Mars at close approach is amazing and you can really pick up a lot of detail. Taken with a Philips Toucam Pro webcam (lens removed), a Toucam to 1.25″ adapter, and a 2.5x Meade barlow. The telescope was a Celestron C9.25 with a JMI NGF-s focuser, carried on a Losmandy GM-8. The C9.25/NGF/GM8 combo was amazing for planetary imaging, especially under the still Florida skies I was living in at the time.
Best 200 of 2000 @ 10 FPS
My best Jupiter to date, and probably my best planetary [intergalactic] image so far. Taken with a Philips Toucam Pro webcam (lens removed), a Toucam to 1.25″ adapter, and a 2.5x Meade barlow. The telescope was a Celestron C9.25 with a JMI NGF-s focuser, carried on a Losmandy GM-8. The C9.25/NGF/GM8 combo was amazing for planetary imaging, especially under the still Florida skies I was living in at the time.
Best 200 of 2500 @ 10 FPS
My best Saturn to date, and my favorite planet in the solar system. Taken with a Philips Toucam Pro webcam (lens removed), a Toucam to 1.25″ adapter, and a 2.5x Meade barlow. The telescope was a Celestron C9.25 with a JMI NGF-s focuser, carried on a Losmandy GM-8. The C9.25/NGF/GM8 combo was amazing for planetary imaging, especially under the still Florida skies I was living in at the time.
Best 200 of 2000 frames @ 10 FPS
So… Venus. lol. Despite its brightness, I found it a surprisingly tough target. And I desparately needed an IR filter. Taken with a Philips Vesta Pro webcam (lens removed), a Vesta to 1.25″ adapter, and a 2.5x Meade barlow. The telescope was an 8″ Meade LX50. Focusing an 8″ f/10 with a 2.5x barlow, and a webcam, was an absolute beast.
