rjkrejci@earthlink.net (Rick Krejci) [26 Dec 00]
I thought I'd send this shot in because it's kind of interecting. I took it on 12/4, and noticed what looked like a pair of eyes in Clavius...the light was hitting it just right to highlight the craters in it. This is actually a mosaic of 2 Astrostacked pictures. It was taken with the Quickcam VC at prime focus of my ETX-90.
igrodroch@enlace.net (Ignacio Rodriguez) [20 Dec 00]
Click image to begin movie (1.9MB). It will appear in a new window.
Here is the video mentioned in the next submission below. If you can not view the video you need the latest version of the industry standard QuickTime 4.0 software and web browser plug-in for Mac OS and Windows.
igrodroch@enlace.net (Ignacio Rodriguez) [17 Dec 00]
I'm sending two snaps from a video. One of them shows two small craters that I have not identified in a map. (Maybe they are easy to identify but I'm new in this hobby.)
fjh4@tutor.open.ac.uk (Frank J Hollis) [12 Dec 00]
This is my first attempt at photography with my new ETX. This was taken using a Canon A5 Zoom just held up to the eyepiece (26mm) on an ETX-90EC. Unsharp mask from PSP applied.
magnajas@marz.com (Jason Livingston) [9 Dec 00]
I recently bought an ETX-125 and have enjoyed the information on your website. Thanks.. I really like looking at the guest photos.. It really shows how hard astrophotography is. I include an unenhanced pic of the moon taken with my ETX-125 with a Polaroid PDC 700 camera with the ScopeTronix digital camera adapter..
bareketj@internet-zahav.net (m&j bareket) [9 Dec 00]
Hi,new moon pics with 400asa film . enjoy!! IDO. [top] {prime focus} [bottom] {6.7 eyepiece}
mauricejscollins@hotmail.com (Maurice Collins)[9 Dec 00]
Here is an image of the Moon taken on 2000 November 30, 08:15:05 UT (21:15 NZDT) with a FujiFilm MX-1200 Digital camera. It was taken through a 22mm Kellner eyepiece on my ETX-90/RA with the camera set to 2X zoom. Shutter speed was 1/8 sec. Maurice Collins Palmerston North New Zealand.
marius@nederlandsontwerp.nl (Marius van Leeuwen) [6 Dec 00]
Great Site. Thanks. This is mij first shot of the moon on 3 dec. 2000 with my ETX90 e.p. 26 mm and my brandnew Sony Cybershot DSC P1. The lens of this camera is much smaller in diameter than the Sony Cybershot 505 witch I trided first. Now I can get the hole moon in one shot. The 505 has a perfect Carl Zeiss lens but the diameter is about 4 centimeter so you have zoom 5 x. I trided first the scopetronic adapter but now I place the camera on a second tripod behind the ETX tripod and use the motor of the etx to get the moon in the middel of the LCD sreen of the camera. In photoshop I give it a little bit more contast and a little blue in the color balance. Kind Regards Marius van Leeuwen The Netherlands
jshelto1@rochester.rr.com (Jim) [3 Dec 00]
I took this picture tonight, a little chilly in upstate New York but it was clear so I had to go for it.I used my digital Toshiba PDR - M4 camera held up to the 26mm plossi eyepiece of my Meade ETX125-EC, I enhanced the photo a little using the Image Expert software that came with the camera. Jim 12.3.00 19:29:01 F/3.2 1/60s shutter 3.36 aperture
paonline1@home.com (paonline1) [8 Nov 00]
Shots taken with an Olympus 3030z Digital camera held to the 26mm eye piece on my ETX 125. Left - 1/20 sec, F2.8, ISO 200, Focal Length 93mm Right - 1/50 sec, F2.8, ISO 200, Focal Length 93mm
I really like the attracted moon images. I took over 150 shots tonight and learn a little more on take photos via the eyepiece. I increased the shutter to reduce the exposure a little to show more detail on the moons surface. I also used the remote control on the Olympus camera to eliminate any vibrations. Left - 1/25 sec, F2.8, ISO 100, Focal Length 93mm, Meade Eyepiece 26mm Right - 1/50 sec, F2.8, ISO 100, Focal Length 93mm, Meade Eyepiece 26mm Photoshop enhancements: Rotated both images due to the position of the camera, Cropped to fix image
The attached 2 photos were taken with different eye pieces, 26mm and a 9.7mm I tried to take a picture of the same spot on the moon. ( I'm sure it has a name, sorry I'm green) This not a "zoomed" in crop of the 26mm photo. Left - 1/8 sec, F2.8, ISO 100, Focal Length 93mm, Meade Eyepiece 26mm Right - 1/6 sec, F2.8, ISO 100, Focal Length 93mm, Meade Eyepiece 9.7mm Photoshop enhancements: Increased Brightness & Contrast on 9-7mm photo Rotated both images due to the position of the camera, Cropped to fix image.
