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I've been into Astronomy since I was 10. For the past decade I've
done a lot of imaging of things Astronomical. The early efforts have concentrated on deep sky objects, but beginning
in July 2003, the emphasis shifted to planets and the Moon using webcams and digital cameras.
I've recently been using a Syntah 127mm aperture f/12.1 Maksutov telescope
from Orion Telescopes. I and five other people have found this to be a great little telescope. It has significantly
more image sharpness and contrast than the more popular Schmitt-Cassegrain telescope (SCT) design. It offers views comparable
to a similar aperture size long focal ratio Newtonian, or a slightly smaller long focal ratio refractor. Most of my
planet images on these pages were taken with this fine little telescope. So far not many deep sky images, but it should
perform quite well on those as well.
| Griffith Observatory, June 11th 2005 |
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| Click on image to see report |
| April 16th 2005, Griffith Observatory Public Star |
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| Click on image to see entire report. |
| For my planet images click on this image |
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| Mars - 30th August 2003 |
| Click on this image to see my lunar images |
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| Lunar Eclipse May 15th 2003 |
| Click here to see my solar eclipse images |
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| 2002 Australian Outback Total |
| Click here to see my images of deep sky objects |
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| M42 Orion Nebula |
| Griffith Observatory Images |
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| The Old Zeiss Planetarium Controls |
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