Dave dug into his archives and found this image of the partial solar eclipse viewed from Lions Park in Niceville, FL.
Jul 182018
Jul 182018
Dennis’ image of the solar corona during totality.
Apr 152017
- Telescope : SLOOH (Canary Islands)
Feb 122017
Montes Piton (isolated mountain to left)
Crater Cassini (left center)
Vallis Alpes (upper center)
Crater Aristoteles (large crater, left center)
Straight Wall at left (110 km long, 2-3 km wide)
Crater Ptolemaseus (right large crater, look closely along floor of crater and see several small craters)
| Telescope | Celestron C8 | ||
| Camera | Skyris 236C | ||
| Exposure | Video [F:30s] | ||
| Software | Registax, Corel Paint Shop Pro |
Jan 232017
Jan 232017
The dark streaks are solar filaments; portions of solar plasma suspended above the surface by magnetic fields.
| Telescope | Coronado SolarMax 60 (double stacked) | ||
| Camera | Canon Powershot 130 | ||
| Exposure | [Ha:1×1/30s@ISO 400] | ||
| Software | Corel Paint Shop Pro |
Jul 252016
| Telescope | Celestron C8 | ||
| Camera | Sony Alpha | ||
| Exposure | [F:1×1/160s@ISO 100] | ||
| Software | Corel Paint Shop Pro |
Mars : Large dark surface marking in center is Syrtis Major.
| Telescope | Celestron C8 | ||
| Camera | Skyris 236C | ||
| Exposure | [F:148×1/10s] | ||
| Software | Registax, Corel Paint Shop Pro |
Jupiter: Dark spot is shadow of Io. Ganymede is to the upper right.
| Telescope | Celestron C8 | ||
| Camera | Skyris 236C | ||
| Exposure | [F:148×1/10s] | ||
| Software | Registax, Corel Paint Shop Pro |
Saturn: Note Cassini division visible in ring plane.
| Telescope | Celestron C8 | ||
| Camera | Skyris 236C | ||
| Exposure | [F:446×1/15s] | ||
| Software | Registax, Corel Paint Shop Pro |
Jul 142016
| Mount | Celestron AVX + Celestron autoguider | ||
| Camera | Canon 700DA (modified) | ||
| Lens | 300mm Sigma (F/2.8) | ||
| Exposure | [F:1x180s + 1x300s@ISO400] | ||
| Software | Photoshop w/ProDigital plugin |
Jun 052016
| Telescope | Celestron C8 | ||
| Camera | Skyris 236C | ||
| Exposure | [F:446×1/15s] | ||
| Software | RegiStax, Corel Paint Shop Pro |
May 252016
| Telescope | Oberworks 70mm Binocular telescope w/white light filter. | ||
| Eyepiece | Baader 17mm | ||
| Mount | Tripod | ||
| Camera | Canon S120 mounted to eyepiece on one ocular. | ||
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