brianh@v-wave.com (Brian Hutchison) [8 Nov 00]
I took this collage of two photos with my ETX-90, a 20mm eyepiece, a CKC Power CoolPix adapter, the Meade Basic camera adapter, and a Nikon CoolPix 990. Both exposures were around 1/30 sec. Other than scaling the images down from the original 2048 x 1536, and combining them in PhotoShop, they are unmodified.
jshelto1@rochester.rr.com (Jim) [3 Nov 00]
I thought I would send this to you my first photo of the moon. I took it with my digital Toshiba camera,I held it up to the lens. I think it came out pretty good considering I was using two saw horses and a board on top for my table that i set my ETX 125 on. Many thanks to you and everyone out there! Jim upstate New York
GSkoubis@ussco.com (Skoubis, George) [24 Oct 00]
"Tinamoons"
Great site Mike, so much info! Here are my first images of the full moon using my ETX90-EC. Taken on July 15, 2000 at 22:00 during my wife's birthday party using a Pentax ME attached to a scopetronix camera adapter through a Meade 26mm eyepiece on Kodak Gold 100 ASA. I took the exposure using the hat trick method.
Bill Patterson (billypatt@aol.com) [15 Oct 00]
I love your site and have visited many times. I have attached a couple of recent shots of the moon taken with my ETX 90 and a Starlight Express MX916. I normally use the CCD with my LX200 but the moon was almost full and it was too bright to get any good images. I brought out the ETX90 and grabbed a few using a 50% neutral density filter at 1/100 second. These were taken in Los Angeles where we have terrible light and air pollution to deal with. Thanks for the great work on the site!
bareketj@internet-zahav.net (m&j bareket) [15 Oct 00]
I took the shots at the 8/10/00. hardly processed. film=400asa
Bob.Sandy@icl.com (Bob Sandy) [15 Oct 00]
Attached is my first astro-photo taken on Tuesday 10th October, around 9pm at home in Ossett, UK. Photo taken with a Pretek DC-600 digital camera, 604 x 480 pixels, hand held through the 26mm standard eyepiece on my etx90ec. This is to give encouragement to anyone who wants to try eyepiece projection. The camera is very basic and has auto exposure. I used the high quality setting, flash off. This is the raw photo without any processing.
tpmiles@bellsouth.net (Tony Miles) [12 Oct 00]
This is my first attempt to photograph the moon. I took the photo Oct. 10, 2000. I guess I just got lucky because all I did was set the scope and camera up and this was the image I got when I focused it. I used a modified Quickcam VC. I used 2.5" ABS Black plastic end caps with the PC Board of the Quickcam mounted in it. It looks very similar to that SAC IV CCD camera. Right now, the camera is uncooled. This pic of the moon is unprocessed.
wmelvl@a2.ctktv.ne.jp (Bill Melville) [12 Oct 00]
I'd first like to say thanks for your great site! It has been an enormous help. I'm attaching my first picture of the Moon. Today, I just got my goods from Scopetronix. The picture was taken 10 minutes after I attached my Sony PC100 DV camcorder to my ETX 90. I used a Scopetronix camera adapter and a 37 mm T-Ring adapter for afocal exposures with a 26 mm eyepiece. They were taken on Oct, 11 6:35pm Tokyo time. I'd like some advice on how to stop the vignetting. I took some pictures with the camcorder zoomed but they weren't so clear. Thanks Bill Mike here: To avoid or reduce vignetting, sometimes zooming the camera lens to get it closer to the eyepiece will help.
tommy@tuffnigga.fsnet.co.uk (tommy) [12 Oct 00]
ive got a pic of the moon taken at prime focus through my ETX in August.It was taken on slide film then scanned with a film scanner. this was my first ever picture taken with my telescope.
