Lunar & Planetary Images taken with the 10" F15,Maksutov Cassegrain
Mars 5th September 2003 - An average of 500 frames with the Toucam and 10 " Maksutov. F30.
Mars 15th August 2003 - An average of 802 frames with the Toucam and 10 " Maksutov. F30.
All the images below were taken with the MX916 CCD
Jupiter
Jupiter - An average of 28 images at F30, 2nd March 2003
Jupiter - An average of 14(left) and 17(right) images at F30, 17th February 2003, with Io in transit casting it's shadow on the cloud tops of the planet.
A resized version of the left hand image, with even more sharpening, 17th February 2003,
Jupiter F30 - An average of 3 images, 14th February 2003
Jupiter F30 - An average of 10 images, 14th February 2003
Saturn
Saturn, 2nd March 2003, F30. An average of 16 images.
Saturn, 5th January 2003, F30. An average of 8 images.
Saturn, 19th October 2002, 04:56 UT- F30. An average of 4, 1 second images.
The Moon
18th June 2002 at F15 - A single 0.03 second exposure,
18th June 2002 at F15 - A single 0.03 second exposure,
18th June 2002 at F15 - A single 0.03 second exposure,
18th June 2002 at F15 - A single 0.03 second exposure,
18th June 2002 at F15 - A single 0.03 second exposure,
23rd April 2002 at F15 - A single 0.02 second exposure,
23rd April 2002 at F15 - A single 0.02 second exposure,
23rd April 2002 at F15 - A single 0.02 second exposure,
The dark limb of the crescent moon occults Saturn, 16th April 2002 at F15,21:00 UT.
and re appears shortly after 21:25 UT.
A few test images, the mirror was badly in need of re- coating when these images were taken.
Midnight 26th March.
A single short test image, dark substracted and unsharp masked.
Two more test images taken on the same night.
An average of 4 images An average of 11 images


Deep Sky Images
M57 31st August 2002 - An average of 17, 20 second exposures. Resized and sharpened using Maximum Entropy, 10" F15 Maksutov Cassegrain.
