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Total Lunar Eclipse
(June 15, 2011)
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Blue Moon Eclipse
(Dec 31, 2009)
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Conjunction Moon-Venus-Jupiter
(Dec 01, 2008)
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Total Lunar Eclipse
(Feb 21, 2008)
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Saturn occultation
(May 23, 2007)
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Total Lunar Eclipse (March 03, 2007)
(Mar 04, 2007)
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From Tycho to the southern limb
(Jan 28, 2006)
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Longomontanus
(Jan 23, 2006)
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A colorful Moon
(Jan 10, 2006)
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Plato
(Jan 10, 2006)
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Gassendi
(Jan 10, 2006)
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Clavius
(Jan 10, 2006)
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Copernicus
(Jan 09, 2006)
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6 day's Moon
(Apr 14, 2005)
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Jan 21, 2000 |
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Total eclypse early in the morning with clouds,
OM1 with 270mm lens incl converter, Fuji 400, scanned and enlarged |
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May 9, 2000 |
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Mosaic of half moon, approx manually equal exposed 25 single shots with
Quickcam color each 640x480,
through C11 with Lumicon giant easy guider at F/7 primefocus,
images combined in Photoshop,
full resolution here (230 kB) |
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Jan 9, 2001 |
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Total eclypse at high transparency, collage of 6 images
Canon A50 afocal through 40mm Pentax eyepiece and 4" f/9 ED refractor
adaption of levelsand color balance in photoshop
full resolution here (170 kB) |
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Jun 30, 2001 |
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seeing 3-4, Philips ToUCam at primefocus C11,
selected single video frames showing Plato, Copernicus and Clavius with many details
processing in photoshop: light unsharp mask and levels
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Sep 26, 2001 |
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seeing 2, First Moon shot with Nikon CP-995 and 40mm Pentax XL + 2x barlow afocal to 4" ED refractor,
single exposure 1/32s,f5.1, lens 31mm
processing in photoshop: unsharp mask and curves, size reduced by approx 50%
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Nov 03, 2001 22:08 UT |
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Occultation of Saturn by the Moon!
Imaging with Nikon CP-995 and 40mm Pentax XL afocal to 4" ED refractor.
Image is a composit of 2 different exposures to adjust the right brightness of the darker planet.
Processing in Photoshop: unsharp mask and curves, cropped image of reappearance shown at right.
Full disk see here (96 kB)
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Jan 26, 2002 18:30 UT |
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A close approach of Jupiter and Moon;
4" refractor with Nikon CP995 and 400 mm Pentax XL
Combination of 3 exposures (1/125 for moon; 1/30 for Jupiter; 1/8 for Jovian satellites)
Processing in photoshop: unsharp mask and levels
Top: full size crop of Moon with Jupiter
Bottom: reduced size (40%) of full disk
Full scale image see here (186 kB)
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Apr 21, 2002 19:00 UT |
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A revisit of the Moon after a long rainy period;
Seeing 2-4, thin clouds;
Top: C11 with webcam in primefocus at f/10
Clavius with Tycho; Mosaic of 2 selected frames;
Middle: Plato with craterlets and the Alpine Valley;
selected frame with webcam, same setup;
Bottom: Full disk with4" refractor and 40mm Pentax and CP995; Image size reduced to 50%
Full scale image see: here (181 kB)
Processing in Photoshop: for all - unsharp mask and levels;
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Jun 19, 2002 19:30 UT |
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A very warm and unstable summer night;
4" TMB refractor with barlow and webcam at f/25
Top: Single exposure selected out of 200 of the Archimedes area towards Apennines
Bottom: Cropped Area of Hadley rille; 4 selected frames averaged, centered on Hadley-rille;
Processing for both in photoshop: unsharp mask and levels
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Nov 19, 2002 20:00 UT |
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Nearly full Moon at unstable seeing with the D60 and the 4" f/6.2 refractor;
Single image in raw mode at ISO100; converted to 16 bit tiff, then to fits; LR deconvolution in AIP;
further processing in Photoshop: deconvolved grey image used as luminance for RGB image, |
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Feb 17, 2003 17:00 UT |
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Rising full Moon at dusk, the first clear evening during a skiing holiday in the high southern alps;
D60 with the Rubinar 500mm f/5.6 lens;
2 images 2 sec and 1/15 sec combined at ISO200;
levels and curves adjustment in Photoshop, size reduced to 50%;
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Mar 16, 2003 21:00 UT |
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At fair seeing the nearly full moon was high up;
First target was Plato at high magnification; webcam with the 4" TMB refractor at f/50;
200 images processed in Registax;
final levels and curves adjustment in Photoshop;
Top: crop on Plato, 10+ small craterlets in the floor visible
Bottom: wide view mosaic with Appenins at 70% size
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Mar 16, 2003 21:00 UT |
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At the same evening next target was Aristarchus area; webcam mosaic with the 4" TMB refractor at f/25;
200 images processed in Registax for each part;
Final levels and curves adjustment in Photoshop;
note the subtle color at Aristarchus, caused by a vulcanic activity;
This image was LPOD on April 11, 2004.
