Eclipse May 2003

Date: 05/15/03 - 05/16/03  Camera: Canon 10D  Scope: Tak 106@ F8

This is  an animation from 350 pictures I took of the eclipse, my friend Greg Sellek made this. He did a fantastic job! The Moon just came over the horizon and was bright  orange then the eclipse started moments later.  

Lunar Eclipse Mosaic

Date: 05/15/03 - 05/16/03   Camera: Canon 10D    Scope: Tak 106 @ F8

The Moon just came over the horizon and was bright  orange then the eclipse started moments later.  Notice the occultation during totality.

First half 

Complete Eclipse Poster

Mars 2003 Opposition 

Date: 08/27/2003 12:30am   Camera: Nikon 5000 with a William Optics 24mm eyepiece and 5x powermate attached to a 12" LX 200.

Exposure:  This was 46 of the best images from 4-500 in the set. All were taken at ISO 100 and the CP 5000 at HS mode and 1/30-1/15 sec. You can see one of the better raw images to the right. I did also use some details in other sets of images, but due to rotation I could not use the entire image.

Jupiter 2003

Nikon 5000 at full digital zoom with WO 24mm eyepiece taken through a 12" LX200. 78-1/60th sec. exp. stacked and processed in Images Plus.

Saturn 2003

Nikon 5000 at full digital zoom with WO 24mm eyepiece taken through a 12" LX200. 50-1/8th sec. exp. stacked and processed in Images Plus.

Copernicus

Nikon 5000 at full zoom with William optics 24mm eyepiece attached to Tak FSQ 106.  9-1000th sec. ISO 100 exposures stacked and processed in Images Plus.

Gibbous Moon

Canon 10D at Prime focus on a Tak FSQ106 @ F8 piggybacked on a 12"LX200 and tracked in lunar rate mode. 30 seconds @ ISO 100.

Moon

Nikon 5000 at full zoom with William optics 24mm eyepiece attached to Tak FSQ 106.  9-1000th sec. ISO 100 exposures stacked and processed in Images Plus.

My First Mars

Nikon 5000 at full zoom on a 12"LX200.  123 - 1/250sec. frames at ISO100, stacked and processed in IP.