Sun and Moon

Sunspots 4 october 2024 Eclipse of Moon, 28 September 2015
SUNSPOTS 3839 .. 3844 October 4, 2024
15cm Newton, f/D=6.3 (f=960mm)
Raspberry Pi HQ camera
with Balzers Calflex IR-blocking filter
Telescope covered with 2 layers of Mylar sheet
Exposure time 0.1 millisec
ECLIPSED MOON IN PISCES STAR FIELD
September 28, 2015
300mm Tele-objective F#4.0
FTF2020-M CCD with RGB-filter wheel
Eclipsed Moon: 2 sec RGB
Star field: 30 sec RGB
FoV: 4.7x3.5 degrees

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

Moon northern half Moon east side Moonn Mare Tranquillitatis Moon detail around Tycho
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
Volle maan in kleur 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

Total lunar eclipse 3/4 march 2007 Eclipse of Moon 3/4 march 2007 Moon and Saturn
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

Lunar Eclips AVI-file 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
Moon in earth shadow 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 eclipse 4u05UT Partial eclipse 4u25UT 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.
Sun spots 4 may 2003 Mercurius eclips
(Movie: 300kB)
Mercury Transit 9:30 Mercury Transit 10:20 Mercury Transit 10:30
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

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.