Sun, Moon and Comets

ECLIPSED MOON IN PISCES STAR FIELD
September 28, 2015
300mm Tele-objective F#4.0
FTF2020-M CCD
RGB-filter wheel
Eclipsed Moon: 2 sec RGB
Star field: 30 sec RGB
FoV: 4.7x3.5 degrees

COMET LULIN
March 2, 2009

25cm Newton f/D=5.7
FTF2020-M CCD with RGB filter wheel
Lum.: 1x60 sec; RGB: 4x60sec
FoV: 0.9x0.9 degr

COMET 8P/TUTTLE NEAR M33
December 30, 2007

f=300mm Telelens @ F#4
FTF2020-M CCD with RGB filter wheel
RGB: 4x120sec; L: 4x120sec
FoV: cropped to 2.4x1.9 degr

Moon with 15 times enhanced colours, 24 november 2007

25cm Newton with Barlow projection f/D=12; FTF1010-M CCD; MYC-filterwheel+10xND filter; Exp.time 0.05sec


NORTHERN HALF Note the area around Aristarchus, Copernicus, Plato, Aristillus, the material deposits around Copernicus and Kepler and the brown/blue colours of the Mares	EASTERN DETAIL Note the reddish colour of Theophilis and the deposits around Proclus	MARE TRANQUILLITATIS and Mare Serenitatis: Brown versus blue	DETAIL OF AREA AROUND TYCHO Note the contrast in colour around and south-west of Tycho and the eastern and northern part of the image

FULL MOON in colour, 2/3 february 2007

<-- Click on the image for a description of the image processing

25cm Newton, f/D=5.7, FTT1010-M CCD and RGB-filterset + 10xND
Exposure: 35 msec; Colour enhanced 15 times

COMET 17P/HOLMES

Equipment: 25cm Newton f/D=5.7; FTF2020-M CCD; RGB-filterwheel

Mouse-over: Sharpened with a Larson-Sekanina filter

Stitched images of 30 oct.
3, 7 11 and 15 nov. 2007
FoV: 3.8x0.8 degr.


17P/HOLMES 11 nov. 2007 25cm Newton f/D=5.7 FTF2020-M CCD RGB-filterwheel RGB: 20x30sec; L: 7x30sec FoV: 0.55x0.55 degr Mouse-over: LS-gefiltered	17P/HOLMES 7 nov. 2007 25cm Newton f/D=5.7 FTF2020-M CCD RGB-filterwheel Exposure RGB: 20x30sec FoV: 0.55x0.55 degr Mouse-over: LS-gefiltered	17P/HOLMES 3 nov. 2007 25cm Newton f/D=5.7 FTF2020-M CCD RGB-filterwheel Exposure RGB: 10x30sec FoV: 0.55x0.55 degr Mouse-over: LS-gefiltered	17P/HOLMES 30 oct. 2007 25cm Newton f/D=5.7 FTF2020-M CCD RGB-filterwheel Exposure RGB: 8x10sec FoV: 0.55x0.55 degr Mouse-over: LS-gefiltered


Total Lunar Eclipse 3/4 march 2007 15cm Newton, f/D=6.3 FTT1010-C color CCD Partial eclipsed Moon : 0.1-0.7sec with 1mm NG3 filter Fully eclipsed Moon: 3-5 sec	Eclipsed Moon in Leo star field 3/4 march 2007 300mm Telelens F#5.5 FTF2020-M CCD RGB-filter Eclipsed Moon: 2 sec RGB Star field: 15 sec RGB FoV: 4.1x2.7 degrees	Full moon in color 2/3 february 2007 25cm Newton, f/D=5.7 FTT1010-M CCD RGB-filter + 10xND Exposure: 2x35 msec Orginal color image Enhanced colors 15x	Full moon and Saturn 2 february 2007 25cm Newton,f/D=5.7 FTT1010-M CCD R-filter + 10x ND Exposure: 40 msec Saturn enhanced 25 times	Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann Fragments C and B, 11 may 2006 25cm Newton, f/D=5.7 with FTF2020-M CCD Exposure time: 90 seconds Field of View: 0.96x0.96 degr.

