexposures with filters G (x30), R (x5) and B (x5).
CLIC over the image above for a "four colors" image with filters B, G, R and Infra-red (Astronomik IR Planet). Respectively, the following colors were asigned to each filtered image: Dark blue, Light Green, Orange and Dark red.
Nebulla surrounding Rho Ophiuchi, from Bonilla (40º North), on May 14th 2007. FSQ106 and SXV-H9. LRGB filters. Exposure: 90 minutes. Altitude over the southern horizon of Rho Ophiuchi: 25º.
Galaxies M81 and M82. From Las Navas del Marqués on March/17/2007. FSQ106 and SXV-H9. Filters: L(RHalfa)GB. Total exposure of 4 hours
Total lunar eclipse on March 3-4th 2007, as seen from Las Navas del Marques (Spain). Images obtained with afocal projection, Takahashi FSQ-106 refractor and a 26 mm eyepiece. Sony DSC-P150 digital camera, with zoom (3x) and without zoom, 5 second exposures each.
Cone and fox fur nebullae in NGC2264 in monoceros. From Bonilla on january 2007. FSQ-106 and SXV-H9. H alpha, R, G, B filters. Total exposure 165 minutes for the color image, and 2 hours for the H alpha image. Color processing: luminance = H alpha+R+G+B; red channel = H alpha+R; green channel = G; blue channel = B.
NGC6960, veil nebulla (east fragment). From Bonilla, August 26th 2006. FSQ-106 and SXV-H9. Filters: L,R,G,B. Total exposure of 2 hours. Some cirrus clouds present.
M16, emission nebulla. Montes de Toledo, June 2006. FSQ-106 and SXV-H9 camera, autoguided. Filters L, H-alpha, R, G, B. Total exposure: 2.75 hours.
Galaxy M 101 in Ursa Major. From Montes de Toledo, april-june 2005. FSQ-106, SXV-H9 camera, autoguided. Filters: LRGB, total exposure 2.5 hours.
Galaxy M 33 in Triangulum. From Bonilla (Cuenca), october 2005. FSQ-106 on Losmandy G-11 mount, SXV-H9 camera. Filters: LRGB, total exposure 100 minutes. Premio Pleyades 2005 in digital astrophotography, Agrupacion Astronomica de Madrid (AAM).
Crescent nebulla NGC6888 in Cygnus. From Bonilla (Cuenca), october 2005. FSQ-106 on Losmandy G-11 mount, SXV-H9 camera. Filters: H-alpha, RGB, total exposure 110 minutes.
Sequence of the annular eclipse in Madrid, October 3th 2005. 270 mm lens with solar filter, 18 mm eyepiece, and Sony P-150 digital camera.
Veil nebulla NGC6992-6995 in Cygnus. From Montes de Toledo, june 2005. FSQ-106 refractor and SXV-H9 camera, autoguided. Fiters: RGB, total exposure 75 minutes. No Dark Frames nor Flat Fields.
Galaxy trio M65, M66 and NGC3628 in Leo. Obtained over two nights (april 9 and 12, 2005), from Montes de Toledo and Pozuelo. FSQ-106 at f75 and SXV-H9 camera, autoguided. Filters: LRGB and CLS, total exposure 5 hours.
