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GUEST LUNAR ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

Last updated: 24 December 2005

Many ETX users have sent examples of their astrophotography. If you have some examples you would like included here please send me a description of how you made the astrophotos and a copy of the images as GIF or JPEG files (due to internet email gateway issues, please send only one image file per message). Send to etx@me.com. Alternatively, if you have created your own web page with your examples please let me know and I'll include a link to your site.

Submitted by: C.A.Warburton (C.A.Warburton@lboro.ac.uk) [24 Dec 05]
Thought I'd send you a couple of images of the Moon taken last week end. They were both taken with my ETX-90 ec in polar mode using my home made polar wedge from my back garden in Derbyshire U.K. I used a Vesta pro webcam set at 640 x 480. The avi's were processed in Registax and additional processing gone with Arcsoft. The first image is of Mare Crisium and is a stack of 401 frames from an avi of 603.

The second is of the crater Petavius and it's surrounding area. It is a stack of 614 frames from a total of 1030.

Submitted by: Howard Fink (howardfink@gmail.com) [17 Dec 05]
I've owned an etx-125 for about two years, but took up astrophotography in earnest only this fall. I use a philips toucam pro webcam, K3ccd tools to drive it from a laptop, and registax and photoshop to develop the images. About three weeks ago on a clear night I took my gear to the roof, (I live in Manhattan) and set up. When I went to turn on the telescope, I found that the power switch was already on, and the batteries were drained, again. (I'm obsessively careful of the switch these days.) The night was too good to waste, so I aimed the telescope manually, and let the moon drift past. This shot is 1350 frames over two minutes. Registax will let me stack 350 frames before the alignment slips out of frame. I made four expanded images, and sharpened them up in photoshop. Then, using autostitch, www.autostitch.net, software to work its magic, I assembled them into a long panorama, and cleaned up the result again in photoshop. The video on the screen was boiling, wind kept shifting the camera, focus would come and go, but the results are amazing. This is a bit oversharpened, I know, but I wanted to bring the rays out. I'm very, very happy with the results, and look forward to many more sessions on the roof.

Submitted by: Dieter.Wolf@DNSint.com [17 Dec 05]
as we had cold weather outside in Southern Germany (9 degrees below freezing) I reanimated 'comfortable astronomy' with my ETX-70AT from inside the room behind a double-glass window. Copernikus: 2005-12-10, ETX-70AT with 2x barlow, ToUCam pro at prime focus, 40 out of 1200 frames

Clavius: 2005-12-10, ETX-70AT with 2x barlow, ToUCam pro at prime focus, 300 out of 1200 frames Still wondering what can be done with this litte scope and 'comfortable setup'...

Submitted by: jbfe (jbfe@wanadoo.fr) [17 Dec 05]
Copernicus of dec 10,2005 with a Fuji E 500 (4 megapixel) digital camera and a Meade ETX-125 with a 12.5 eyepiece from Dijon, France.

Submitted by: jbfe (jbfe@wanadoo.fr) [9 Dec 05]
I shot this images of dec 09,2005 with a Fuji E 500 (4 megapixel) digital camera and a Meade ETX-125 with a 32 mm eyepiece from Dijon, France. My website: http://monsite.wanadoo.fr/obas

Submitted by: Mark Mathosian (mmathosian@comcast.net) [9 Dec 05]
Here is a moon shot from 12/08/05 through my ETX 90 with a 32 mm lens. I used a new Sony DSC-7 digital camera connected to the eyepiece with a Scopetronix adapter. moon 1 sharpened and shadowed favorite DSC00235

Here is another shot with the ETX 90 through a Sony Digital camera from 12/08/05. A nice night for astrophotography.

One final shot through the ETX 90 with the Sony digital camera.

Submitted by: BLC131@aol.com [9 Dec 05]
Here is a composite photo of the moon taken on December 7th, 2005. This photo was reduced in resolution but is made up of around 12 images taken by a Meade DSI through an ETX125. This was also taken using Meade's lastest firmware and software release for AutoSTAR. Much improvement over the old stuff!

