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Submitted by KilgoreBass on Fri, 10/17/2008 at 12:16pm.

All photos taken with a digital camera coupled to a Meade ETX90 using the "afocal method".  Various eyepiece filters were used, and image processing was also applied for enhancement.  Note that the afocal method can cause "vignetting", since the projected image of the eyepiece is smaller than the camera field of view (examples can be seen in the Moon crater closeups, the rounded part of the image is not necessarily the edge of the moon)

Note: The photos of the Sun used an Orion full aperture solar filter, NEVER point your telescope at the Sun unless you know what your doing, or blindness can result.

 
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by starbug - 12 months ago
Scotland
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Awesome!

by qtsii - 12 months ago
Machiavelli United States
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 That is cool!

by Hugh_T_Patterson - 12 months ago
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Those are great! I can't wait to show my wife. She'll really like them.

by vijaykulkarni - 12 months ago
Pune India
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Wow.. Thats some good work.. Keep contributing ..

by teresacat - 12 months ago
LONDON England
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Looking at them brings me tranquility, the sea of tranquility, beautiful.Cool

by Aristokatt - 12 months ago
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Very KEWL!!!Smile

by chef_d - 12 months ago
Texas United States
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really great, awe-inspiring shots!

thanx for sharing!

by InoYamanaka - 6 months ago
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would the image not comeout good if you never used enhancing?


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