4th Day Astronomy - Planetary

Planetary or "Lucky" Imaging

These images require very short exposures. They are typically made made by shooting a movie of the object with a webcam or dedicated astronomy video camera. You then take the individual frames and stack them to remove the distortions caused by the atmosphere.

Total Lunar Eclipse 1/21/19

Total lunar eclipse taken with a Nikon D700 through a 10" LX200. The blue color comes from light passing through the earth's ozone layer.

Lunar Mosiac

Using an ASI174 camera and a 10"LX200. 7 images combined for a look along the terminator. Best viewed at full resolution.

Lunar Mosiac

10"LX200 and Imaging Source DMK41. This is made up of 32 individual pictures. The are all combined in a mosiac to make one large picture.

Jupiter and Io

10"LX200 and ToUCam Pro II

Archimedes

10"LX200 and Imaging Source DMK41

International Space Station

10"LX200 and DMK41 Camera

Negative Moon

Negative image of the moon

Venus

10"LX200 and ToUCam Pro II

Earthshine

The moon is illuminated by light reflected off of the Earth

Mare Oriental

10"LX200 and ToUCam Pro II

Mars

10"LX200 and ToUCam Pro II

Saturn

10"LX200 and ToUCam Pro II

Lunar Halo

A lunar halo is similar to a rainbow. The light from the moon is split into different colors by high altitude clouds.

High Altitude Balloon

The earth from about 70,000 feet from a high altitude balloon.

High Altitude Balloon

The earth from about 70,000 feet from a high altitude balloon.

Lunar Eclipse

April 15, 2014. 10" LX200 and Nikon D700.

1st Quarter Moon

Orion 80ED with Imaging Source DMK41 Camera

Saturn

10"LX200 with ToUCam Pro II

International Space Station

10"LX200 and DMK41 Camera

Jupiter

10"LX200 and ToUCam Pro II

Mars

10"LX200 and ToUCam Pro II

Copernicus

10"LX200 and DMK41

Mars

10"LX200 and DMK41

Moon/Venus Conjunction

The moon covers Venus

Saturn

10"LX200 and ToUCam Pro II