Sgauger@aol.com (Art) [12 Oct 00]
Here is a shot I just took with my Epson 850Z digital camera and my ETX 125. I think an albedo feature is visible in the upper right (bright white area in a small crater). This one was an EP projection, hand held in automatic mode using the Meade zoom EP about 18mm. I can't wait to see what this will do with a camera mount of some kind. Thanks for your great site!
jethridg@ro.com (Jamey Ethridge) [12 Oct 00]
This is a montage of the Jupiter and Saturn images, along with an image of the moon and one of the sun (through an Orion solar filter) that I took with the QuickCam VC.
Etxstargazer@aol.com (Taylor Chonis) [10 Oct 00]
I have attatched an image of the moon that I took a little while back. It is of the crater Theophilus. I took it through my ETX-90/EC with a Canon AE-1 SLR camera on Kodak 200 speed film at 112x eyepiece projection. It is actually made with 2 images. Each exposure was 1 second long. They were taken about 2 seconds apart. Then I processed the images using Microsoft Picture It Express. One of the images I turned into B&W. Then I used AstroStack to stack the 2 images together. I then processed the composite image with Adobe PhotoShop 5.0. This is by far my best image yet!
d.bauwens@pandora.be (Dirk Bauwens) [6 Oct 00]
First of all, thanks for your very informative website. I own a second-hand ETX-90 EC for a few months now. Very recently I also was able to buy a Nikon Coolpix 990. I think these two are a good match, also for terrestrial use (small+light = transportable) With these two, I took this picture of the moon, yesterday (1st of october, around 20.30 local time in Belgium). Exposure 1/8th of a second. There was no guiding of the telescope. I used "manual" eyepiece-projection through the standard 26 mm eyepiece. I definitely need some adaptor rings, a remote control for the camera etc.! The camera was put on fixed focus. Focusing the telescope was done manually while watching the display of the camera. Afterwards, some cropping and sharpening of the image was done in Photoshop on a Mac. Well with some luck I managed to take some acceptable pictures and I know there is room for improvement.
gerald_wechselberger@at.ibm.com (Gerald Wechselberger) [6 Oct 00]
Please find attached an image of the Moon, this shot was made with an Olympus Digitalcamera Z2020 attached to the ETX 125EC. Picture made on June 10th 2000 at 23:01:14, Exposure time 1/25 second, 26mm Eyepiece projection, Homemade cameraconnector, Image improved with Micrografix Publisher. If you put this image on your site, this would help my ego again.
Goodshot@email.msn.com (Hide Takahashi) [26 Sep 00]
Since I can't get more than one planet in the same field of view, I took two separate images and made a composite image. Scope: ETX-90 EC Camera: Canon S-10 digital camera Adapter:Scopetronix digital camera adapter. I'm waiting for an uiversal telescope adapter from ckcpower.com.
TomL@wnycs.com (Thomas Lawrence) [26 Sep 00]
Here's a picture I took of the moon a couple of months ago. I used my ETX125EC with the standard 25mm ocular. The camera I used is a Casio QV3000 3.34 megapixel hand-held to the eyepiece. I did not do any digital processing to the photo. Since I'm new to this whole astrophotography thing I'd appreciate any suggestions. I think this shot is overexposed but I'm not sure. I assume the vignetting is from the camera being held to the eyepiece (eyepiece projection isn't it?). Mike here: Only slightly overexposed. I did some editing (levels and sharpening) on it and it improved somewhat. If your camera has a zoom lens, try zooming in. On my Ricoh that moves the camera lens closer to the eyepiece, reducing or even eliminating the vignetting.
mikmo@optidynamic.com (Micheal Morelock) [26 Sep 00]
Don't laugh too loud at my first ever attempt. This was taken with a Sony Digital Mavica through a Meade Digital Series (or Department Store), hence the poor quality. I have a ETX-125 on the way so I'll be looking for some definite improvements in quality. When I take some pics on it, I'll send 'em on.
