Sunday, April 14, 2002

Mizar through my old Newton telescope

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A single webcam frame of Mizar and Alcor in the constellation Ursa Major through the 115mm Newton telescope on April 13, 2002. I wasn't (manually) tracking, so the stars appear slightly elongated, even with this short exposure.

Wednesday, March 20, 2002

Imaging with a 21 year old 115mm Newton


Jupiter on March 19, 2002. The average of many frames taken with a ToUCam Pro webcam in the prime focus of my 1981 115mm/f9 Newton telescope. The mirrors of this telescope are very much in need for re-coating. The views through the telescope are not close to what they once were.





Saturn through the same telescope. Back then I could easily see the Cassini Division and Saturn's cloud belt. Not so anymore.






A shot of the moon.













And one more, but this time using eyepiece projection.