Past Astrophoto's of the day.

Transit of Venus - Tom Jensen

June 8 2004 5:45 AM

Nikon FM2 on a 6" reflector.

Kodak E200 1/250 sec

 

Total Lunar Eclipse - Les Welgan

The above images are of the total lunar eclipse of 8 November, 2003 which was widely seen across North America and Europe. The mosaic was shot on Elite chrome 200 and created with Photoshop 5 LE. The times (EST) the images were taken are as follows. Starting at Full Moon at the bottom center, then left to right: 6:20 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 7:55 p.m., 8:12 p.m., 8:50 p.m., and 9:20 p.m

 

Jupiter Steve Barnes

Phillips ToUcam Pro

12" LX200 @ f/25 

 

Sun in H-alpha Gary Colwell

5 frames stacked in registax..

nikon coolpix995 1/30 sec. 

TV102 with 26mm televue zoom projection

Dec 16, 2004 11:55 am

 

Half Moon Chris Oreskovic

Skywatcher 6 inch Dobsonian,

Fuji Finepix 2650 hand held to 25mm PL eyepiece

Taken at Dusk

 

Aurora - Derek Baker 

Canon 10D

Sigma 15mm fisheye at f3.5 and ISO400

Exposures of 20 seconds

 

Total Lunar Eclipse - Clyde Miller 

Nikon COOLPIX4500

Leitz Telyt 560m f5.6 with Scoptronics 14mm WA eyepiece

Tripod mounted with no tracking

 

IC1396 - Brady Johnson & Steve Barnes 

LRGB composite

IC 1396 in h-alpha, nine 20-minute exposures aligned in CCDSoft and combined with Sigma Beta 10 for the L channel

3x 7 minutes with Celestron 8" Schmidt Camera on Kodak

Elite Chrome 200for RGB(colour) channel

 

Mars - Steve Barnes 

Meade LX200 12" @f/25  

Philips ToUcam Pro

 Images processed with Registax.

Taken from the Florida Keys August 30th, 2003

 

Mars - Gordon Bulger 

Meade LX200 12" w/ 3x powermate w/ philips toucam pro. approx f30. Images acquired w/ k3ccdtools and processed under registax 112 images stacked. Seeing 7/10+.

 

Aurora and Astrophotographer - Ron Berard  

Kevin Black, Winnipeg RASC member, sitting at his guide

scope pretending to image on a night somewhat "spoiled" by aurora. This

is a one minute exposure on Kodak Supra 400 Print Film. Nikon F, 28 mm

F3.5 lens, wide open. A hand held flash was used to illuminate Kevin from an

oblique angle to his right.

 

The Moon and Mars July 17, 2003 Darryl Archer

90 mm refractor at f10 stack 3 frames

Philips Vesta Pro webcam

the mount was a Celestron  CI-700 mount

 

The Moon and Mars July 17, 2003 Steve Barnes

12" Lx200 - Nikon CoolPix 995 and 

35mm Tele Vue Panoptic eyepiece

 

Mars July 16, 2003 Steve Barnes

12" Lx200 - Canon ZR30 Mini DV camcorder

10mm Tele Vue Radian eyepiece

Stack of 275 frames with Registax

 

Mars June 23, 2003 Glenn Kukkola

My first attempt at mars with my Fuji 40i digital

camera and makeshift adapter. the stacked images are from my 8" f5 reflector

stopped down to two 50mm openings with a hartman mask. 36 images stacked

with registax

 

Total Lunar Eclipse of May 15, 2003

Martin Rochette from Québec city
Centre de Québec de la S.R.A.C.

 

Total Lunar Eclipse of May 15, 2003

Steve Barnes

Nikon Coolpix 995 shot afocal through 35mm Panoptic

Tele Vue 101mm refractor on Losmandy GM-8

From Thunder Bay, Ontario

 

M81-M82 - Derek Baker

Canon 10D Digital SLR 

5" AP refractor on Losmandy G-11

Stack of 10 5 minute shots

 

Copernicus - Steve Barnes

ToUcam webcam on 12" LX200 @f/20

Images stacked and registered with Registax

 

Jupiter Animation - Steve Barnes

Ganymede transiting Jupiter

ToUcam webcam on 12" LX200

Images stacked and registered with Registax

 

Moon - Killer B's

(Derek Baker, Steve Barnes, Rob Bodner, Bob Botts)

ToUcam webcam on 5" AP refractor

Images stacked and registered with Registax

 

Jupiter - Steve Barnes

ToUcam webcam on 12L Meade LX200

Images stacked and registered with Registax

 

Moon - David Roles

Taken with a Meade 7" Maksutov, this photo shows the moon near the

horizon. Due to the long focal length of the Mak., the entire moon would

not fit in, so I took two photos and spliced them with Photoshop

 

Total Solar Eclipse  - Steve Barnes

December 4, 2002 from Ceduna Australia

1/1000th second on Kodak Fuji Provia 100F Tele Vue 101 @f/5.4

 

 

Total Solar Eclipse  

Steve Barnes

December 4, 2002 from Ceduna Australia

1 second on Fuji Provia 100F Tele Vue 101 @f/5.4

 

 

Eta Carina Nebula - Steve Barnes

60 minutes on Kodak E200

Tele Vue 101mm refractor @f5.4

Losmandy GM-8

 

Saturn - Roger Hill

C-8, with 2x teleconverter for 4 metres of focal length (F/20).

