Sun with sunspots; most are bigger than the Earth
Taken with a Photon Instruments 127mm f/9 refractor, ISO 100. 1/180th second, Thousand Oaks solar filter.
Unless otherwise noted, these were taken with a 2000mm f/4.5 reflector and a Pentax K10D camera.
Sun with sunspots; most are bigger than the Earth
Taken with a Photon Instruments 127mm f/9 refractor, ISO 100. 1/180th second, Thousand Oaks solar filter.
partial annular eclipse, May 2012 from Nevada 200mm f/6.7 1/500 sec., ISO-100, neutral density filter.
Gibbous 25mm eyepiece projection 1414mm f/4.5 processed with RegiStax and GIMP
Gibbous 25mm eyepiece projection 1414mm f/4.5 processed with GIMP; perhaps a little overprocessed
Gibbous Moon prime focus 1414mm f/4.5 GIMP
Gibbous Moon and hair on lens 12.5mm eyepiece projection RegiStax and GIMP
Gibbous Moon overexposed and overprocessed
Previous gibbous Moon improved with GIMP 1/250th sec., ISO-100.
Gibbous Moon cropped for crater detail
Gibbous Moon closeup less awesome
Full Moon rising through trees over Bogus Basin, a little out of focus
Just past 1st Quarter. 1/350th second, ISO 200
Comet whose name I do not remember: 1998? Done on film.
Jupiter overexposed and poor seeing; not awesome
Saturn a bit more magnification a bit over processed
Perhaps a bit overexposed; some tracking failure
Longer exposure reveal tracking errors
