These images were taken with a Casio
QV-8000SX digital camera afocally through the eyepiece of a Celestron Nexstar
8 telescope.
Orion Nebula 2/7/01 - click for larger
3 - 24 sec. exposures combined in Photoshop
Nexstar 8 at f/10 with 25mm Plossl eyepiece
Saturn 3/14/01 - click for larger
85 - 1/15 sec. exposures combined in MaxIm DL
Nexstar 8 at f/6.3 using reducer/corrector with 25mm Plossl eyepiece
8x optical zoom and 2x digital zoom on QV8000
Jupiter #2 - 3/14/01
65 - 1/15 sec. exposures combined
in MaxIm DL
Nexstar 8 at f/6.3 using reducer/corrector with 25mm Plossl eyepiece
8x optical zoom on QV8000
Jupiter #1 - 3/14/01
15 - 1/8 sec. exposures combined in MaxIm DL
Nexstar 8 at f/6.3
using reducer/corrector with 25mm Plossl eyepiece
8x optical zoom and
2x digital zoom on QV8000
Lunar #1 - 3/2/01 - click for
larger
1/30 sec. exposure
Nexstar 8 at f/10 with
25mm Plossl eyepiece
1x optical zoom QV8000
Lunar #2 - 3/2/01 - click for
larger
1/30 sec. exposure
Nexstar 8 at f/10 with
25mm Plossl eyepiece
1x optical zoom QV8000
Lunar #3 - 3/2/01 - click for
larger
1/60 sec. exposure
Nexstar 8 at f/10 with
25mm Plossl eyepiece
1x optical zoom QV8000
Content updated May 8, 2001