Camera is Philips Vesta 690K unmodified.

450 images stacked, aligned, and processed using Registax

 

The Sun in H-alpha - Steve Barnes

Coronado Solar Max 60 on TeleVue 101

Nikon Coolpix 995 with 10mm Radian eyepiece

 

Aurora over Sentry Mountain Lodge

During Astronomy Week with the Pacific Observatory

 

 John Nemy

Moon - Tom Luker

130mm SkyWatcher EQ Reflector

Sony DSC-P1 digital camera - homemade adaptor

 

Sept 7/8 Aurora - Steve Barnes

 

Pentax 28mm Lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 - 30 seconds

 

M33 - Steve Barnes

LRGB composite

L - 10 min with FLI  IMG1300 TV101

RGB - 20 min on Fuji 100 with Celestron 8

 

Moon - Jane and Ken Lemke

First Shot through the scope!

 

Nikon 995 on Meade 8" LX200 GPS

Exposure unknown (Auto)

 

All Sky with Aurora - Doug Welch

 

Nikon 5000 with Fisheye adapter

5 minute exposure at Starfest 2002

 

 

M27 - Derek Baker

 

5" Astrophysics Refractor @f/6

SBIG ST-237A LRGB (300s-90s-90s-90s)

 

Sun in Hydrogen Alpha Light - John Hicks

 

Daystar Hydrogen Alpha filter on

Celestron C8 with Barlow lens and Focal reducer.

 

Partial Eclipse - Doug Wayland

Taken June 10, 2002

This shot was taken at maximum eclipse (17:53 PDT)

 from Prince George. Canon FTb at prime focus Meade 

LX 10 SCT with a Baader solar filter. The exposure was 

1/1000 sec. on Kodak Max 400 film.

 

Sunset Eclipse - Steve Barnes

Taken June 10, 2002

Nikon 995 Digital camera through a 35mm Panoptic on a Brandon 94mm refractor. 1/500th second from near the 

Hamilton Centre RASC  Observatory

 

Crater Copernicus - Roger Hill

Taken on May 21, 2002, with an unmodified Philips Vesta Pro

webcam at the prime focus of a Celestron C8.

The image was obtained by capturing 303 images, 

and processing them with RegiStax 

 

 

Pluto - Steve Barnes

LRGB

Finger Lakes IMG1300 with 12" LX200 @f/6.5

Images taken 57 minutes apart

 

M51 - Steve Barnes

LRGB

L Channel 20x 60second exposures with 

Finger Lakes IMG1300 with 12" LX200 @f/6.5

RGB - 3x7 minutes with 8" f/1.5 Celestron Schmidt Camera on E200

 

Leo Trio )M65-M66 and NGC 3628 - Bob Botts

Tele Vue Genesis - SBIG ST6

 

M65-M66 - Derek Baker

April 6, 2002

Tele Vue 101 - SBIG ST237 - 2 frame mosaic

each frame a stack of 24 x 20 second

exposures, processed in Maxim DL and Neat Image

 

M8 the Lagoon Nebula - John Wall

 

SBIG 237 CCD with Celestron 8" Fastar 

 

Mount : Losmandy GM8

 

Big Dipper Star Trail - Les Welgan

 

Lens fogged one third  into exposure.

 f/5.6, 35 mins. 50mm Kodak E200.

 

Jupiter and Saturn - John Grimmett

 

1/2 second exposure

Logitech Quick Cam Pro (cooled)

TV-102 with Tele Vue Big Barlow

Image capture with Vega32

16 images stacked with AstoStack

 

M16 and M17 - Steve Barnes 

Instrument : Celestron 8" Schmidt Camera

Exposure :7 minutes on Kodak E200

Mount : Losmandy GM8

Guiding : SBIG STV

Star Trails and Meteor - Rod Innes

Moon - Ev Rilett 

Aurora - Rod Innes

 

June 21, 2001 Powell River B.C

Comet C/2001 A2 - Linear - Bob Botts

Instrument : Tele Vue Genesis

Exposure : SBIG STV

Mount : Losmandy GM8

Guiding : None

Click here for an animation

Moon June 29-2001 - John Grimmet

 

Instrument : Tele Vue 102

Exposure : Unknown on Quick Cam

Mount : Tele Vue Gibraltar

Guiding : None

Sun in H-alpha - Marc Castel and Steve Barnes

 

Tele Vue Genesis Daystar H-alpha filter and SBIG STV

Mount : Tele Vue Gibralter

M101 - Steve Barnes

Instrument : Celestron 8" Schmidt Camera

Exposure : 3x 7 minutes on Kodak E200

Mount : Losmandy GM8

Guiding : SBIG STV

Lagoon Nebula Stephen Pitt

Exposure 1hr Kodak Elitechrome II @f8 

Instrument : Skywatcher 150

Mount : Losmandy GM8

Guiding : Manual

M13 - Les Welgan

Instrument : Celestron C5 OTA 

Exposure : 20 minutes on E200

Mount : Losmandy GM8

Guiding : Manual

Earthshine - Steve Barnes

 

