Webcam images. Logitech QC Pro 4000. Meade LXD55 8" SCT. IR
blocking filter.
Captured with K3CCDTools. Aligned and stacked with Registax.
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Dec. 19, 2007
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Prime focus. 1/100 sec. Brightness 39% to 54%, Gain 17%. Saturation 50%. Gamma 48%. Final processing with Astroart. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). |
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Montes Alpes, Cassini, Vallis Alpes, and Plato
400 Frames, 9:39 UT |
Copernicus
400 Frames, 9:41 UT |
Clavius
475 Frames, 9:44 UT |
Sept. 2, 2007
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Prime focus. 1/100 sec. Brightness 34%, Gain 35%. Saturation 100%. Gamma 29%. Final processing with Paint Shop Pro. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). |
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Curtius
1000 Frames, 9:57 UT |
Clavius
1000 Frames, 10:04 UT |
July 6, 2007
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Prime focus. 1/100 sec. Brightness 49%, Gain 35%. Saturation 100%. Gamma 13%. Final processing with Paint Shop Pro. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). |
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Vallis Alpes
470 Frames, 9:39 UT |
Cassini
550 Frames, 9:41 UT |
Aristillus and Autolycus
525 Frames, 9:44 UT |
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Apennis Mountains
515 Frames, 9:49 UT |
Manilus and Rima Hyginus
525 Frames, 9:51 UT |
Agrippa and Godin (center right)
525 Frames, 9:54 UT |
June 25, 2007
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Prime focus. 1/100 sec. Brightness 49%, Gain 60%. Saturation 100%. Gamma 26%.
Final processing with Paint Shop Pro. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5).
The observing session was cut short when clouds developed after about 15 minutes after starting. |
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Copernicus
882 Frames, 3:01 UT |
Bullialdus
780 Frames, 3:10 UT |
June 24, 2007
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Prime focus. 1/100 sec. Brightness 53%, Gain 37%. Saturation 100%. Gamma 52%. Final processing with Paint Shop Pro. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). |
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Rupes Recta (Straight Wall)
650 Frames, 2:53 UT |
Apennis Mountains
868 Frames, 3:02 UT |
Mare Imbrium
880 Frames, 3:07 UT |
Webcam images. ToUcam Pro. Meade LXD55 8" SCT. IR
blocking filter.
Captured with K3CCDTools. Aligned and stacked with Registax.
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April 9, 2006
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3X barlow. 1/100 sec. Brightness: 54%, Gain: 67%. Saturation 100%. Gamma 3%. Camera settings recorded with WcCrtl. Final processing with Paint Shop Pro and Neat Image. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). |
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Copernicus
900 Frames, 3:34 UT |
July 16, 2005
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3X barlow. 1/25 sec. Brightness and gain ~50%. Saturation ~50%. Gamma ~0%. Final processing with Paint Shop Pro. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). |
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Copernicus
400 Frames, 2:53 UT |
Plato
300 Frames, 2:57 UT |
Scoresby
300 Frames, 3:01 UT |
June 15, 2005
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3X barlow. 1/25 sec. Brightness and gain ~50%. Saturation ~50%. Gamma ~0%. Final processing with Paint Shop Pro. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). |
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Menton
410 Frames, 2:09 UT |
Vallis Alpes
600 Frames, 2:05 UT |
May 16, 2005
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3X barlow. 1/25 sec. Brightness and gain ~50%. Saturation ~50%. Gamma ~0%. Final processing with Paint Shop Pro. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). |
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Albategnius
900 Frames, 2:50 UT |
Vallis Alpes
800 Frames, 3:00 UT |
Apr. 15, 2005
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3X barlow. 1/100 sec. Brightness and gain ~40%. Saturation ~50%. Gamma ~25%. Final processing with Paint Shop Pro. Seeing was average to good (~3 out of 5). |
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Fracastorius
300 Frames, 1:29 UT |
Cleomedes
465 Frames, 1:39 UT |
Taruntius
488 Frames, 1:45 UT |
Messier
514 Frames, 1:49 UT |
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Rima G Bond
450 Frames, 1:56 UT |
Atlas
433 Frames, 1:59 UT |
Jan. 04, 2004
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Clavious Region
500 Frames |
Straight Wall
400 Frames |
Copernicus
400 Frames |
Plato
400 Frames |
Nov. 30, 2003
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Rima Ariadaeus
200 Frames |
Aristoteles
400 Frames |
Mare Serenitatis
200 Frames |
Catharina
200 Frames |
Nov, 16, 2003
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Alphonsus
300 Frames |
Plato
400 Frames |
Copernicus
400 Frames |
Archimedes
300 Frames |
| Mosaics |
Sept. 2, 2007
Waning Gibbous - Southern Highlands.
