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Astronomical
Gallery
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Gallery of
Astronomical Photographs obtained with the technique of Videoastronomy
and 35mm Film.
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Object:
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Three days old Moon
with Earthshine
on April 17, 2010 (Mosaic)
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Instrument:
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Celestron
8" Schmidt Cassegrain on parallactic mount.
Hitachi HV-C20A 3-Chip Videocamera Head,
1/2"CCD, recorded on Harddisk for the mosaic of the bright side.
Canon EOS 1000D for images of the dark side.
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focal length:
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4000 mm for videoframes,
2000 mm (prime focus) for Canon EOS 1000D
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image-processing:
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Mosaic of several registered
and stacked video-frames (Registax) for the crescent.
The overexposed crescent in the images of the dark side was removed by
masking it (mask generated from overexposed crescent), both images were
combined.
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Object:
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Moon
June 25, 2004
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Instrument:
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Celestron
8" Schmidt Cassegrain on parallactic mount.
Hitachi HV-C20A 3-Chip Videocamera Head,
1/2"CCD, recorded in D8 format.
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focal length:
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2000 mm (Prime Focus)
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image-processing:
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Mosaic
(Photoshop) of several registered
and stacked video-frames (Giotto, Registax)
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Object:
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Venustransit
June 8, 2004, ca. 6:00 UT
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Instrument:
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Celestron
8" Schmidt Cassegrain on parallactic mount, Baader "Astro Solar" solar
filter.
Hitachi HV-C20A 3-Chip Videocamera Head,
1/2"CCD, recorded in D8 format.
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focal length:
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2000 mm (Prime Focus)
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image-processing:
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registering
and stacking of 200 single video frames at a sorting rate of 20% (Registax),
gaussfilter sharpening (Giotto),
histogram correction (Photoshop)
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Video Venustransit:
mjpg-codec avi
cinepak-codec avi
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Time-Lapse Video of the
transit from 10:40 to 11:16 UT (around contact III). AVI-Files in
cinepac-codec (2.64MB) and mjpg-codec (1.38MB). Dowload cinepac if mjpg
would not run on your computer.
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Object:
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Mars
during Opposition, September 4, 2003
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Instrument:
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6"
f:10 Jaegers Fraunhofer Refractor, parallactic mountet,
Hitachi HV-C20A 3-Chip Videocamera Head,
1/2"CCD. |
focal length:
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4500 mm
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image-processing:
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registering
and stacking of 2x500 single video frames at a sorting rate of 8% (Registax),
gaussfilter sharpening (Giotto),
histogram correction (Photoshop)
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Video Rotation of Mars:
mjpg-codec
avi
cinepak-codec
avi |
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Time-Lapse Video of the
rotation of Mars, September 4, 2003. AVI-Files
in
cinepac-codec (555KB) and mjpg-codec (33KB). Dowload cinepac only if mjpg would
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Object:
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Lunar
Eclipse September 9, 2003, 0:50 UT
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Instrument:
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300
mm f:2.8 Yashma Telephoto Lens,
Hitachi HV-C20A 3-Chip Videocamera Head,
1/2"CCD, unguided
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focal length:
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300 mm
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image-processing:
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registering
and stacking of 50 single video frames (Registax),
histogram correction (Photoshop)
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Yashma
Lens optical test
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Object:
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Jupiter,
May 17, 2004
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Instrument:
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Celestron
8" Schmidt Cassegrain on parallactic mount, Hitachi HV-C20A 3-Chip
Videocamera Head, 1/2"CCD
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focal length:
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4000 mm
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image-processing:
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registering
and stacking of 2x500 single video frames at a sorting
rate of 10% (Registax), gaussfilter
sharpening (Giotto), histogram correction (Photoshop) |
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Object:
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Uranus,
August 16, 2003
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Instrument:
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6"
f:10 Jaegers Fraunhofer Refractor, parallactic mountet,
Hitachi HV-C20A 3-Chip Videocamera Head,
1/2"CCD. |
focal length:
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4500 mm
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image-processing:
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registering
and stacking of 300 single video frames at a sorting rate of 10% (Registax),
gaussfilter sharpening (Giotto),
histogram correction (Photoshop)
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Object:
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Comet
Hale Bopp, April 1,1997
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Instrument:
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300
mm f:2.8 Yashma Telephoto Lens, Kodak Pro Gold 400 negative
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focal length:
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300 mm
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image-processing:
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6
images (some with different orientation), exposure times between 6-14
minutes were scanned, registered
and stacked manually in Photoshop, strong true unsharp masking and
other digital image processing steps to enhance the faint details in
the comets tail.
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Yashma
Lens optical test |
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Object:
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Comet
Hyakutake
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Instrument:
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500
mm f:4 Sigma Mirror Telephoto Lens, Konica 3200 color negative film,
six unguided images between 20 and 60 seconds (the comet stood near the
celestial pole)
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focal length:
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500 mm
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image-processing:
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six
images were scanned, registered
and stacked manually in Photoshop.
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