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.

 

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