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My first efforts at astro-photography began in October 2000.  I started with 35mm Pentax.
Early results were poor.  Other attempts occasionally produce poor results too.
 



MERCURY

See   Mercury Transit   in the SUN section - Here


Mercury (a)
Image from Sony VideoCam


Mercury (b)
Image from Sony VideoCam

Mercury
Video Clip:  2.8mb - Large File


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VENUS
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MARS

Date:  08-27-03 
Image 120 frames
SAC7-CCD Camera
Telescope:  LX200 - 14"   f/10
Shot in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Images stacked with Registax
 

Date:  10-21-05  11:00pm
Image 175 frames

Video Eyepiece to a Sony Video Camera
Telescope:  LX200 - 14"   f/10
Shot in Statesboro, Georgia
Images stacked with Registax 2

Date:  09-04-03 
Image 80 frames
SAC7-CCD Camera
Telescope:  LX200 - 14"   f/10
Shot in Valparaiso, Indiana.
 

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JUPITER

December 2002
Video Eyepiece
 - Images extracted from video
Approx. 25 Frames
Telescope:  LX200 - 14"   f/10
Shot at the JRO - Valparaiso, Indiana
 

Date:  April 2, 2004
- Jupiter & 2 Moons: Europa & Io
Over exposed to reveal moons
Telescope:  LX200 - 14"   f/10
Shot at the JRO - Valparaiso, Indiana

SAC7 - CCD Camera  -  10 Frames

Date:  April 2, 2004
Telescope:  LX200 - 14"   f/10
Shot at the JRO - Valparaiso, Indiana

SAC7 - CCD Camera
A ReMix of 440 frames in 3 shots
Mix 1/100 & 1/250 sec
 

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SATURN

Date:    09-30-02  5:00am
1/25 sec. - SAC7 CCD Camera
Prime Focus with 2" Diagonal
Telescope:  LX200 - 12"   f/10
Shot in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Single frame image
 

Date:   12-01-03
Video Eyepiece - No focal Reducer
Telescope:  LX200 - 14"   f/10
Shot in Valparaiso, Indiana.
approx. 25 images from the video
Date:   12-31-03  11:45p CST
Just before NEW YEAR'S

SAC7 - CCD Camera -
Telescope:  LX200 - 14"   f/10
Shot at the JRO in Valparaiso, Indiana.
600 Frames at 1/100 sec

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Date:   11-14-04 ... 2:00a CST
LPI - CCD Camera -
Telescope: LX200GPS - 14"   f/10
Shot at the JRO in Valparaiso, Indiana.
40 Images at .088 sec.

Date:   12-24-06 ... 1:00a  EST
LX200GPS - 14"    f/10
1/33 sec - 25 frames
SAC7 CCD      at the
Jacqueline Rose Observatory
Notice the change in angle of rings since 03 "Best" Image above.

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URANUS

I consider any image of Uranus,
almost 2 billion miles away,
to be a decent image.  So...

see the better photos page - exit above.

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