Color First Qtr Moon 12 27 06 A
First Quarter Moon taken with my Canon 300D camera and the Club's OC 12.5" newtonian at F/6
Date: 03/01/2008
First Quarter Moon taken with my Canon 300D camera and the Club's OC 12.5" newtonian at F/6
Copernicus Plato Apr 27 07
Plato / Copernicus taken with my Meade AR6 refractor and the Philips Tucam
Date: 04/27/2007
Plato / Copernicus taken with my Meade AR6 refractor and the Philips Tucam
Eclips 08
Lunar Eclipse from Feb 08 10" SC and Canon 300d at F/5
Date: 03/01/2008
Lunar Eclipse from Feb 08 10" SC and Canon 300d at F/5
Jupiter 615 3
Jupiter from 6 15 07 6" refractor at F/20
Date: 03/01/2008
Jupiter from 6 15 07 6" refractor at F/20
Mercury Transit 110806 B
Mercury Transits the Sun, November 8, 2006
Date: 03/01/2008
Mercury Transits the Sun, November 8, 2006
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Saturn imaged at Hightower Elementary School in Conyers during Space Camp 06
Date: 03/01/2008
Saturn imaged at Hightower Elementary School in Conyers during Space Camp 06
Transit group shot
Here we are at C Elliot Field for the Mercury Tranisit
Date: 11/08/2006
Here we are at C Elliot Field for the Mercury Tranisit
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Venus and Moon from March 20, 2007, shot with Canon 300D and stock lens on tripod
Date: 03/01/2008
Venus and Moon from March 20, 2007, shot with Canon 300D and stock lens on tripod
Saturn Group 3 12 08
Saturn group shot
Date: 03/14/2008
Saturn group shot
3 12 08 from driveway looking over a hot truck and shed.
Not very good, but I'll keep pluggin' away
Saturn Group 3 25 08
Satrn Imaged on 3 25 08
Date: 03/26/2008
Satrn Imaged on 3 25 08
Meade 10" SC, Phillips Tucam Pro II imager, 2x barlow
saturn 4 16 08 3 bad seeing
Saturn, with and without barlow
Date: 04/17/2008
Saturn, with and without barlow
imaged with 10" SC, Phillips tucam Pro II webcam
Stability, I'd guess poor, then the smoke rolled in...go figure
Rising Moon 4 21 08
While imaging a "lumpy" Saturn, I notice a fine Orange Moon rising to the east, so I dropped my web cam into my WO 66mm APO, asked the scope to slew to the Moon, tweaked the view a bit and captured this image. It turned out fairly good consider
Date: 04/21/2008
While imaging a "lumpy" Saturn, I noticed a fine Orange Moon rising to the east, so I dropped my web cam into my WO 66mm APO, asked the scope to slew to the Moon, tweaked the view a bit and captured this image. It turned out fairly good considering the bad seeing.
April 21, 08
Moon June 4 08 b
Crescent Moon 1 day 4 hrs June 4 2008
Date: 06/04/2008
Crescent Moon 1 day 4 hrs June 4 2008
8:32 pm EDT CE Observing Field, Mansfield Ga.
Canon 300d WO 66mm refractor at F/5.7
ISO 200 1.3 sec exposure
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Saturn and Moons June 5 08
Date: 06/05/2008
Saturn and Moons June 5 08
Not sure whats moving across the chip...wasn't supposed to be a Moon there...wonder what it might be?
Moon 5 25 07 _12 29 am
Moon 5 25 07 12:29 am local time
Moon was beginning to set...sowing some color...couldn't resist.
Date: 06/12/2008
Moon 5 25 07 12:29 am local time
Moon was beginning to set...sowing some color...couldn't resist.
Jupiter 6 25 08 5 title
Jupiter and 3 moons from June 25 08 4:57 UT
Charlie Elliot Observing Field
Meade 10" LX200R at f/10
Seeing not as good as predicted, then the clouds started to roll in as the Moon began to rise...oh well.
