One of my first planetary images, using positive projection, through the Apogee 80 on the Skywatcher NEQ6 mount. Photo is a single in-camera JPEG at 1/60sec ISO 400 and was processed by Adobe Photoshop CS5 to crop and brighness adjust. The planet is not focused well and possible movement as mirror lockup was not used, however clear shows the crescent phase of this inner solar system planet. Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 without Field Flattener or light polution filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC not noted. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider. Eyepiece projection 7.0mm Meade Research Orthoscopic.
Single shot 1/4 second, ISO 800 f/6.0 in twilight blue sky. Post processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5. Graininess/noisiness probably from the high ISO setting. Sadly, the separation of the obejcts was just a little wider than this optical assembley could frame.Slight vignetting in the bottom right is from a palm tree that got in the way. Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA T-Adapter, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC (not recorded). Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.
Single test shot of Saturn as an experiment with my new Teleview 2x Powermate. Not focused and over exposed... perhaps this is what Galileo saw through his crude 1" telescope in 1610? I will have to do better than this next time, though planets are not my core interest. I Also think a 4X PowerMate would be better for this target using a 480mm APO Refractor. Post processed by Adobe Photoshop CS5 to crop and reduce brightness! Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Televue 2x 2" Powermate, no filters, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient ??C not noted. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.
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