Created mosaic using AutoStitch to combine 15 images in the southern highlands.
Logitech QC Pro 4000 webcam and a Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT. |
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Sept. 2, 2007
Waning Gibbous - Southern Highlands.
Created mosaic using AutoStitch to combine 15 images in the southern highlands.
Logitech QC Pro 4000 webcam and a Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT. |
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July 6, 2007
Last Quarter - Terminator.
Created mosaic using iMerge to combine nine images along the terminator in the northern hemisphere.
Logitech QC Pro 4000 webcam and a Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT. |
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July 6, 2007
Last Quarter - Terminator.
Created mosaic using iMerge to combine nine images along the terminator in the northern hemisphere.
Logitech QC Pro 4000 webcam and a Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT. |
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June 25, 2007
Waxing Gibbous - Terminator around Copernicus.
Created mosaic using iMerge to combine three images around Copernicus.
Logitech QC Pro 4000 webcam and a Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT. |
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June 24, 2007
First Quarter - Mare Imbrium.
Created mosaic using iMerge to combine two images of the eastern Mare Imbrium region.
Logitech QC Pro 4000 webcam and a Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT. |
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June 25, 2004
Waxing Cresent.
Created mosaic using iMerge to combine northern and southern hemispere images.
ToUcam Pro attached to a 500mm telephoto lens. |
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| Digital Camera - Afocal Images |
June 22, 2007
Waxing Cresent
Olympus D-460 afocal with an 8" SCT and a 52mm eyepiece. |
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Nov. 10, 2005
One day past First Quarter
Olympus D-460 afocal with a 6 inch Newtonian and a 40mm eyepiece.
I had just finished cleaning my old 6 inch Newtonian after 20+ years of neglect in order to take it to an observing session, sponsored by
the local astronomy club, for 150+ boy scouts. Seeing conditions were poor to average. Exposure was ~1/200 second at ISO 125. |
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March 23, 2003
Last Quarter
Olympus D-460 afocal with an 8" SCT and a 25mm eyepiece. |
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March 10, 2003
First Quarter
Olympus D-460 afocal with an 8" SCT and a 25mm eyepiece. |
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Jan. 07, 2003
Waxing Cresent
Olympus D-460 afocal with a 6" Newtonian reflector and a 40mm eyepiece. |
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Nov. 11, 2002
First Quarter
Olympus D-460 afocal with a 6" Newtonian reflector and a 40mm eyepiece. |
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| Film Cameras |
First Quarter Moon. June 24, 2007.
Olympus astro camera with a Meade LXD55 8" SCT and 25mm eyepiece.
1/4 second exposure on Kodak ASA 200 color print film. Print was scanned and then enhanced using Lucy-Richardson deconvolution and then
adjusted in Paint Shop Pro and finally noise filtering was applied with Neat Image |
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First Quarter Moon. June 24, 2007.
Olympus astro camera with a Meade LXD55 8" SCT and 25mm eyepiece.
1/4 second exposure on Kodak ASA 200 color print film. Print was scanned and then enhanced using Lucy-Richardson deconvolution and then
adjusted in Paint Shop Pro and finally noise filtering was applied with Neat Image |
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First Quarter Moon. June 24, 2003.
Olympus OM1 with a Meade LXD55 8" SCT at prime focus.
1/5 second exposure on Polaroid ASA 800 color print film. |
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Clavius. June 6, 2003.
Olympus OM1 with a Meade LXD55 8" SCT using eyepiece projection (eyepiece wasn't recorded).