M&J Bareket (bareketj@internet-zahav.net) [23 Sep 00]
I took these shots with my dear ETX astronomical telescope and with the pentax k-1000 camera. for the lunar shots I used 800asa film, the exposures was 2sec. all the pics and negatives has been developed by me, then scan to my pc with a home scanner.
Phillip B. Espinasse (pespinasse@uswest.net) [20 Sep 00]
Please find attached a few astrophotography pictures for your site. I have owned an ETX for a little while now and have learned a great deal from your web site. Despite all the heavy light pollution in the Minneapolis area, I am still able to enjoy simple astrophotography. Thank you for all your time and effort! Top: (11/19/99) This picture of the moon's gibbeous phase was taken with the Meade ETX in prime focus with a Nikon N70 body. Film type was Kodak ASA 800. Middle: (11/19/99) This picture of the moon's gibbeous phase was taken with the Meade ETX in prime focus with a Nikon N70 body. Film type was Kodak ASA 125, Plu-Xpan (B&W) Bottom: (10/31/99) This picture of the moon's 1st quarter phase was taken with the Meade ETX in prime focus with a Nikon N70 body. Film type was Kodak ASA 800 with an exposure time of 1/40-1/60 sec.
M&J Bareket (bareketj@internet-zahav.net) [20 Sep 00]
HI, my name is IDO. I'm 16.5 years old. I took these pics with my ETX 90 mm diameter astronomical telescope. I used 400asa film. all the pics develope was made by me. the eyepiece I used for all the shots was meade's 6.7 , the date- 16/9/00 at 2.30AM they scaned from the original print (10x15). the camera= pentax k-1000.
Jim Berry (jim@emmgraphics.com)
I took this shot of Copernicus with my ETX-90/EC and Color QuickCam. A bigger, close-up version can be found on my web site at: www.emmgraphics.com/pilot/astro/gallery/g000823.html
Hide Takahashi (Goodshot@email.msn.com)
Shot by ETX-90EC and a Canon S-10 digital camera. The image could've been better if the temperature had been cooler. It was 95F. I could see a heat wave.
ETX-90EC. Shot at 48x with a Canon S-10 digital camera. I shot in B&W.
ETX-90EC. Shot at 96x. I used a 26 mm eyepiece and a 2x barlow. Relatively cool temperature(80F) made it possible to shoot at a higher magnification. I used a Canon S-10 digital camera.
John Coppock (jcoppock@alltel.net)
ETX90EC, prime focus, 1/15 , through the trees next door, SAC IV B camera. Many thnx for a terrific site, that was a tremendous help to my best friend Jerry Echols and me in outfitting and setting up our ETX90EC scopes. We GAVE our 24'' Newtonian to a friend afterwards, so keep up the good work. Johnstone W. Coppock
Taylor Chonis (Etxstargazer@aol.com)
My name is Taylor Chonis, and I am 14 years old. Attatched is my newest picture of the moon. I took it at prime focus with the ETX-90/EC. This is my first attempt using this method of photography. It is a 1 sec. exposure. I did a little photo processing using Microsoft Picture It Express.
Hide Takahashi (Goodshot@email.msn.com)
I'm sending you my first moon shot by ETX-90EC.I've done some lunar shots with a different scope before,but this is so far my best shot. I used a digital camera Canon S-10 and a scopetronix digital camera adapter to take this shot. This one was shot at 48x. I tried some shots at 100x,but somehow all of them came out blurry. I probably spoiled the focus when I was adjusting the camera to the eyepiece.
