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How good was the seeing this morning? This is a single pass through post-processing. I *never* get that lucky! A front blew through Dallas this morning about 15 minutes before I shot this 200-second AVI. The temperature dropped about 10 degrees in that time and frost formed on the outside of the scope, then within 5 minutes it had evaporated. Very weird. But it sure helped the air ... This was made with a 6" apochromat, using a Philips ToUCam III webcam, a Televue 2.5X Powermate, and a Scopetronix MaxPower 2 lens (nosepiece barlow), so the focal length is 6,000mm. If you were viewing this "live" with an eyepiece, you'd need about 600X to 700X to get this kind of detail.
Scope and mount supplied by 3RF (see www.3rf.org).
This image was named Stellarvue's Photo of the Week on March 6, 2007:
www.stellarvue.com/astrophotography.html
and Astronomy Magazine's March 13, 2007 Photo of the Day:
www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=ga&id=99&aid...
This image was used in NASA's May 2007 "What's Up?" podcast at:
www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/whatsup/whatsup20070504/
My eighth photo to hit 700 views (May 11, 2007). Thanks!
-Added to theCream of the Crop pool as my personal favorite.
jup-5x-200s-16-865frs
How good was the seeing this morning? This is a single pass through post-processing. I *never* get that lucky! A front blew through Dallas this morning about 15 minutes before I shot this 200-second AVI. The temperature dropped about 10 degrees in that time and frost formed on the outside of the scope, then within 5 minutes it had evaporated. Very weird. But it sure helped the air ... This was made with a 6" apochromat, using a Philips ToUCam III webcam, a Televue 2.5X Powermate, and a Scopetronix MaxPower 2 lens (nosepiece barlow), so the focal length is 6,000mm. If you were viewing this "live" with an eyepiece, you'd need about 600X to 700X to get this kind of detail.
Scope and mount supplied by 3RF (see www.3rf.org).
This image was named Stellarvue's Photo of the Week on March 6, 2007:
www.stellarvue.com/astrophotography.html
and Astronomy Magazine's March 13, 2007 Photo of the Day:
www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=ga&id=99&aid...
This image was used in NASA's May 2007 "What's Up?" podcast at:
www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/whatsup/whatsup20070504/
My eighth photo to hit 700 views (May 11, 2007). Thanks!
-Added to theCream of the Crop pool as my personal favorite.