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This is my first ever attempt at astrophtography, 11/5/04. I used my old 60mm refractor, unguided, with a Quickcam 4000 webcam. It's not much to look at, but it lit the fire. | This is my first decent pic of Saturn - taken with my EXT-105 (all the rest are with it) and the Quickcam 4000 on 11/25/04. Magnification is about 150x. (not clickable) | This pic was taken on 2/1/05 with my Meade Deep Sky Imager camera. All later pics are taken with this camera. A Barlow lens is used for a magnification of about 400x. | Same as the previous pic, but with different processing options. |
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This is Saturns and it's moons Titan, Rhea, Tethys, Mimas, and Dione, taken 1/1/05. To get the moons, I had to overexpose Saturn. | This is a composite of Saturn and the moons Titan, Rhea, Dione and Tethys from 2/1/05. | This is Saturn and clockwise from the brightest moon, Titan, Dion, Enceladus, Tethys, Rhea, and a star, 3/3/05. Some may be tough to pick out... | |
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This is Jupiter, and if you look closely, Europa and Io to the right, taken on 2/1/05. | This is Jupiter on 2/19/05. | This is Jupiter, and again if you look closely, Europa and Io to the right, taken on 3/5/05. | This is a composite of Jupiter, Europa, Io, Ganymede, and Callisto, taken on 2/19/05. Short exposure and higher magnification for the planet, longer exposure and lower mag for the moons. |
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This and the next photo are Europa passing in front of Jupiter on 3/5/05. Europa's shadow is visible in the middle of the lower dark band. | 3d scale is tough on these pictures - Eurpoa looks like it is close to Jupiter, but actually it is around a foot above your computer sceen. | This is an animation of a Europa transit on 3/30/05 (click to play). It's about six hours worth of photos. | |
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This and the ones to the right are Jupiter and the 3/30 Eurpoa transit. This one is a composite, also showing the moons Ganymede, Callisto, and Io. | These next three are in sequence. In this photo, Callisto and Io are just visible to the right of Jupiter and Europa is to the lower-left. | Europa is just visible, right next to its shadow, just emerging on the lower-left side of the planet. | |
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Mars, 9/20/05. An ice cap is just visible in the top-right. Unfortunately, it's summer there, so the cap is disappearing. | Also 9/20/05. Mars is only well-visible for about 4 months every 2.5 years because of it's size and distance. | These next few are from 9/27/05. | 9/27/05 |
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9/27/05 | This is an animation of the photos I took on 9/27. Mars started low to the horizon, so it was pretty blurry. This animation covers about 6 hours. | 11/2/05. This photo was taken with a webcam - I wanted to compare the quality. | 11/2/05 with my DSI. |
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You may notice, there is more detail in the partial phases than when it is near full: Shadows add depth, making it look more 3d. | On April 1, the Moon occulted (passed in front of) the Pleaides star cluster. You can see the dark part of the moon because of "Earthshine" - sunlight reflected from the Earth, illuminating the moon. This is a 1 sec exposure with a 10x zoom digital camera. | This is an animation zooming in on the moon, showing the various magnifications I get with my telescope. For a larger version (warning - big) click HERE | |
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The sun, 7/1/05. This photo waas taken with a 10x zoom digital camera and a solar filter. The filter looks like tinfoil and blocks so much light it looks opaque unless you hold it up to the sun or look at the filament of a light bulb with it (you can't even see a frosted bulb through it). | This is a composite taken through the telescope, using the filter, on 7/4/05. Sunspots are clearly visible. | Comet Macholz, taken on 1/1/05. Unfortunatly, there was very little outgassing, so there was no tail. What is interesting is that the comet moves so fast that the stars in the background show trails after only about 5 minutes. | |