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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: JohnP on Nov 21, 2005, 11:13:53

Title: Images from last night - 21st Nov
Post by: JohnP on Nov 21, 2005, 11:13:53
Hi All,

Got out again last night.... call me mad!... my wife does. Anyway took a few more images with the Toucam & X3 barlow. The MN56 is performing well & is a very compact/ portable imaging setup - it does however lack aperture/ focal length for planetary imaging (compared with Chris's setup) - I'm still struggling to image the Cassini division on Saturn..  I like the moon shot - check out the 4 mountains in the middle of the large crater.

Cheers,  John.

(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.punnett/graphics/oas/mars_211105.jpg)

(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.punnett/graphics/oas/saturn_211105.jpg)

(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.punnett/graphics/oas/moon_211105.jpg)
Title: Images from last night - 21st Nov
Post by: Tony G on Nov 21, 2005, 13:21:34
Great images John,
one day mate, :wink:  i'll hopefully take photos like this, but until the likes of saturn are higher in the sky and not having to get up at 6am i'll wait and look at these and other images

Tony G
Title: Images from last night - 21st Nov
Post by: JohnP on Nov 21, 2005, 14:18:10
Cheers Tony - What dya mean 6.00am - you can start imaging Saturn around 1'ish...... :-)  Seriously though last night was tough - having 4 kids I've got used to surviving on 3 hrs kip... John