Weasner's Meade ETX Guest Gallery

GUEST SKY ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

Last updated: 4 December 2008

Some ETX users have sent me 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: Dave Wallace (d_wallace@ecrm.com) [4 Dec 08]
I'm sure you're going to get a bunch of these, Mike, but here's mine. #2048 (top) was shot at approximately 1645 local time (2145 UT) on 11/29 and shows Jupiter above Venus above the tree-lined horizon; #2049 shows the triad of the Moon, Jupiter and Venus at approximately 17:30 local time (2230 UT) on 12/1. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel XTi (400D) using the "kit" lens at 55 mm (80 mm equivalent) focal length, ISO 200, f/8, 4 seconds.

Submitted by: Mark Mathosian (mmathosian007@comcast.net) [4 Dec 08]
From last night, 12/01/08. The moon meets Jupiter and Venus. A rare astronomical event. Shot in Tallahassee, Florida.

One more of the planets/moon conjunction from December 1, 2008.

Submitted by: Steve Hollar (sjhollar@dslextreme.com) [4 Dec 08]
Here are a couple of photos I took of "The Three" tonight. What a beautiful sight. I only have a Nikon Coolpix 7.9 megapixel so there is not much adjusting that can be done. I simply used the Night Landscape setting then touched them up a bit with Paint Shop Pro.

Submitted by: Nohr Tillman (ntillm01@yahoo.com) [20 Nov 08]
Iridium 75 before morning light (Thank You Heavens Above) 30OCT2008 6:05 AM Camera: Pentax MX - Pentax 50mm f1.4 @ f2.8 - 2 minute exposure Film: Kodak 200ASA Gold print film (scanned)

Submitted by: Michael Schroder (m-schr@web.de) [14 Nov 08]
I took this shot of the Plejades last night with the Canon EOS 450D (4 x 30 sec. with 55mm/5.6/ISO200) piggybacked on my ETX-90PE. Despite light pollution due to the moon and Alt/Az-allignment a decent picture. Mike here: I did some "levels" adjustment to bring out more stars.

Submitted by: Michael Schroder (m-schr@web.de) [11 Oct 08]
Mizar and Alkor: Canon EOS 450D @ Meade ETX-90 PE primefocus, 4 x 1 sec, ISO 1600.

Submitted by: Stewart Long (Stewart.Long@bcm-ltd.co.uk) [7 Aug 08]
another image for the 'Sky' gallery of the ISS. Taken from Oakham in U.K. Following some success using my D200 on the ETX, I thought I would try with a Phillips SPC900 webcam. The resulting image is a stack of 7 frames in Registax. The avi file was approx. 1700 frames and I caught the ISS in only about 15! As previously, the ETX125 was prefocussed on Jupiter and exposure set for Jupiter on assumption ISS is about the same magnitude. I tracked the ISS through the finder scope by hand, with clutches disengaged on the ETX. The finderscope was accurately aligned to the telescope beforehand. I am really pleased with the result.

See the Guest Sky Astrophotography Archive for photos posted in January-July 2008.

See the Guest Sky Astrophotography Archive for photos posted in July-October 2007.

See the Guest Sky Astrophotography Archive for photos posted in January-June 2007.

See the Guest Sky Astrophotography Archive for photos posted in September-December 2006.

See the Guest Sky Astrophotography Archive for photos posted in March-August 2006.

See the Guest Sky Astrophotography Archive for photos posted in January-February 2006.

See the Guest Sky Astrophotography Archive for photos posted in November-December 2005.

See the Guest Sky Astrophotography Archive for photos posted in September-October 2005.

See the Guest Sky Astrophotography Archive for photos posted in July-August 2005.

See the Guest Sky Astrophotography Archive for photos posted in January-June 2005.

See the Guest Sky Astrophotography Archive for photos posted in November - December 2004.

See the Guest Sky Astrophotography Archive for photos posted in April - October 2004.

See the Guest Sky Astrophotography Archive for photos posted in January - March 2004.