Gustavo Camps (gcamps@cycnova.com.ar)
I am sending you a large photograph of Moon, It was taken with a etx-90 ec, with 26mm ocular projection over a Web Cam 3 without lens . It was made with 15 images in 640x480 resolution, manually organized with Microsoft Image Compose 1.5. I Like it, and it my first composition, I hope you enjoy it. Gustavo Camps, Villa Carlos Paz, Cordoba, Argentina
Ido Bareket (bareketj@internet-zahav.net)
Hi, this is my latest shots. ETX+pentax k-1000. film=800asa. lens- meade 6.7 plossel. a mosaic of 2 pics.
Brian Hutchison (brianh@v-wave.com)
I bought my ETX 90 in March 1999. This eyepiece projection photo was taken July 7, 2000 using a Nikon CoolPix 950, a 20 mm eyepiece, the Meade Basic Camera Adapter, and the CKC Power CoolPix adapter. It has been resized from the original 1600 x 1200, but is otherwise unaltered. Brian
Ido Bareket (bareketj@internet-zahav.net)
HI! my name is IDO I'm 16 years old. this is a multiple moon colecction that I took over 6 months! It was made by original photos. I used the ETX astronomical telescope (a 90 mm diamatar) for this spectacular moon chart. the film was: fuji 800asa the exposures times: was betwin 1sec. to 1/1000. *enjoy! have a wonderfull summer!! :) IDO
Brice D. Hornback (bdh@cyberbound.net)
Here's a shot of the Moon taken on 05/04/98 with a modified Color QuickCam through a Meade ETX. Modifications: I removed the Color QuickCam from it's housing. Removed the lens (unscrews) from the camera...then removed the filter from the camera. I screwed the lens holder (not the lens) back on top of the CCD chip. I then drilled a hole in the lid of a coffee creamer lid just big enough for the "tube" to fit through. A camera adapter fits snugly inside the coffee creamer lid and this attaches to the #64 T-Adapter, which fits onto the back of the telescope. I used the QuickPic software included with the QuickCam.
Taylor Chonis (Etxstargazer@aol.com)
Heres a photo of the moon for you. I took it at eyepiece projection (112x) with a Canon AE-1 Program SLR camera through my ETX-90/EC. The Film was exposed for about 1 second and I "blew it up" using a Sony Digital Camera. Pretty good work, consitering that I am only 14 years old, wouldn't you say??!! Thanks Alot for the Great site!
m&j bareket (bareketj@internet-zahav.net)
happy summer!!! i took that pic with the ETX & 1600asa film with 6.7+x2 lenses. (some contrast exchange) p.s- this is almost the biggist etx magnification!
Tom Surgalski (tompilot@zbzoom.net)
I took this photo of the moon through an ETX 90RA, 26mm, hand held, eyepiece projection. I have an Olympus 2020Z. I love this camera and had astro photos in mind when I picked it. 1/100 sec EV -1.0 F3.0.
Bob Fandrich (GrumpaBob@hotmail.com)
I just bought an SAC-IV astronomical camera and am very happy with the results. The camera now optionally comes with a "T"-ring interface for a little more $ than the original. I took the attached nine pictures in a few minutes and made a mosaic with "Picture Window", a low priced photographic software. Each picture was taken at 640X480 resolution so the original is much bigger and has much more detail. Included is one frame of the nine. The camera has a USB interface making it very easy to use in the field with a laptop computer. The ETX-125EC tracked perfectly. The pictures were taken at primary focus.
m&j bareket (bareketj@internet-zahav.net)
Hi, my name is IDO, I'm 16 years old. I took the pics with my pentax k-1000 & with a +800asa fuji film, the film was ''pushed up'' to 1600asa. the ex' time was between 2 to 3 sec. dependent the part of the moon... I used for this set the meade 6.7'' lens with a spiceal steel adaptor I made. a special mosaic of the moon
John Watson (Watson_J@compuserve.com)
The weather where I live's been dreadful since I can remember - wettest April on record, wettest May since 1983. But the skies cleared around 11:30 last Thursday so I wheeled out the trusty ETX, polar aligned it by aiming it roughly at Polaris, and took the attached image with my Fuji FX1500 (zoomed out to maximum), 26mm eyepiece and the Scopetronix adapter bracket. The camera was on full-auto, plus self-timer to let the shaking die down. I was pleased with the amount of detail, e.g., in the crater ramparts of Theophilus.
