Astronomical Photos

Kurt Theis


All photos takes with Celestron Classic-8, an eight inch Schmitt-Cassagrain under light-polluted skys. All taken at prime focus.


Planetary Images

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Mars in mono light
Taken 11/21/2005.
Size: 18.4 seconds
50 images stacked w/IR filter, each .0031 seconds.
 Mars in RGB light
Taken 11/16/2005.
Size: 19 seconds
50 Images each in Red, Green, Blue light stacked.
Mars - mono light



Jupiter in color
Taken 04/09/2004. Size: 42 seconds.
Taken with webcam.
Processed for detail.

Juptier



Saturn in color
Taken 04/09/04.
Size of disk: 18 seconds.
Size of rings: 41 seconds.
Taken with webcam - processed for detail.

Saturn




Uranus through a green filter
Taken 12/02/2005.
Object Size: 3.52 seconds.

Uranus



Deep Sky Images

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M42 (Orion Nebula) in mono light
Taken 11/23/2005.
50 images stacked.
Processed for detail.
 M42 (Orion Nebula) in RGB
Taken 11/23/2005.
50 images each in Red, Green, Blue. Stacked.
Processed for color..
 M42 (Orion Nebula) in RGB
Taken 12/02/2005.
10 Images each in Red, Green, Blue.
Stacked. Using a f6.3 focal reducer.
M42 mono
M42 in RGB
M42 f6.3

M10 (Globular Cluster) Mono LightM10 width=