The astrophotos on this page were taken from my front deck with the Imaging Source DMK 21AF04 monochrome camera and captured with Astro IIDC

Click on any image to see original photo.


Planets, taken with the Meade 12.5" Starfinder with
Dob Driver II tracking, processed by Keith's Image Stacker, UnwarpJ, and Photoshop.


Mars, 12/15/05.  Filters for color: red #23A, green #58 and blue #38A, all with IR blocking filter.   Luminance signal from red filter without IR blocking filter.  


Saturn, 1/24/06, near opposition.  Filters for color: red #23A, green #58 and blue #38A, all with IR blocking filter.  
Luminance signal with no filters.  


Moon images, most taken with red #25 and IR blocking filters

Taken with the Celestron C11, processed by
Keith's Image Stacker, UnwarpJ, and Photoshop. 


Three views of Kepler: the crater, 12/10/08, the astronomer and the spacecraft



Aristarchus, 12/10/08

Darwin, 12/10/08



Pythagoras, 12/10/08


Bailly, 12/10/08


Messier, 11/15/08


Capella, 11/15/08


Janssen, 11/15/08


Taurus-Littrow Mountains, including the Apollo 17 landing site, 11/16/08



Southern Sea of Tranquility, including the Apollo 11 landing site, 11/16/08


Taken with the Meade 12.5" Starfinder with Dob Driver II tracking, processed by Lynkeos, Keith's Image Stacker, UnwarpJ, Astrostack and/or Photoshop.

Copernicus Sunrise, 1/8/06 with 4x powermate.  Taken over a period of 4 hours


Hadley Rille, 1/8/06 with 4x powermate.  Stack of best 895 of 5000 images.



Plato and the Teneriffe Mountains, 1/8/06 with 4x powermate.  Stack of best 801 of 5000 images.


Tycho, 1/8/06 with 4x powermate.  Stack of best 1023 of 5000 images.

Copernicus! 12/11/05, with the 2" 4x powemate.  Stack of best 452 of 5000 images.

Copernicus and the Appenine mountains, 12/11/05, taken at prime focus.  Montage of 2 stacks of 1000 images each.  

 

Appenine mountains, 12/10/05, taken at prime focus.  Stack of 1000 images.  

 

Clavius 12/10/05.  Best 191 of 5000 frames.  

Tycho region (L) and Tycho crater (R). 12/10/05.  Left image is stack of 900 images, right is a stack of best 714 of 5000.

The straight wall. 12/10/05.  Left image is stack of 900 images, right is a stack of best 716 of 5000.  



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