Dave Vickers (vickpegg@4unet.co.uk)
Hi, my name is Dave. this is my first attempt at photography through my ETX 90 EC. I used a Fuji DX10 digital camera thru 26mm eyepiece. thankyou for a very informative site.
John Short (JOHNSHORT@compuserve.com)
Since I bought my ETX it's rained or been cloudy (over a month now). Tonight there was a break in the clouds so I rushed out and got the following picture just before it started to rain yet again!! The final picture comprises of five pictures taken with my Nikon Coolpix 950 then merged in Photoshop. All exposures were 1/30th second through the standard 28mm lens.
m&j bareket (bareketj@internet-zahav.net)
Hi, my name is IDO i'm 16 years old. I took the pics with a 1600asa film a few weeks ago. the sky/atmosphere was very draft so the resolts could have been better. here is the resolts: enjoy ;-)
Chiacchietta Claudio (golf@village.it)
Image from the Moon (Theophilus crater) for the guest gallery of your beautiful site. I took that picture with ETX90/EC & Starlight X-Press Mx512 ccd camera, exposed for 1/100 second at direct focus. Best regards! Chiacchietta Claudio Genoa (Italy) meltingpot.fortunecity.com/nebraska/302
Derek Leath (dvderek@prodigy.net)
Well, I finally got around to using my Digital camera and my ETX. I was using a Olympus 640R which is a 1.3 MP camera. Using eyepiece projection 26mm plus the Meade 4000 #140 Barlow. I also took some shots with my Nikon F and the #64 T-Adapter, but those are still in the camera. Instead of uploading the images to your site, I put them in a Photo Point Album. Here is the link. http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=98781&a=6185648. I find myself using my 90EC a lot more than my Meade 10" SCT. It really is a great little scope. Thanks for all the great info Clear Skies, Derek Leath St.Louis,Mo.
John Short (JOHNSHORT@compuserve.com)
I bought my ETX90EC on Saturday and on Sunday 7th May took the attached photo with my Nikon 950 digital camera. The picture is actually two photos joined together. Selecting Shutter priority I exposed for 1/8 sec at f3.5, The camera was held in place with a tripod clamp. Prior to owning the ETX I had bought a Tasco 4 1/2 inch reflector and very nearly give up astronomy as the quality was so disapointing. If any of the visitors to your site have any doubts let me assure them the ETX90ec is a fantastic telescope, the attached picture does not do the telescope quality justice.
m&j bareket (bareketj@internet-zahav.net)
THIS IS ANOTHER SHOT I TOOK AT THE PREVIUS NIGHT ENJOY!-IDO (scan from print)
m&j bareket (bareketj@internet-zahav.net)
I took my dear ETX and my new 'home made tripod';) out to my garden at the 26.4.00 at 3AM and started to take moon photos with the eyepieces while using a 800asa film, wich I find very suitbal for lunar astrophotography- here is the resolts... (top to bottom) 800asa 0.5sec 26mm eyepiece+ x2 eyepiece 800asa 1sec 26mm eyepiece+ x2 eyepiece 800asa 1sec 6.7mm eyepiece 800asa 0.5sec 6.7mm eyepiece
Robert Schlackman (rschlack@optonline.net)
I took this shot using a Canon EOS Rebel G at prime focus with my ETX 90 RA.
Peter Schami (Peter_Schami@tivoli.com)
Please add this picture to your Moon archive. I used my ETX125 with a TV 26mm for eyepiece projection. The camera was a Casio QV-8000SX set at 16x.
bob c (redflasher@yahoo.com)
This picture was taken 4-22-00 at about 4:00 a.m. CDT. ETX-90Ec w/26mm eyepiece. Canon A50 Digital Camera held to eyepiece. The shadows were so deep and sharp along the terminator, it seemed like I could reach out and put my hand inside the craters.
