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Image Details:
- Camera: Philips ToUcam Pro II (840k)
- Mount: Celestron AS-GT
- Scope: Orion ED80 (80mm f/7.5 APO Refractor)
- Configuration: Eyepiece Projection
- Additional Optics: University Optics 7mm HD Ortho
- Filter: None
- Effective Focal Length: 3500mm
- Effective Focal Ratio: f/44
- Exposure: 256 frames @ 1/25s, 10fps, neutral brightness, gamma, saturation, and gain
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- Date: 12/24/2004, 11:18pm PST
- Location: Saratoga, CA, USA
- Acquisition: Philips VRecord
- Focus: Manual
- Dithering: None
- Guiding: None
Processing:
- IRIS: Registration, best-frame selection, stacking
- Photoshop: Levels, Unsharp Msking, JPG conversion
Image Description:
This is my first decent planetary image using a webcam as the imaging platform. I was just playing around with my new toy -- the Orion ED80 -- and thought I'd try capturing a planetary image, since the moon was very bright and there was no chance of getting a decent deep sky image. I'm amazed at what that little refractor can do, and what a webcam is capable of as well. Can't wait to try this again with the 8" Newt. North is down in this image.