Here are a couple of extra moon shots taken back in late Spring 2005 using a Meade DSI through an ETX125.

Submitted by: James Jefferson-Wilson James (james.jefferson@bbc.co.uk) [30 Nov 05]
Theophilus / Cryillus taken this month.

Submitted by: Job Geheniau (geheniau@xs4all.nl) [15 Nov 05]
Waited 2 years to get this kind of picture. The plane was too quick to focus the moon in time (saw it coming), so maybe in the future a better one, but this one is my first. ETX90 - 40 mm Plossl - 2020Z

Submitted by: chasiotis elias (elias_chasiotis@stendor.coo.gr) [4 Nov 05]
Capturing Hortensius Domes is very difficult because the conditions of illumination are not favourable during every lunar month. This photo was captured after two consecutive unsuccessful attempts. Some vents are visible on the domes (the summit pits are 1.5 km wide). Meade ETX 125 5" Mak, Atik 1c, 2x apo Barlow, IR cut, Registax, 50% of 821 frames.

Submitted by: chasiotis elias (elias_chasiotis@stendor.coo.gr) [31 Oct 05]
This is a photo of Aristarchus and Valis Schroteri region captured on 27 October 2005. Meade ETX 125, Atik 1c, 2x apo Barlow, IR cut, Registax, 641 frames, moderate seeing.

Submitted by: Paul Campbell (iamzoup@yahoo.com) [27 Sep 05]
here are a few Moon photos from the other night, and also my latest attemp at shooting Mars. the Moon photos are all avi's of 15 sec. Taken with a etx 125 and a sac 7 ccd. at prime focus. processed in registax 3 and cleaned up in adobe 6.0.

Submitted by: chasiotis elias (elias_chasiotis@stendor.coo.gr) [27 Sep 05]
Copernicus, Stadius, Eratosthenes, 26 September 2005, 03:07 UT. ETX 125, Atik 1c, 2x apo Barlow, IR cut filter, 961 frames, Registax.

Submitted by: James Jefferson-Wilson James (james.jefferson@bbc.co.uk) [27 Sep 05]
Location : Ruislip, West London. Telescope : Meade ETX125AT 5inch. Imager : Phillips Toucam Pro 2. Eyepiece : 2 X Meade Barlow Lens. Processed : Registax 3 / Paint Shop Pro 7 Seeing : 7/10 Date : 26th September Time : 05:30am 1900 Images Stacked in Total.

Submitted by: James Jefferson-Wilson James (james.jefferson@bbc.co.uk) [22 Sep 05]
Nikon 4300 Digital Camera

Submitted by: Agustn Abeledo (agustin.abeledo@gmail.com) [16 Sep 05]
I took this picture of the Moon on Sep 11 2005 at 21.30 from Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was taken with a Meade ETX-125 scope using LPI camera. The imagen was made by putting together all the small images obtained from Meade LPI software, using CorelDraw 12. I'm 16 years old. I think your site is the greatest for my ETX. Thank you.
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Submitted by: Paul Campbell (iamzoup@yahoo.com) [16 Sep 05]
here area a few Moon photos from the other night. All are avi's of 15 sec. at 1/150 of a sec. I left the photos just the way my camera took them. I use a ext 125 and a sac 7 camera at prime focus. I use registax 3 and adobe 6.0 hope you enjoy Paul.

here are a few Moon photos from 9/13/05. Taken with a etx 125 and a sac 7 camera. All are avi's of 15 sec at 1/100 of a sec. Hope you enjoy Paul

Submitted by: chasiotis elias (elias_chasiotis@stendor.coo.gr) [4 Sep 05]
The inner rille of Vallis Alpes is a challenging target for ETX 125 and generally for appertures below 8". (More information at: http://www.glrgroup.org/rilles/vallisalpes.htm ) In this image the rille was captured despite poor seeing conditions.

Submitted by: James Jefferson-Wilson James (james.jefferson@bbc.co.uk) [1 Sep 05]
Taken with Toucam Pro 2 (X 2 Barlow). Very Happy with my Copernicus Image, been along time waiting for it to be clear and the right phase !