CCD images of planets

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SATURN (8 March 2004)
25cm Newton, f/D=36, FTT1010-M, MYC-colour filter wheel
Each colour 12x0.35sec
Processing: Luminance = unsharp masked M+Y image

MARS 10 AUG 2003 21:30UT
Camera with f=70mm obj.
Diaphragm 3.5
5 seconds on 200ASA film
Mars and glacier Smorstabbtindan
(Krossbu, Jotunheimen, Norway)

MARS 19 JULY 2003 1:20 UT and 20 AUGUST 2003 00:30 UT
25cm Newton with eye-piece projection: f=7.1m (f/D=28)
FTT1010-M with MYC-filter wheel
19 July: Each colour: 3 exposures of 0.09 seconds
20 August: Each colour: 5 exposures of 0.05 seconds
Image is processed with an unsharp mask
Mars declination -13 degr. or 25 degr. above the horizon

JUPITER (23 March 2003) and SATURN (18 March 2003)
25cm Newton, f/D=46, FTT1010-M, MYC-colour filter wheel
Jupiter: Each colour 6x0.7sec
Saturn: Each colour 8x0.5sec
Processing: Luminance = unsharp masked Y-image

	JUPITER, 2 March 2002 Scope: 25cm Newton at f/D=46 CCD: FTT1010-M with (now motorized) MYC-colour filter set Exposure: Each colour 5x0.3sec Processing: Unsharp masked
	SATURN, 6 December 2001 Scope: 25cm Newton at f/D=46 CCD: FTT1010-M with MYC-colour filter set Exposure: Each colour 9x0.5sec Processing: Unsharp masked
	SATURN through the years: Different images made in the 1997-2004 period
	Short movie of Jupiter and Io 24 November 2000
	JUPITER and IO 24 November 2000. Three images from the Jupiter Movie, taken with the FT1020 CCD-camera. Each image is a sum of four exposures of 0.5 seconds and processed with an unscharp mask (Orginal*HF-image).
	JUPITER Date: 2 November 1999 around ~22:00 UT Scope: 25cm Newton at f/D=44 CCD: FT800 with colour wheel Exposure: R 6x0.4sec, G 6x0.2sec, B 6x1.2sec Remarks: Each colour unsharp masked

	IMAGES taken on january the 23th with the FT1020 colour CCD in Frame Transfer mode (512x512pixels). Especially in case of the relatively fast rotation of Jupiter, the simultaneous acquisition of the RGB-images is an advantage compared to using the filter wheel with the monochrome FT800 CCD (top image). In the latter case the rotation of Jupiter during the time needed for acquiring the successive R,G and B images is usually enough to cause a slight misfit when combining the R,G and B images to a colour image. Scope: 25cm Newton at f/D=60 Exposure: Each image 1.5sec or sum of 2x1.5sec Processing: All images unsharp masked Remarks: Size of Jupiter 39.5" (10" smaller then during opposition) Note the rotation of Jupiter and the red spot, just slipping around the corner in the first images

	JUPITER with EUROPE, GANYMEDE and IO Date: 21 September 1998, 23:40 MEZT Scope: 25cm Newton, Barlow projection at f/D=13.4 CCD: FT800 with colour filter wheel Exposure: Red and Green 0.1sec; Blue 1sec Remarks: Moons of Jupiter from a second, longer exposed image
	CONJUNCTION of Jupiter and Venus, 23 February 1999 18:00 UT. FT800 in prime focus of 25cm Newton (f/D=5.7) with BG12-filter to enhance contrast on Jupiter and avoid over-exposure of Venus. Jupiter unsharp masked; Jupiter, moons and Venus are shown with different brightness settings Exposure time: 0.2sec; Field of view: 11' x 15'
	Object: Mars around opposition (diameter 16.2") Date: 3 may, 26 may, 28 may and 1 june 1999 Scope: 25cm Newton at f/D=44 CCD: FT800 with colour wheel Exposure: R 4x0.4sec, G 2x0.3sec, B 3x2sec Remarks: Sharpened with HF-structure of R-image
	Jupiter and Saturn above the Dolomites (Italy) Date: end of july 2000 Standard camera with f=50mm objective at f/D=3.5 Exposure: 15 seconds

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