Instrument : Tele Vue 70mm Pronto

 

Exposure : 4 seconds Fuji Super G800

 

Mount : Tripod

 

Guiding : None

Comet Hale-Bopp - Steve Barnes

Instrument : 50mm  Lens

Exposure : 2x 5 minutes on Fuji SuperG 800

Mount : Meade LX-50

Guiding : None

Rosette - Steve Barnes

Instrument : Celestron 8" Schmidt Camera

Exposure : 2x 7 minutes on Kodak E200

Mount : Losmandy GM8

Guiding : SBIG STV

Moon - Ron Patzia

 

Meade 8" LXD500 telescope

Taurus with Jupiter and Saturn - Les Welgan

50mm Lens with Star Pattern Diffuser

Orion - Les Welgan

50mm Lens with Star Pattern Diffuser

Orion Region - Rick Eller

Instrument : 50mm Lens

Exposure : 5 minutes on Kodak E200

Mount : Meade 8" LX3

Guiding : None

Rho Ophiuchus Region - Steve Barnes

Instrument : Celestron 8" Schmidt Camera

Exposure : 3x 7 minutes on Kodak E200

Mount : Losmandy GM8

Guiding : SBIG STV

Comet McNaught Hartley - Steve Barnes

Instrument : Celestron 8" Schmidt Camera

Exposure : 3x 7 minutes on Kodak E200

Mount : Losmandy GM8

Guiding : SBIG STV

M45 - Mark Kaye

 

Instrument : 5" AP Refractor 

Mount : Vixen SP mount

IC434 The Horsehead Nebula - Stephen Pitt

Instrument : 6" (150mm) Skywatcher Refractor

Exposure : 1 Hour on  Kodak Elitechrome II

Mount : Losmandy GM8

Guiding : Manual

Sun in H-alpha light - John Hicks

M42  by Rob Bodner

Instrument :12" LX200 @f/6.5 

Exposure: Fuji SuperG 800 

Mount : LX200

Guiding : None

Partial Solar Eclipse - Thom Iwancio

Yashica TL Super Kodak Portra 160 VC 615mm @ f`11


Partial Solar Eclipse Dec 25-2000 

by Steve Barnes

Instrument :Brandon 94mm @ f/18

Exposure: 1/250 s

Mount : Tele Vue Gibraltar

Guiding : None

The Moon  by Gordon Bulger

Instrument :12" LX200 afocal eyepiece 

Exposure: Unknown  with Nikon Coolpix 990

Mount : LX200

Guiding : None

M33   John Wall

Instrument :Celestron 8" Fastar @f/1.95

Exposure: RGB- SBIG ST-237

Mount : Losmandy GM8

Guiding : Manual

Jupiter Dec. 3,2000  by Steve Barnes

Instrument :12" LX200 @f/20 

Exposure: LRGB with SBIG STV

Mount : LX200

Guiding : None

M1 Harry Pulley

Instrument : Orion Vixen VC200L @ f/3.9

Exposure : 33x30s exposures with SBIG ST-5C

Mount : Vixen GP

Guiding : None

M20   Bill Almond

Instrument :Meade 10" SC at f/6.3 

Exposure: ST6 CCD

Guiding : SBIG ST-4

M22   John Wall

Instrument :Celestron 8" Fastar @f/1.95

Exposure: SBIG ST-237

Mount : Losmandy GM8

Guiding : Manual

Orion   - Brian White

 

Exposure : 50mm @f/2.0 - 2minutes on Kodak E200

 

Mount : Celestron C11

 

North America Nebula  Steve Barnes

Instrument : Celestron 8" Schmidt Camera

Exposure : 2x 7 minutes on Kodak E200

Mount : Losmandy GM8

Guiding : SBIG STV

Winter Lights - Christmas Lights - Brent W Bolton

Exposure : Short tube 80mm at prime 20sec exp

 

Mount : Unknown

 

Guiding : Unknown

Aurora October 28, 2000 - Les Welgan

 

Exposure : Kodak E200 50mm 30 sec at f4

 

Mount : Tripod

 

Guiding None

M31 The Andromeda Galaxy Harry Pulley

Instrument : SBIG ST-5C and Canon 200mm f/2.8

Exposure : R=23x120s, G=21x120s, B=22x120s

Mount : Vixen GP

Guiding : None

M27 -Dumbell Nebula  by John Wall

Instrument :Celestron 8" Fastar

Exposure: 3x 20s RGB with SBIG ST-237

Mount : Losmandy GM8

Guiding : Manual

 

Jupiter  by Gordon Bulger

Instrument :12" LX200 afocal eyepiece 

Exposure: Unknown   with Nikon Coolpix 990

Mount : LX200

Guiding : None

 

Full Moon  by Steve Barnes

Instrument :12" LX200 @f/6.5 

Exposure: Fuji SuperG 800 - 1/125s

Mount : LX200

Guiding : None

 

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