1/2 second exposure on Polaroid ASA 800 color print film. |
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Plato. June 6, 2003.
Olympus OM1 with a Meade LXD55 8" SCT using eyepiece projection (eyepiece wasn't recorded).
1/2 second exposure on Polaroid ASA 800 color print film. |
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Staight Wall. June 6, 2003.
Olympus OM1 with a Meade LXD55 8" SCT using eyepiece projection (eyepiece wasn't recorded).
1/2 second exposure on Polaroid ASA 800 color print film. |
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Tycho. June 6, 2003.
Olympus OM1 with a Meade LXD55 8" SCT using eyepiece projection (eyepiece wasn't recorded).
1/2 second exposure on Polaroid ASA 800 color print film. |
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Waxing Crescent Moon. ~1977.
Celestron 8" SCT. Homemade 3 1/4 inch x 4 1/4 inch sheet film camera at the prime focus.
I don't have the exposure time recorded.
I recall that we used the old hat trick for exposing the film. This image was scanned from a contact print of the negative and enhanced with Photoshop CS2.
Image taken at the Central Michigan University Observatory. |
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Waxing Gibbous Moon. Mar. 31, 1977.
Celestron 8" SCT. Praktica FX afocal.
1/5 second exposure on Fuji ASA 100 slide film.
Image taken at the Central Michigan University Observatory. |
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Nov. 14, 1976. Last Quarter Moon.
Nikon F with a Celestron 8" SCT at prime focus.
1/4 second exposure on Kodak Panatomic-X film.
Image taken at the Central Michigan University Observatory. |
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Oct. 08, 1976. One day past Full.
Nikon F with a Celestron 8" SCT at prime focus.
1/15 second exposure on Kodak High Contrast Copy film.
Image taken at the Central Michigan University Observatory. |
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Sept. 30, 1976. First Quarter.
Nikon F with a Celestron 8" SCT at prime focus.
1/30 second exposure on Kodak Plus-X film.
Image taken at the Central Michigan University Observatory. |
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Sept. 26, 1976. Waxing Cresent.
Nikon F with a Celestron 8" SCT at prime focus.
1/15 second exposure on Kodak Panatomic-X film.
Image taken at the Central Michigan University Observatory. |
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Full Moon. Exact date unknown. Somewhere in late 1976 or early in 1977.
Nikon F with a Celestron 8" SCT at prime focus.
High Contrast Copy film. Exposure unknown. Over the years the documentation on this image has been lost.
Image taken at the Central Michigan University Observatory. |
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Full Moon. Exact date unknown. Somewhere in late 1976 or early in 1977.
Nikon F with a Celestron 8" SCT at prime focus.
High Contrast Copy film. Composite of three frames stacked with Registax. Exposures unknown.
Over the years the documentation on this image has been lost.
Image taken at the Central Michigan University Observatory. |
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First Quarter. Exact date unknown. Somewhere in early 1977.
Celestron 8" SCT.
Fuji ASA 100 color slide film. Exposure unknown. Over the years the documentation on this image has been lost.
Image taken at the Central Michigan University Observatory. |
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Waxing Cresent. Exact Date Unknown. Somewhere in early 1977.
Celestron 8" SCT.
Fuji ASA 100 color slide film. Exposure unknown. Composite of three frames stacked with Registax.
The original images were way off in color (red) due to the film that I had used at the time was expired.
Image taken at the Central Michigan University Observatory. |
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Waning Gibbous. Exact Date Unknown. Somewhere in early 1977.
Celestron 8" SCT.
Fuji ASA 100 color slide film. Exposure unknown. Composite of three frames stacked with Registax.
The original images were way off in color (red) due to the film that I had used at the time was expired.
Image taken at the Central Michigan University Observatory. |
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Waxing Gibbous. Exact Date Unknown. Somewhere in early 1977.
Celestron 8" SCT.
Fuji ASA 100 color slide film. Exposure unknown. Composite of two frames stacked with Registax.
The original images were way off in color (red) due to the film that I had used at the time was expired.
Image taken at the Central Michigan University Observatory. |
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