Solar System
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Solar System ...

 

Sol
Mercury (not yet)
Venus
Earth (well... - for the moon see this page)
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto (not yet)
Asteroids
Comets

Sol

Sun Spots AR10667 (NOAA)

740k SC3 bw IRB - LAX90 f10 - 4.Sep.2004 12:13 UT

300 best from 1 AVI file stacked with K3CCDTools and processed with Registax.

Sun Spots AR10666 (NOAA)

740k SC3 bw IRB - LAX90 f10 - 4.Sep.2004 13:04 UT

300 best from 1 AVI file stacked with K3CCDTools and processed with Registax.

Sun Spots 656 (NOAA)

740k SC3 bw IRB - LAX90 PF - 15.Aug.2004 11:50 UT

800 best from 4 AVI files stacked with K3CCDTools and processed with Registax.

Sun Spots 656 (NOAA) - Barlow attempt

740k SC3 bw - LAX90 x2 Meade Apo Barlow - 15.Aug.2004 11:50 UT

Mosaic of 3 images - AVI stacked with K3CCDTools and final mosaic processed with Registax.

Sun Spots (my 1.st)

740k - PENTAX PF80-ED - 1.Nov.2003 15:30UT

15x stacked and processed with Registax.

Sun

Coolpix 4300 afocal 25mm EP - PENTAX PF80-ED - 2.Nov.2003 15:15 UT

8x stacked, some Photoshop. (1/3 size of original)

Mercury

Venus

Venus Transit 8. June 2004 (05:20 .. 11:20 UT)

Nikon Coolpix 4300 and a handmade solarscope made of paper with an achromat and two mirrors - 8.June 2004 - 05:49UT

Venus

740k SC3 contour off - LX90 x2 (Meade Apo Barlow) - ~100 frames - K3CCDTools Planetary Wizard and Registax - 28.March 2004

Venus, Mars, Saturn and Moon (&M45) lined up

Mosaic of 4 10s exposures with a 16mm fisheye and the 740k SC3 - 28.March 2004

Moon & Venus

Sony DSC-P50 nightshoot 12.Aug.2002

Mars

Mars scaled x1.5

SPC900NC (ToUCam Pro III) - LX90 PFx2 (Meade Apo Barlow) - 30.Oct. 2005 22:15 UT

500 of 2000 @10fps registered with K3CCDTools and Registax filtered.

Moon & Mars over M.Boglia (Ticino)

Coolpix4300 - 18sec - 18.Jul. 2003

1/3 of original size

Mars (my 1.st)

740k - LX90 PFx2 (Meade Apo Barlow) - 6.Aug.2003 

220x1/100s processed with Registax and FFT.

Mars

740k - LX90 PFx2 (Meade Apo Barlow) - 26.Aug.2003 0:35 UT+2

208x1/25s processed with Registax, vanCritert.

Jupiter

Jupiter transit of Jovian Satellite Io

740k SC3 contour off - LX90 x2 (Meade Apo Barlow) - ~100 frames - K3CCDTools Planetary Wizard and Registax - 16. Apr. 2004 19:45UT & 20:36UT

3 Planets

740k SC3 contour off - LX90 x2 (Meade Apo Barlow) - ~100 frames each - K3CCDTools Planetary Wizard and Registax - 28.March 2004

Jupiter with GRS

740k SC3 contour off - LX90 x2 (Meade Apo Barlow) - ~100 frames - K3CCDTools Planetary Wizard and Registax - 28.March 2004

Jupiter 

Best Jupiter so far, calm air 
840k contour off - LX90 x2 (Meade Apo Barlow) - ~250frames - K3CCDTools Planetary Wizard and Registax - 17.March 2004

Jupiter with Ganymede, Europa and Callisto

Real first light with the Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 using the new housing.
Canon 135mm 2.8 lens - 30.Dec. 2001

I was surprised to see them lined up so nice in the preview screen of the capture program.