Frank (centerpoint@earthlink.net)
I took this photograph with my Olympus digital camera C2000Z at F8 and 1/125 pressing the camera lens against my Meade 24.5mm super wide angle eyepiece on my ETX 90 telescope. I converted it to gray scale afterwards.
bob c (redflasher@yahoo.com)
This picture was taken with my ETX-90EC at prime focus using Nikon FM-10 Manual SLR Camera. FUJICOLOR SUPER HQ 200 ASA Exposure 1 second @F 2.8
Ryan Sciara (lsciara@msn.com)
Hi, my name is Ryan Sciara. I took these pictures of the moon a long time ago and decided to send them to you. My web site is: http://members.tripod.com/rsciara. You can see all of my other astrophotography there, and any info you need on the pictures. I used a Minolta Maxxum XTsi 35mm camera, and Kodak Royal Gold 400 film.
Pat (Jackal9208@aol.com)
Here is my first picture taken with my ETX. I used the #64 adaptor from meade with an Olympus OM-10 loaded with kodak asa 400 film. The camera was set on auto so I dont have the exposer times
m&j bareket (bareketj@internet-zahav.net)
My name is IDO. I took that shots (there are 2) with the ETX astronomical telescope, the film I used for this spectacular shot is 1600asa and the exposure time is unknown (i lost my notes). this is the best moon pics I have never got ;~) enjoy!
Gerald Wechselberger (gerald_wechselberger@at.ibm.com)
Reading your homepage i found your offering to forward ETX pictures plus addon Equipement info to you for eventually use on your homepage. So, please find attached a few sample pictures which were made with ETX125EC plus autostar and OLYMPUS 2020Z Digitalcamera (1600x1200), connected with a homemade device directly to the ETX in eyepieceprojection mode. The Olympus has a nice infrared remote control which allows you to make picures without touching the ETX. February 14th 2000 Moon (Clavius ..) Eyepiece projection 26mm this picture consist of 2 pictures stitched together and overworked with the Olympus Digitalcamera Software (unsharp masking)
Rlobert Cronberg (bcronberg@earthlink.net)
This picture was taken March 25 0950 UTC Afocal with Canon A50 Digital Camera. 48X sharpened slightly with Adobe.
Shawn Rakestraw (shiz@bellsouth.net)
This shot was taken with a Canon EOS Rebel at Prime Focus. The film I used was Kodak 100. I exposed it with the "hat trick" method, moving a piece of cardboard away and back as fast as I could. This was only my third time out with the camera and I must say I am extremely pleased with the results. Question for you as well -- Are the shots in the Astrophotography Gallery yours? Thanks for your awesome site, Shawn Rakestraw Mike here: All the photos in the Astrophotography Gallery are mine. Those in the Guest Astrophotography Gallery are from contributors like yourself.
Eric Darrouzet (darrouzet@univ-tours.fr)
thank you for your very interesting web site ! In december 1999, I purchased a Meade ETX-90 EC; it is my first astro telescope. Since 3-4 weeks I try astro photography with the moon in prime focus and with an eyepiece in the Meade T-adapter (I use a piece of paper to hold it in position). This astrophoto is with the Super Plossl 12.4 mm in the T-adapter (at an unmeasured distance from the film plane). The time of exposure is unknown (manual occultation); I used a Fujicolor Superia 200 iso. If you have any suggestions, I will very pleased to received it.
m&j bareket (bareketj@internet-zahav.net)
Robert Snow (bobsnow@mac.com)
I tried using my Fuji MX2700 handheld against the eyepiece. Worked pretty well.
m&j bareket (bareketj@internet-zahav.net)
HI, my name is IDO. I took these pics of the moon with my pentax k-1000 camera. I used a 800 asa film while the motor of my ETX telescope was runing. The time exposure was 1/250sec (just with the full moon pic). I hope to get even better results next time.
Bill Ramsey (ka8wtk@raex.com)
Here is an image made with the same "cheap" video camera that I spoke of before. Notice the coloring the color camera captured.
