Archives for March 2005
First Planetary Imaging Success
Published on 30 Mar 2005 at 10:00 am.
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Well, if you want to call it that. After a half dozen nights out in the dark trying to work out an imaging procedure (with the scope, an iBook and a number of different video cameras), I finally captured a decent movie of Jupiter last night.
This image is a stack of about 8 frames, post-processed [...]
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Dismal Failure with Jupiter
Published on 28 Mar 2005 at 11:58 am.
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This evening I went out with the new Digi-T adapter I got for my Olympus D-460 digital still camera to try and my hand a Jupiter.
I found it extremely difficult to target thru the camera LCD as it was attached over the lense of the telescope. With a 2X Barlow on it was practically impossible. [...]
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More Moon Shots
Published on 27 Mar 2005 at 1:42 am.
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No not with astronauts… some images I took with the LogitechQuickCam Pro 4000 while my sister and brother-in-law where here.
