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Afocal Mars approx. 10 days after opposition. 3782 frames from an AVI acquired via Canon Powershot SX-100 held up to a 7mm TMB Planetary II eyepiece with the older version of the Orion Steadypix digital camera mount through a Criterion RV-8, VirtualDub to expand the AVI, Registax 5 to stack the frames, Roxio PhotoSuite 5 to post-process exposure and sharpness.

Mars 08 Feb. P.M. (09 Feb. A.M.U.T.) 2010

Tuesday, February 09 2010 @ 02:08 AM EST

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$Here's a shot of sunspot group 1040 I shot Jan. 14, 2010 The larger spots are bigger than the Earth. Stats: 90mm Meade refractor tightly bungee-corded to a Criterion RV-6 mount, Orion Glass Solar Filter, Orion 13% Moon filter, Celestron 96 neutral density filter, 7mm TMB Planetary II EP, AFOCAL Canon Powershot SX100 in video mode, AVI expanded in VirtualDub, 2242 frames stacked in Registax 5, post-processed in Roxio PhotoSuite 5.$

Sunspot Group 1040 on Jan. 14, 2010

Wednesday, January 14 1998 @ 07:27 PM EST

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Jupiter with the Great Red Spot just after passing the meridian on September 22, 2009 a.m. U.T. Done using a Criterion RV-8 (an 8" newtonian that is more than 30 years old), using a Canon Powershot SX100, with 10x optical zoom, which is an 8 megapixel digital point-n-shoot camera in video mode, 1313 frames stacked in Registax 5, post-processed in Roxio PhotoSuite 5. The eyepiece used was a 7mm TMB Planetary (with very wide exit glass)

Jupiter w/GRS Sept. 22, '09 a.m. U.T.

Wednesday, September 30 2009 @ 12:35 AM EDT

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Shot done using 5 frames stacked from an afocally mounted point-n-shoot camera.

The Great Orion Nebula M42

Friday, September 04 2009 @ 09:47 PM EDT

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Saturn from a video stack during May 2009, afocal, Criterion RV-8 scope

Saturn May 2009

Friday, May 22 2009 @ 01:48 AM EDT

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Here are 16 frames stacked, using a Canon SX 100 point-n-shoot camera and a 30 year old 6" newtonian (Criterion RV-6)

M82 - from a Point-n-Shoot camera

Friday, September 04 2009 @ 10:02 PM EDT

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The North polar region of the moon using a Criterion RV-6 and an afocally mounted Kodak point-n-shoot digital camera.
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Moon North

Wednesday, September 17 2008 @ 12:21 AM EDT

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The South polar region of the moon using a Criterion RV-6 and an afocally mounted Kodak point-n-shoot digital camera.
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Moon South

Wednesday, September 17 2008 @ 12:17 AM EDT

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A nice open cluster M37, from November 2008, a single 15 second exposure using a Canon Powershot SX100 and a Criterion RV-6
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M37 Open Cluster in Auriga

Friday, September 04 2009 @ 10:23 PM EDT

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The brightest dot is Jupiter, only 15 second exposure using only a Canon SX100 point-n-shoot camera mounted on an electric switch timer from Home Depot.
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Jupiter against the Milky Way at Chiefland

Friday, September 04 2009 @ 10:30 PM EDT

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Here's M3 using the afocal point-n-shoot again.

M3 Globular Cluster

Friday, September 04 2009 @ 10:37 PM EDT

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An afocal shot of the comet's major outburst (even though it was outbound and dimming beforehand) in Nov. '07,

Comet 72-P Holmes from November 2007

Sunday, November 04 2007 @ 12:11 PM EST

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