PLANET ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY
Last updated: 8 November 2005
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PLANET ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY |
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Here are some planetary astrophotographs taken with my LXD55 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.
| Venus [8 Nov 05] |
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| Mars [8 Nov 05] |
| This image is very close to what the eye saw through the telescope. |
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| Venus [27 Sep 05] |
| This was a 1/250th second exposure, ISO 800, with my Nikon D70 DSLR at prime focus of the 8"SC using the Scopetronix MaxView II with the telenegative lens. |
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| Jupiter [19 Jun 05] |
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Eyepiece projection taken with a Nikon D70 DSLR mounted to a LXD55-8"SC using a Scopetronix MaxView II DSLR Adapter and a 26mm eyepiece and the MaxView TeleNegative Lens.
This is the result of stacking, cropping, and editing 14 individual shots using Lynkeos 1.3 for Mac OS X. Even though I used a Hartmann Mask to aid in focusing, the focus is still not as crisp as I expected. More work to do. |
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| Jupiter [20 May 05] |
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Jupiter taken with a Nikon D70 DSLR and a Scopetronix MaxView DSLR II adapter, eyepiece projection, 1.25" 26mm eyepiece, TeleNegative Lens, 1 second, ISO 200.
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Go to the 2004 Planets Astrophotography Page.
Go to the 2003 Planets Astrophotography Page.
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