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Here is a recent solar image, shot September 11 at 16:00UT, on Konica Centuria 800 film at f/9 with Vixen VC200L for 1/500th of a second with Baader film. Image has been converted to greyscale, unsharp masked, high pass filtered:
A few small shots of the October 2004 total eclipse of the Moon:
Use of a body with mirror lockup has noticably sharpened my shallow sky (short exposure) photos, though that FTb body broke during the eclipse and has yet to be replaced :-(. A Hartman mask did not work out. A 2.5x magnifier has also helped.
Here are a few solar shots taken on March 18th, shortly after 17:30UT, all on E200 film with my Vixen 200mm f/9 catadioptric and nearly full aperture Baader solar film filter.
Prime focus (f/9) for 1/500th of a second, click on image for larger version.
18mm eyepiece projection at 75mm for 1/125th of a second, click on image for larger.
And here is one taken on March 12th, shortly after 21:30UT, on Royal Gold 400 (note the grain), at prime focus with the same setup, click for larger.
Here is one shot of many I took during the recent total lunar eclipse on January 21 (UT), 2000. It was taken with my VC200L (Vixen Catadioptric 200mm f/9) on Kodak Elite Chrome 200 film for 40 seconds, then printed onto Kodak Magic Paper. I used my Canon TX body, after my FTb's shutter broke probably due to the cold. Focusing was difficult due to the lack of sharp edges on the Moon, and the seeing wasn't great either so long shots such as this one are not that sharp. Click on the image for a larger version. See an eclipse sequence.
Totality
I took some lunar photos on December 13 with the TX to finish off the roll, thus without mirror lockup. Also, the Moon was getting low and I'd recently cleaned the primary mirror and seeing only allowed me to do a rough recollimation. Still, I think these shots are OK. E200, Canon TX, 0.5 second exposure, VC200L, 18mm Ortho eyepiece projection at 75mm for f/28.5:
Here are a few recent shallow sky pictures taken with my VC200L onto E400 film using my Canon FTBn body. All were taken on the evening of October 18, 1999. These are scans made at the local camera store.
As soon as I get some good prime focus deep sky shots I'll post them too.
Here is the north half of the Moon, 1/8 second using a 18mm Ortho eyepiece projected from 75 mm (effectively f/28.5):
Here is the south half of the Moon, 1/8 second using a 18mm Ortho eyepiece projected from 75 mm (effectively f/28.5):
Here is Jupiter, using a 9mm Ortho eyepiece projected from 75mm for 0.5s (effectively f/66):
Here is Saturn, using 9mm eyepiece projected from 75mm for 1.5s (effectively f/66):
Here is a shot of Clavius and area taken with a 9mm University Optics Ortho projected from 75mm onto Kodak Elite Chrome 200 for 2 seconds taken in March 1999, Canon AE-1 body:
And here is a shot of Copernicus taken with 9mm Ortho projected onto E200 with my VC200L:
The following are two Moon shots taken at prime focus onto Kodak 100 Elite Chrome in a Canon AE-1 body. Click on the images to see larger versions:
31Oct98, 1/30th of a second:
3Nov98, 1/60th of a second:
Here is a prime focus shot taken through the VISAC at f/9 to a Canon TX body onto Kodak 800 MAX Gold film:
Jupiter, October 4 1998, overexposed to show all four Galilean satellites.
We got some aurora too, unfortunately through clouds but some managed to show up alright. This shot is ~40 seconds with 35mm f/2 lens at f/4 on Kodak E200, July 29, fixed tripod:
