Tag Archives: Imaging Source

Copernicus and Clavius

From “Atlas of the Moon:” “The crater Copernicus is undoubtedly one of the best-known and most typical of lunar formations; it is also a center of bright rays which can be traced across the surface of Mare Imbrium.  To the west of Copernicus (to the right in the picture) is a group of scattered solitaryContinue reading “Copernicus and Clavius”

Jupiter 4/18/2016

This greyscale image is a stacked composite the best 50 of 1000 photos taken through the 11 inch Celestron EdgeHD with an Imaging Source video camera.  Three moons are visible, Io and Ganymede on the right and Europa on the left.  Jupiter is 437 million miles distant and was at an altitude 44 degrees aboveContinue reading “Jupiter 4/18/2016”

Solar 03/29/2016

This was taken through the Astro-Physics 130mm refractor using a Lunt Herschel wedge and an Imaging Source video camera. The Lunt wedge produces a white light image which was converted to something resembling an H-Alpha reddish tone. I have never tried this configuration before and was a little surprised at the amount of detail inContinue reading “Solar 03/29/2016”