Jupiter w. Europa & Ganymede

740k - LX90 PFx2 (Kenko Macro Tele extender) - 20.Feb.2003

AVI processed in Registax

Getting better now on planets ....

Saturn

Saturn 

740k SC3 contour off - LX90 x2 (Meade Apo Barlow) - ~100 frames - K3CCDTools Planetary Wizard and Registax - 28.March 2004

Saturn 

Best Saturn so far, calm air 
840k contour off - LX90 x2 (Meade Apo Barlow) - ~170frames - K3CCDTools Planetary Wizard and Registax

Saturn

740k - LX90 PFx2 (Kenko Macro Tele extender) - 20.Feb.2003

AVI processed in Registax

Uranus

Uranus and its moons

LX90 PF 740k SC1.5 - 13x15s taken 13.Sep.2002 23:40 UT-2

Uranus is not so big but the long exposure made the halo.

Uranus

740k - LX90 PFx4 (Meade Apo Barlow + Kenko Teleconv.) - 23.Aug.2003 1:20 UT+2

20x8s stacked K3CCDTools, FFT + ColorShift in PS.

Neptune

Neptune

740k - LX90 PFx4 (Meade Apo Barlow + Kenko Teleconv.) - 23.Aug.2003 1:50 UT+2

14x10s stacked K3CCDTools, FFT + ColorShift in PS.

Pluto

Asteroids

Asteroid 2006 VV2 - 10.2Mag

WO ZS66SD; 150x5s with 740k SC3 - 1.Apr.2007 20:28 UT

K3CCDTools dark adjust, some sharpen

And here a movie of the image sequence with 5fps (1MB, xvid codec)

Asteroid 2002 NY40 - 9.9Mag

LX90 - 6.3FR; 1x20s with 740k SC1.5 - 18.Aug.2002 0:34 UT-2

dark adjust 

And here another movie taken from an AVI file with 5fps - just a tiny dot.... but a web cam is able to catch 10Mag in realtime!

Asteroid 2002 NY40 - 9.9Mag

LX90 - 6.3FR; 21x5s with 740k SC1.5 - 18.Aug.2002 0:39 UT-2

stacked K3CCD and some sharpness

Click here to see a movie

Comets

C/2006 P1 McNaught ~1 mag today

Canon 350D through WO ZS66SD - 13.Jan. 2007

West view - it is barely visible at top left

C2004/Q2 Machholz   ~4.4 mag today

740KSC3 bw + UVIRB - Canon 85mm - 30.December 2004

75x8s images stacked with MIRA AP and levels in Photoshop.

Comet C2004/Q2 Machholz ~5.1 mag today

740KSC3 bw + UVIRB - Canon 85mm - 15.December 2004

47x20s images stacked with K3CCDTools2.2 and levels in Photoshop.

Comet 78P/Gehrels  (~11.2 mag)

LX90 - 0.5FR; 60x15s with 740k SC3 bw - 15.November 2004 23:07 - 23:53

stacked MIRA AP

C2001/Q4 (NEAT)

Canon 135mm f2.8; 58x12s with 740k SC3 b&w - 16.May.2002 20:59UT

stacked MIRA - levels PShop

Here is an animation (600k AVI file)

C2001/Q4 (NEAT)

Rubinar 300mm f4.5; 51x15s with 740k SC3 b&w - 15.May.2002 21:24UT

stacked MIRA - levels PShop

C2001/Q4 (NEAT)

LX90 FR 0.47 (mogg); 51x5s with 740k SC3 b&w - 15.May.2002 20:45UT

stacked MIRA - levels PShop

C2001/Q4 (NEAT)

Canon 135mm f2.8; 16+12x5s with 740k SC3 b&w - 14.May.2002 21:30 and 21:57UT

stacked MIRA - levels PShop

C2001/Q4 (NEAT)

Canon 135mm f2.8; 16x5s with 740k SC3 b&w - 14.May.2002 21:30UT

stacked MIRA - levels PShop