Davis B (protechhawaii@hawaii.rr.com)
Here's a Lunar image from my ETX on Jan 19th.2000 12.20am Honolulu, Hawaii. Prime focus w/Pentax K-1000 @1/25 exp 400 Kodak
Ido Bareket (bareketj@internet-zahav.net)
I took some photos of a blue moon with a 3200 asa film a few days ago, prime focus 1/500.
John Hanover (johnh@bdg8.niddk.nih.gov)
Photo taken 1/15/00 with the ETX-125EC at prime focus (1900mm) with a Pentax SLR. Exposure 1/125 second.
Mario Roberto Carraro (mrc@keycomm.it)
Ecco quello che sono riuscito riuscito a fare nella prima serata d'uso con una tlecamera da video-conferenza modificata(una quickcam Pro della Logitech).Tutte le immagini sono fatte con un Meade Etx a focale allungata (circa 1450), al fuoco diretto per quanto riguarda quelle della Luna, con una Barlow Vixen Deluxe per quelle sui pianeti... Preciso che la Luna era sorta al massimo da due ore (molto bassa sull'orizzonte...)...Il tutto in una serata dal seeing decisamente mediocre!!! Lunatot.jpg Mosaico di 18 immagini.Ogni immagine e' somma di tre fotogrammi ai quali e' stato tolto un Dark frame.Ho fatto lavorare la telecamera in 320X240. teophilus.jpg Teophilus, sempre somma di tre immagini meno un dark. Ho fatto pero' lavorare la telecamera alla massima risoluzione, 640X480. Luna035.jpg Questa invece e' una somma di 6 immagini...Fa un po' schifo....-Sempre in 640X480... I've posted photos with an italian caption...I'll translate to you!!! All the photos were taken with a Meade Etx and a modificated quick cam pro. The pictures of the moon were taken at the prime focus, the planets ones with a 2X Vixen Deluxe Barlow. This was my first night with such a camera...Note that the seeing was nothing special, and the moon was rised just by two hours!!! The border of the moon was boiling like oil with chips.... Lunatot.jpg (top) A mosaic of 18 images. Each image is a sum of three images, corrected from the dark frame.The resolution I used was a 320X240. teophilus.jpg (middle) A sum of three images, each corrected from the dark frame. In this case the resolution is the max one that my camera can reach: 640X480. Luna035.jpg (bottom) A sum of six images...It isn't so huge as the others!!!
Ido Bareket (bareketj@internet-zahav.net)
Hellow to al ETX users! :) My name is IDO, I'm 16 years old, I took some photos of the moon with 800asa fuji film with time exposures betwen 1/60 & 1/250 with prine focus. p.s hope you enjuy.
Zoltan (Zoltan@wanadoo.fr)
Bonjour, Excusez moi de vous crire en Franais, mais je vous envoie 4 photos ralises lors de ma premire ovservation (je suis dbutant), avec l'ETX 90/EC. Les photos sont faites avec un Sony Mavica FD5. Sincres salutations.
Stephen (lthuedk@pe.net)
I've attached a .jpeg of the moon taken with the ETX + 18mm Zeiss ep (at an unmeasured distance from the film plane) + Nikon N2000 w/Fuji Provia F100 slide film @ 1/4 sec. The new Provia F has extremely fine grain and high resolution, allowing the virtues of both the ETX lens/mirror/mirror, and eyepiece to be realized. The unfortunate downside: slow speed. However, this film can be pushed two stops to ASA 400 with little or no loss of detail! The Astronomy obsession has roared back with a vengeance, as come February, I'll be getting a Great Polaris mount. To this, I intend to attach a plate large enough for my ETX guidescope, and at least one camera/telephoto. I have become increasingly interested in wide-field photography using big telephotos and so need a mount with greater weight handling ability. Are you set for the lunar eclipse on the 20th? I have not worked out the details yet, but plan to have three cameras shooting: one thru the ETX (epp), one on a 600mm f5.6 ED telephoto, and one on a 200mm f2.8 tele. So, I'll be busy. Until then, I'll be pondering details like background, etc.