	MACHOLZ near the PLEIADES 7 january 2005 f=300mm tele-objective, F# 5.5 FTF2020-M CCD Exposure: 7x15 seconds		MACHOLZ near the PLEIADES 8 january 2005 f=300mm tele-objective, F# 5.5 FTF2020-M CCD Exposure: 17x12 seconds
	COMET NEAT C/2001 Q4 near Beehive (M44), 15 may 2004 300mm tele-objective, f/D=5.5 FTF2020-M, MYC-filters Each color 4x100sec M,Y,C combined to b/w-image		Macholz with jets 4 february 2005 f=4300mm Cassegrain, f/D=16.8 FTT1010-M CCD; 14x30 seconds Larson-Sekanina filter Alfa=15gr Field of view: 0.13x0.1 graad

LUNAR ECLIPS (AVI-file 480kB)
9 november 2003
FTT1010-Color CCD
prime focus 15cm Newton f/D=6.3
10x ND-filter outside totality
Exposure: 0.1 to 8 seconds
EARTH SHADOW
Eclipse 9 november 2003 (23u33,
00u26, 01u19, 02u12, 03u04 (UT))
FTT1010-Color CCD
prime focus 15cm Newton f/D=6.3
10x ND-filter outside totality
Exposure: 0.1 to 8 seconds

PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 31 MAY 2003
210mm tele-objective, 200 ASA colour film
This time no CCD image (although the CCD was used to scan the film)
Left photo: 4u05 UT, near Gennep with the church of Hommersum
on the sky line
Right photo: 4u25 UT, near the same location.

Sun 4 may 2003 and transit of Mercury 7 may 2003:
25cm Newton and FTT1010-M CCD-camera using Barlow projection: Effective focal length f=3.4m, f/D=13.
Filters: 1X Mylar screen in front of Newton, 1x ND3 in front of Barlow-lens, RG630 en IR afkapfilter in front of CCD.
Illumination: 1 exposure of 50 milliseconds. Field of view appr. 0.2x0.2 degree.

	(Movie: 300kB)
Groups of sunspots 4 may 2003, 14:00UT	Transit of Mercury 7 may 2003, 10:15-10:31UT	Transit of Mercury 7 may 2003, 09:30UT	Transit of Mercury 7 may 2003, 10:20UT	Transit of Mercury 7 may 2003, 10:30UT

Comet Ikeya-Zhang with FTT1010-M CCD
(Short exposures to avoid over-exposure by twilight)
(All images are processed with an unsharp masking technique)

10 March 2002
f=200mm Telelens
27x15sec 22 March 2002
f=300mm Telelens
22x15sec f=950mm Newton
70x10sec 24 March 2002
Barlow projection
f=3300mm
60x5sec

Near earth astroid 1998 WT24, near NGC891
Date: 16 December 2001, 21:00 till 22:10 UT
FTT1010-M with F=300mm telelens, Diaphragm: 5.5
Exposure time: 11 exposures of 1 min.; 7 min. separation between images
Processing: Background removed

	CRATERS Schickard and specially formed Wargentin, 28 november 2001 Scope: 25cm Newton, f/D=46 CCD: FTT1010-M Exposure: 1 image of 0.1 sec Image is unsharp masked for more detail
	ECLIPS OF THE MOON, 9 January 2001 Right: During totality, Left: End of eclips Scope and CCD: 15cm Newton with FT1020 colour-CCD in prime focus, f/D=6.3 Exposure: Sum of 4x30sec (due to dense cirrus clouds)
	MOON: South part. Scope: 25cm Newton with Barlow projection f/D=13.1 CCD: FT1020 colour-CCD in binning mode Exposure: 0.2sec
	MOON: View perpendicular on crater Tycho. This image is calculated from the above image by correcting for the perspective distortion as a result of the spherical shape of the moon. Details: See previous image.
	SUN, 13 may 2001 Scope: f=950mm Newton at f/D=20 Filters: 2x Milar + 1x Aluminum mirror. CCD: FT1020 in black/white mode Exp.: Sum of 25 images of 0.5sec Remarks: Unsharp masked.