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Venus

Venus (69% phase Mag -4.1)
 
CCD Image, 0.11 sec exposure, lunar filter
2004-02-19  19:27 h UT (#58044)
8" LX200 operating at f/7)

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Mars

Mars - close to Opposition (2003)
(phase 99.6%, 25.0 arc min diameter)
8" SCT operating at F/29 through eyepiece projection
0.25 sec exposure. Unfiltered. Unsharp masked.
Image Scale 0.31 arc sec/pixel 
(equivalent to surface scale of 85 km/pixel)
2003-08-23  00:32:04 h UT (#52117)

 

Mars  - near Opposition (2005)
diameter 20 arc secs, taken with Barlow lens,  f/31, 
0.29 arc sec/pixel, rotated to show N pole at top

 CCD Image -  Approximate Colour
Red : 5 x 1s, Green : 5 x 1s  Blue : 15 x 2s
aligned, stacked & colour combined, 
unsharp masked
2005-11-04  22:50 h UT (#103001-25)
  CCD Image - Clear Filter
24 x 0.11s
aligned & stacked ,
unsharp masked
2005-11-04  23:12 h UT (#103068-92)
 

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Jupiter

Jupiter (2002) Jupiter revolution over 1 hour
2002-03-01  23:18hUT
CCD Image, 0.3 sec exposure (#18089)
Heavy unsharp marking
8"/f10 SCT with Barlow
2002-03-01  23:14 to 00:07hUT
Sequence of CCD Images, 
0.3 sec exposure (#18084 et al)
Heavy unsharp marking
8"/f10 SCT with Barlow

 

Jupiter and main moons

2002-03-07  21:08hUT
CCD Image, 1 sec exposure (#19041)
8"/f10 SCT
animated sequence of CCD Images of Io Occulation 2002-03-07).

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Saturn

CCD Image of Saturn
2001-Oct-31 (#8043)

 

2001-11-09, 01:03h UT (#10022)
Six of Saturn's moons appear in this CCD Image (2 sec exposure)
(click on an image for details & larger view)

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Uranus

Uranus, Oberon and Titania

 

Uranus + the moons Oberon and Titania
2002-09-13  00:13 to 00:15h UT
CCD Image, 4 x 30 sec exposure (2x2 binning)
11.4 x 7.6 arc min  (#25068-72)
(Notes on Identification of Uranian Moons)
Oberon has a calibrated Magnitude of +14.7 +/- 0.2

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Neptune

Neptune + the moon Triton
2002-09-23  21:32 to 21:34h UT
CCD Image, 5 x 15 sec exposure (2x2 binning)
11.4 x 7.6 arc min  (#27018-22)
 
Neptune + the moon Triton
(Neptune mag +7.9, Triton est. mag +13.0)
2002-09-23  21:34 to 21:36h UT
CCD Image, 5 x 15 sec exposure (1x1 binning)
3.3 x 2.3 arc min  (#27023-27)

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Pluto

Pluto (moving through Ophiuchus)
Animated sequence of CCD images taking over 3 days.
Motion recorded as 0.83 arc min per day.
2003-08-02  to 2003-08-05 
8.5 x 6.7 arc mins 

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