Date: 06/25/2008
Jupiter and 3 moons from June 25 08 4:57 UT
Charlie Elliot Observing Field
Meade 10" LX200R at f/10
Seeing not as good as predicted, then the clouds started to roll in as the Moon began to rise...oh well.
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re-processed a pic from earlier....
Date: 06/27/2008
re-processed a pic from earlier....
Jupiter July 2 08 Title
Jupiter July 2, 2008 CE Observing field
Date: 07/03/2008
Jupiter July 2, 2008 CE Observing field
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Solar Flare July 1 2008 10:24 UT
Thanks to Stephen and his mighty Coronado Solarmax 90T15
Long way to go, but it's a start.
Date: 07/03/2008
Solar Flare July 1 2008 10:24 UT
Thanks to Stephen and his mighty Coronado Solarmax 90T15
Long way to go, but it's a start.
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Saturn Mars and Regulus July 2 2008
Just after sunset, nice grouping between the trees.
Date: 07/02/2008
Saturn Mars and Regulus July 2 2008
Just after sunset, nice grouping between the trees.
Moon Eratosthenese
Eratosthenese....10"SC, Philips Tucam ProII at F/10
Date: 07/12/2008
Eratosthenese....10"SC, Philips Tucam ProII at F/10
jupiter 71108 5 frame
Date: 07/12/2008
Jupiter...should have dried the corrector before I imaged this one...called it quits..the scope was dripping wet...talk about humidity....
jupiter 71108 6 frame
Date: 07/12/2008
OOPPSS....missed the GRS Transit by 7 minutes...close but no cigar....lucky to get this one though as the fog was moving in fast....
Jupiter Callisto 7 20 08
Jupiter and Callisto from July 20, 08
Date: 07/21/2008
Jupiter and Callisto from July 20, 08
Jupiter Group 7 20 08
A couple of images at F/20...seeing was fair, sky fairly hazy, Moon on the rise
Date: 07/21/2008
A couple of images at F/20...seeing was fair, sky fairly hazy, Moon on the rise
Moon mystery structure
Not sure the feature here, but interesting considering the Moon only a couple days past full.
Date: 08/20/2008
Not sure the feature here, but interesting considering the Moon only a couple days past full.
Petavius
Petavius with 80 mm Stelarvue refractor and 2.5x powermate
Date: 08/18/2008
Petavius with 80 mm Stelarvue refractor and 2.5x powermate
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Jupiter Aug 17, 2008...Stellarvue 80mm refractor with 2.5x powermate
Date: 08/20/2008
Jupiter Aug 17, 2008...Stellarvue 80mm refractor with 2.5x powermate
Clemedes Burkhardt Geminus Messala
Clemedes, Burkhardt, Geminus and Messala Aug 17, 2008 Stellarvue 80mm refractor and 2.5x powermate
Date: 08/20/2008
Clemedes, Burkhardt, Geminus and Messala Aug 17, 2008 Stellarvue 80mm refractor and 2.5x powermate
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Jupiter 102208 9:21 pm
Jupiter with shadow...very low in SW thru thin clouds...this was unfortunate since we had 24 school children on the field for some observing. they enjoyed the evening none the less.
Date: 10/27/2008
Jupiter 102208 9:21 pm
Jupiter with shadow...very low in SW thru thin clouds...this was unfortunate since we had 24 school children on the field for some observing. they enjoyed the evening none the less.
Venus Moon Oct3108 b
Here's a spooky shot of Venus and the crescent Moon from Oct. 31, 2008...must have had the cauldron really boiling near the truck to get the ghostly red glow.
Date: 11/08/2008
Here's a spooky shot of Venus and the crescent Moon from Oct. 31, 2008...must have had the cauldron really boiling near the truck to get the ghostly red glow.
Venus Jupiter Moon 120108 b_filtered
The Moon, Venus and Jupiter Dec 1, 2008
Date: 12/01/2008
The Moon, Venus and Jupiter Dec 1, 2008