Checkout more info there.
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Mar 16, 2003 22:00 UT |
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At the same evening next target was the southern limb up to Tycho with Clavius, Schiller and Bailly; webcam mosaic with the 4" TMB refractor at f/25;
200 images processed in Registax for each part;
final levels and curves adjustment in Photoshop;
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May 16, 2003 02:00-03:00 UT |
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A eclypse of the moon just before sunrise;
Top: D60 in raw mode at ISO100 with the 4" TMB refractor at f/15; 2 shots at 02h30 UT - 8 sec + 1/8 sec combined at 40% size;
Bottom: single 1 sec shot at 02h57 UT - D60 same setting with the 90mm Rubinar f/5.6 lens at 40% size;
Raw mode helped for stretching the image; Totality was after sunrise and could not be observed;
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June 03, 2003 19:00 UT |
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A nice crescent moon during dusk at steady seeing;
D60 in raw mode at ISO100 with the 4" TMB refractor at f/25; 3 shots combined, levels, unsharp mask, cropped, reduced to 70% size all in Photoshop;
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July 05, 2003 19:30 UT |
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A waxing moon during dusk at average seeing;
D60 in fine mode at ISO100 with the 4" TMB refractor at f/25; 3 shots combined, levels, unsharp mask, cropped, size reduced to 70%, all in Photoshop;
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July 06, 2003 19:30 UT |
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A detailed view to Triesnecker and Hyginus area at good seeing;
Webcam with the C11 at f/10; 400 preselected shots processed with Registax, levels, unsharp mask, changed to 125% size, all in Photoshop;
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Sep 19, 2003 04:00 UT |
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A first visit to the vaning moon at good seeing;
45 part webcam mosaic with the C11 at f/10; each part consists of 100 frames processed in Registax
arrangement, curves, light unsharp mask, size reduced to 50%, all in Photoshop;
the dawn and dew decreased image quality in the western parts, some gaps had to be filled with an image from the 10D through the 4" refractor at f/25:
see color enhanced version here
High speed surfers should not miss the 80% size:
4000 x 2400 (812 kB) |
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Oct 05, 2003 18:30 UT |
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The Moon passes Mars - together barely fitting into the field of the refractor;
Top: single shot with the 10D at ISO200 with the 4" TMB refractor at f/5; size 50%; Mars at right top corner;
Bottom: Composite image with Mars insert - 4" TMB refractor at f/25; size 75/50%;
Mars stacked and sharpened in Registax; Moon - unsharp mask, curves, color balance in Photoshop;
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Nov 09, 2003 00:00 - 03:00 UT |
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First total Lunar Eclypse this year
To escape the dense fog my friends and me drove 200 km to the north-east, we found a nice hill near Hassbach/Kulmberg
My setup was the 300 mm Canon lens stopped to f/4 with the 2x converter and the Canon 10D at ISO200 in raw mode.
Heavy dew was disturbing, but alltogether a great impression;
Widefield view with the: 50mm lens from 01:09 UT and the 20mm lens from 01:14 UT
Top: composite exposure 5 and 30 sec to show the background stars at 02h24 UT; size 75%;
Middle: Collage of the total event, size 50/25%;
Bottom: Pete Lawrence had the nice idea to collect images taken over a big distance at the same time to show the parallax effect. Beside others he has chosen my and Paul Hyndman's image and did nice animations from them. |
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March 29, 2004 18:30 UT |
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A closeup on the Alpine Valley at good seeing;
The tiny rill in the valley measures 0.1" across
Webcam with the C11 at f/20; 120 selected frames out of 600 processed with Registax, levels, unsharp mask;
Top: full frame at 100% size
Bottom: center at 200% size (0.1" per pixel) |
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