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| Ray Suckling | 07 5578 3795 | rwsuckling@bigpond.com |
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Ray Suckling.
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Photographs
displayed on this page were taken with one of the following instrument packages:
Dark site astrophotography was achieved using a heavily modified Samson
German equatorial mount incorporating an 8.5 inch John Stewart RA drive
gear and clutch assembly and a driven tangent arm on the declination axis.
Drive rates are controlled by a dual axis drive corrector.
There are three instrument packages that are attached to the mount via a
dove tail coupling.
The first package which is used for wide field astrophotography consists
of a 60mm refracting guidescope which guides a camera mounted on a Manfrotto
heavy duty ball head. This allows the use of lenses ranging from 24mm to
500mm focal length.
The second instrument package consists of a 200mm lensless Wright Schmidt
camera of 600mm focal length topped by the 60mm guidescope.
The third package consists of a 150mm refractor of 1,200mm focal length
utilizing the 60mm guidescope.
A system of 12 volt heating elements helps to keep the dew at bay.
Bright objects such as planets, the moon, some comets and eclipses are shot
with an observatory housed 250mm F6 reflector on an English yoke mount from
Nerang.
A manual Praktica LTL body is used to house the film.
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| Subject
: Milky Way Time/Date : 1235UT 10.08.02 Exposure : 30mt Lens : 24mm F2.8 Film : Fuji Sensia 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
Subject
: Milky Way
Time/Date : 1339UT
06.05.00Exposure : 30mt Lens : 28mm F2.8 Film : Kodak Elite 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
Subject
: Crux Star Trail
Time/Date : 0915UT
07.09.02 Exposure : 30mt stop 5mt 30sec Lens : 35mm F2.8 Film : Fuji Sensia 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
Subject
: Crux Carina
Time/Date : 1120UT
01.04.00 Exposure : 30mt Lens : 35mm F2.8 Film : Kodak Elite 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
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Subject
: Eta Carina Nebula
Time/Date : 1357UT
24/02/01 Exposure : 20mt Lens : 135mm F2.8 Film : Fuji Sensia 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
Subject
: Eta Carina Nebula NGC3372
Time/Date : 1010UT
09.08.02Exposure : 30mt Lens : 300mm F5.6 Film : Fuji Sensia 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
Subject
: Scorpio
Time/Date : 1253UT
06.05.00Exposure : 30mts Lens : 35mm F2.8 Film : Fuji Sensia 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
Subject
: M6 Scorpio
Time/Date : 1045UT
30/05/98 Exposure : 20mt Lens : 300mm F5.6 Film : Kodak Ectachrome 1600P Photographed at : Canungra |
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: M7 Scorpio Time/Date : 1020UT 30/05/98 Exposure : 20mt Lens : 300mm F5.6 Film : Kodak Ectachrome 1600P Photographed at : Canungra |
Time/Date : 1213UT 23/05/98 Exposure : 25mt Lens : 300mm F5.6 Film : Kodak Ectachrome 1600PPhotographed at : Maroon Dam |
Exposure : 25mts Lens : 300mm F5.6 Film : Kodak Ectachrome 1600 Photographed at : Canungra |
Subject
: Orion
Time/Date : 1318UT 07.01.00 Exposure : 30mts Lens : 35mm F2.8 Film : Fuji Sensia 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
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Subject
: M42 (Orion Nebula) Orion
Time/Date : 1427UT 20.10.01 Exposure : 20mts Lens : 300mm F5.6 Film : Fuji Sensia 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
Subject
: Orion/Taurus with Jupiter and Saturn Time/Date
: 1405UT 24/11/00
Exposure : 20mt Lens : 35mm F2.8 Film : KodachromeElite 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
Subject
: Pleiades
Time/Date : 1300UT 20/10/01 Exposure : 40mtLens : 300mm F5.6 Film : Fuji Sensia 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
Subject
: M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) Time/Date
: 1219UT 20.10.01
Exposure : 30mts Lens : 300mm F5.6 Film : Fuji Sensia 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
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Subject
: M46/M47 Puppis
Time/Date : 1257UT
16/03/02 Exposure : 20mt Lens : 135mm F2.8 Film : Fujicolour 800 Photographed at : Leyburn |
Subject
: Large and Small Magellanic Clouds
Time/Date : 1126UT
25/11/00 Exposure : 30mt Lens : 35mm F2.8 Film : Kodachrome Elite 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
Subject
: LMC
Time/Date : 1201UT
05.12.02 Exposure : 20mt Lens : 135mm F2.8 Film : Fuji Sensia 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
Subject
: SMC with Tuc 47
Time/Date : 1145UT
09.08.02 Exposure : 30mt Lens : 300mm F5.6 Film : Fuji Sensia 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
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Subject
: Comet Hyatake
Time/Date : 1518UT 23/03/96 Exposure : 5mts Lens : 135mm F2.8 Film : Kodak Ectrachrome 400 Photographed at : Maroon Dam |
Subject
: Comet Hale Bopp
Time/Date : 0810UT 09/05/97 Exposure : 30sec Lens : 135mm F2.8 Film : Fujichrome 400 Photographed at : Canungra |
Subject
: Comet Hale Bopp
Time/Date : 0810UT 25/05/97 Exposure : 90sec Lens : 135mm F2.8 Film : Kodak Ectrachrome 400 Photographed at : Canungra |
Subject
: Comet Linear WM1
Time/Date : 1725UT 08.02.02 Exposure : 15mts Lens : 135mm F2.8 Film : Fuji Sensia 400 Photographed at : Leyburn |
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Subject
: Lunar Eclipse - Totality
Time/Date : 1345UT 16/07/00 Exposure : 18sec Lens : 1500mm F6 Film : Kodak Ectrachrome 1600P Photographed at : Nerang |
Subject
: South Celestial Pole
Time/Date : 1105UT 19/06/93 Exposure : 60mtLens : 28mm F2.8 Film : Kodak Ectachrome 400 Photographed at : Mt Colliery |
And
now it's goodnight from me and……………..
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