The Moon and the planets
We attempted to take CCD pictures of
the Moon and the planets Saturn and Jupiter.
Our purpose was mainly to learn what
equipment works best in our circumstances, so the pictures are
do not all look very pretty.
A few of the pictures are here though:
Student: Katherine Pittman
Telescope: Meade 12 in at f/10 (f=120in)
in the parking lot.
Camera: SBIG ST-5C CCD
Exposures:
Jupiter: 5 best frames were selected
from a hundred 0.01-sec exposures in red, green and blue.
Moon: 5 best frames were selected from
a hundred 0.01-sec clear exposures.
Image processing: CCDoops + Keith's
Image Stacker + Photoshop 7.0.
Images taken: April 1, 2004
Students: Eric Jernigan, Ben Brewer
Telescope: Grubb 15 in refractor with
a Teleview Barlow lens at f/26 (f=10 m) in the big dome of Kennon
Observatory.
Camera: SBIG ST-5C CCD
Exposures: 0.01
sec.
Image processing: CCDoops + Keith's
Image Stacker + Photoshop 7.0.
Images taken: April 1, 2004
Student: Ashley Lanaux and Callie Clayton
Telescope: Meade 12 in with f/5 (f=120cm)
focal reducer in the little dome of Kennon Observatory.
Camera: SBIG ST-7 CCD
Exposures: 0.11
sec, one in each of red, blue, green.
Image processing: CCDoops + Photoshop
7.0.