Not tonight but some days ago... During a star party which took place in Gran Sasso mountain I brought a lightweight portable setup consisting of a small refractor with a little 3 degree prism placed in front of the lens.
This was just a test that will let me know the results with such a tool. The diameter of prism is only 2 inch (you can see it on the Pentax 75)
Working...
Some celestial objects observed on 17 july 2015 (from 21 to 23 UT):
Messier 57 Ring nebula, 120 sec exposure:
Wolf-Rayet 136, 30 sec exposure:
Nova Oph 2015, 20 mins exposure:
Nova Sgr 2015 #2, 20 mins exposure:
Just for fun! Perhaps useful for any surveys? Maybe with a larger prism diameter...
Paolo
Testing a little objective prism
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Re: Testing a little objective prism
Nice Paolo
Mike Harlow has also been experimenting with a 100mm diameter 12 deg objective prism belonging to the BAA and getting some nice results, here for example
https://britastro.org/node/6551
http://forum.oasi.org.uk/download/file. ... &mode=view
Robin
Mike Harlow has also been experimenting with a 100mm diameter 12 deg objective prism belonging to the BAA and getting some nice results, here for example
https://britastro.org/node/6551
http://forum.oasi.org.uk/download/file. ... &mode=view
Robin
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Re: Testing a little objective prism
Thank you Robin! Obtained with a large prism and a long focal length, they are very nice 2d spectra. The "stretched" blue part of spectra for the non-linear dispersion is captivating... We're used to see a "crowded" world in the UV region!
Paolo
Paolo
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Yes indeed. In "the old days" prisms and blue sensitive films must have made a perfect match !
Robin
Robin
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