Some highlights of previous live lunar and planetary imaging sessions
When imaging, I usually operate the instruments in the field using a tablet PC (Fujitsu Stylistic 3400) with a wireless LAN PCMCIA card which sends the images wirelessly directly to my router indoors. Sometimes the instruments are controlled from indoors at my PC, remotely, via wires.

For my broadcasts I use one of the following (depending on the object and/or conditions):
80mm achromat (Helios); 127mm Maksutov-Casegrain (Meade ETX-125); 200mm Schmidt-Cass (Meade LX-90).

The 80mm achromat uses a Meade StarFinder handset (a basic version of Autostar) that was originally supplied with the Meade 4504 reflector. The ETX-125 and LX-90 are controlled with their own Autostars.

Thanks to Mike Brown and Brian Jeffrey for their help on ToUcam imaging techniques - you have been a great help!


Mare Imbrium, Apennines, Mare Serenitatis
11 March 2003 - 19:00-21:00 UT. Seeing A3.
250mm f/4.8 Newtonian and Philips ToUcam Pro


Southern uplands, Tycho & Clavius
13 March 2003 - 20:30-22:00 UT. Seeing A3-4.
250mm f/4.8 Newtonian and Philips ToUcam Pro


North polar area
14 March 2003 - 20:30-22:00 UT. Seeing A3-4.
150mm f/8 achromat and Philips ToUcam Pro


Jupiter
15-16 March 2003 - 20:30-00:01 UT
Seeing A3-4.
150mm f/8 achromat and Philips ToUcam Pro


Bailly
16 March 2003 - 20:30-23:00 UT. Seeing A3.
150mm f/8 achromat and Philips ToUcam Pro


Saturn
17 March 2003 - 20:30-22:00 UT. Seeing A3.
150mm f/8 achromat and Philips ToUcam Pro


Plato
11 April 2003 - 20:30-21:30 UT. Seeing A3.
150mm f/8 achromat and Philips ToUcam Pro


Albategnius
8 May 2003 - 21:30-23:00 UT. Seeing A3.
150mm f/8 achromat and Philips ToUcam Pro


Clavius
11 May 2003 - 21:30-00:20 UT
Seeing A2-3.
150mm f/8 achromat and Philips ToUcam Pro


Schickard
13 May 2003 - 21:45-23:00 UT. Seeing A3-4.
150mm f/8 achromat, Philips ToUcam Pro.


15 May 2003 - 01:00-01:30 UT. Seeing A2.
80mm f/5 achromat, Philips ToUcam Pro, Mogg x2
Near Full Moon, a test run for live images of the eclipse.


6 June 2003 - 22:00-22:30 UT. Seeing A3.
80mm f/5 achromat, Philips ToUcam Pro, Mogg x2.
A nice waxing crescent.


7 July 2003 - 22:00-23:40 UT. Seeing A3.
80mm f/5 achromat, Philips ToUcam Pro, Mogg x2 reducer.
A nice 8 day-old phase.


8 July 2003 - 22:00-23:45 UT. Seeing A3.
80mm f/5 achromat, Philips ToUcam Pro, Mogg x2 lens.
8 days old, Copernicus, Tycho and Clavius near the terminator.


9 July 2003 - 22:15-23:45 UT. Seeing A2-3.
80mm f/5 achromat, Philips ToUcam Pro, Mogg x2.
Moon 9 days old.


Mars
10 July 2003 - 01:20 UT. Seeing A3.
150mm f/8 achromat, Philips ToUcam Pro, x2 Barlow.
Bright polar cap and Solis Lacus near meridian.


Mars
29 August 2003 - 22:56 UT. Seeing A3.
150mm f/8 achromat, Philips ToUcam Pro, x2 Barlow lens.
Mars, bright south polar cap, Syrtis Major to the left.


Total eclipse of the Moon
8/9 November 2003
80mm f/5 achromat, ToUcam Pro, x2 reducer.
Clear view for about 45m up to near-totality,
then clouded out.


Transit of Venus
8 June 2004 - 10:41 UT
80mm achromat, Philips ToUcam Pro, x2 reducer.
Mylar solar filter.
Clear view for most of the event, cloudy towards end.


13 day old Moon
27 October 2004 - 00:27 UT
200mm SCT (LX90), 32mm Plossl + x2 reducer,
ToUcam Pro (afocal image).

11 day old Moon - Mare Humorum and Gassendi
12 November 2005 - 19:46 UT
200mm SCT (LX90), 7mm Nagler, ToUcam Pro (afocal image).

16 day old Moon - Mare Crisium
18 November 2005 - 01:17 UT
200mm SCT (LX90), 7mm Nagler, ToUcam Pro (afocal image).

11 day old Moon - Tycho at top
28 February 2007 - 23:02 UT
127mm MCT (ETX-125), ToUcam Pro (afocal image).


Total eclipse of the Moon
3/4 March 2007 - 21:15-01:15 UT
127mm MCT, 32mm eyepiece, x2 reducer, afocal. Clear view for the penumbral/umbral immersion stages then the website crashed!

Partial eclipse of the Moon
16 August 2008 - 19:30-22:45 UT
102 mm achromat, 32 mm eyepiece, afocal. Most of the time it was cloudy, but we had a few good minutes between 21:50-22:10 UT.

 

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