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This page presents lunar and planetary photographs taken with a Meade ETX90, using a modified Quickcam Express Webcam and a 2x Barlow. Most of the images are
single frame captures. Those made from stacked frames are so labeled.
These pictures are first time efforts with the Meade ETX, but give some
illustration of what can be easily accomplished. The moon images are not
representative of the best the telescope can do, but are pretty close to
that. The Jupiter photographs are not as good as I hoped, but again,
near the best this scope can do, at least with the Quickcam. Stacking
planetary images would give far superior results, but on these first outings I
didn't get enough images to do that. The Saturn photo was taken at prime focus
because of the dimness of the planet, and then enlarged.
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| Moon Image, Copernicus, Meade ETX90 With Quickcam
Express Webcam, 2x Barlow. |
Moon Image, Plato region, Meade ETX90 With Quickcam
Express Webcam, Using 2x
Barlow. |
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| Moon Image, Clavius, Meade ETX90 With
Quickcam Express Webcam And 2x Barlow. |
Moon Image, Alpine Valley, Meade ETX90 with
Quickcam Express Webcam, 2x Barlow. |
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| Moon Image, Tycho, Meade ETX90 with Quickcam
Express Webcam, 2x Barlow. |
Moon Image, Alphonsus region, Meade ETX90 with
QuickCam Express Webcam, Prime Focus.
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| Moon Image, Bay Of Rainbows, Meade ETX90
With Quickcam Express Webcam, 2x Barlow. |
Moon Image, South Polar Region, Meade ETX90
With QuickCam Express Webcam, Prime Focus.
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Moon Image, Plato And Bay
Of Rainbows, Meade ETX90 With Quickcam
Express Webcam, Prime Focus. Stack of 16 Images (One Of My Best).
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Moon Image, Plato and Alpine Valley,
ETX90 With QuickCam Express Webcam, Prime Focus. |
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| Jupiter Image, Oct 4, 2001, ETX90 With Quickcam
Express Webcam, 2x Barlow. |
Moon Image, Apennine Mountains Region, ETX90 With
QuickCam Express Webcam, Prime Focus.
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| Jupiter Image, Oct 14, 2001, ETX90 With
Quickcam Express Webcam, 2x Barlow.
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Saturn Image, Oct 14, 2001, ETX90 With
QuickCam Express Webcam, Prime Focus.
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| Jupiter Image, Nov
03, 2001. ETX90 With Quickcam Express Webcam, 2x Barlow. Above Center And Left
Is Io's Shadow, Shown Moving In The Successive Images. |
Mars Image, 2003 Opposition. ETX90 with Quickcam Express Webcam and 2x Barlow, stack of 48 frames. My best planetary photo (to date). |
Personal Notes
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Though these pictures were taken with a modified webcam, they
could have also been obtained with a digital camera mounted behind the
eyepiece. With a digital camera, you don't need to haul a computer out to the
telescope to control the camera. I've constructed a simple mount to hold my
Fuji behind the eyepiece, and will soon be adding photographs taken with that
method.
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You can use this customized search engine to track down a CCD or SLR
camera suitable for astrophotography.
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