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Steve
Massey's Astronomy Page
To see what can really be done with 1/3 inch
CCD video, visit Steve Massey's impressive web site.
Make sure you download a copy of his LunaView
program. Most excellent!!
Ron
Dantowitz's Skyshow - Sharper Images Through Video
Discussion of techniques for obtaining high resolution
images with video capture. Fantastic gallery
of lunar & planetary images including images
of the Space Shuttle and Mir.
Jean-Francois
Mourron's QuickCam Lunar-Planetary Images
Mourron has an impressive collection of images
made with a QuickCam CCD and an Intes-Micro
M603 150mm(!!) Maksutov Cassegrain. The
site is in French, but the photos say it all; definitely
worth checking out.
Touring The Solar System With Your Video Camera
Rod Mallice has captured some great images using
various video techniques including hand
holding a camcorder to the eyepiece of his Dobsonian(!).
Most excellent stuff.
Moon
Imaging with a Color QuickCam VC
Some great lunar images by Akkana Peck using
a color QuickCam system. Also check out
Akkana's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon.
Images
of Earth´s satellite by Philipp Salzgeber
An incredible collection of lunar images made
with a 5" Newtonian and a tripod mounted
camcorder at the eyepiece. A must see collection
of images.
High
Resolution Images of the Moon & Planets on Video Tape
An excellent collection of lunar images by Charles
R. Genovese, Jr., M.D. using a 10" f/6 Newtonian.
Imaging
the Lunar Surface - Calwell Lunar Observatory
Some fascinating lunar studies conducted by Byron
W. Soulsby using CCD video and a modest
aperture telescope.
HIGH RESOLUTION CCD IMAGING
Thiery Legault's web site does not directly deal
with video image capture astrophotography,
however much of the extensive information on
high resolution imaging is directly applicable to
video imaging. An outstanding web site
with incredible images made with relatively small
aperture telescopes. A must see site!!
VIDEO IMAGING WITH A CELESTRON 14
Stephen LaFlamme is just starting out in video
imaging, but is already producing some excellent lunar, planetary and stellar
images with a 14" telescope in an impressive home observatory.
AFOCAL IMAGING WITH CAMCORDER & DIGITAL CAMERA
Ginger Mayfield only recently started doing digital
imaging with a sony Mavica Digital camera using her Bizarro and 10" Newtonian
telescopes.
VIDEO IMAGING WITH MODEST APERTURE TELESCOPES
Gordon Donnelly has captured some excellent video
images of the Sun, Moon and planets with a 90mm refractor and a PC-26C
color video camera.
BILL'S
VIDEO ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PAGE
Bill Ronald has a collection of excellent lunar
and planetary images made with the PC23C camera and a variety of lenses
including an 8" f/10 SCT. He also has an amazing image of the February
1998 total solar eclipse shot with a Hi-8 camcorder that clearly shows
Jupiter and Mercury during totality.
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DALE IRELAND'S ASTRONOMY PAGE
Along with lunar occultation video with a camcorder
for I.O.T.A., Dale does live feed video of occultations and similar events
which can be viewed at his web site.
JACK SCHMIDLING PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Jack has number of video captured lunar &
planetary images amongst the 300 photos on his web site. He has also
posted a page entitled 'Video Imaging' that gives an overview of his video
imaging technique.
DAVID MOORE'S PLANETARY VIDEO ASTROPHOTOS
Adirondack Video Astronomy has a number of David's
fine high resolution planetary images made with his 14" Cassegrain and
Astrovid 2000 camera posted on their gallery page.
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GORDON GARCIA'S H-ALPHA SOLAR VIDEO ASTROPHOTOS
Gordon has a number of his Astrovid 2000 H-alpha
solar images posted on the Adirondack Video Astronomy gallery page.
PAUL GOELZ'S ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY PAGE
Paul has a number of excellent lunar and solar
images made with a PC23C and a 4" refractor or an 8" SCT. He has
also made some improvements to the PC23C and has a page with text and diagram
to explain how to do the modification.
ELSBURY OBSERVATORY
A collection of excellent lunar and planetary
images made with a Celestron 14 and an Astrovid 2000 video system.
Be sure to see the images of the observatory building -- a wonderful example
of a first class amateur observatory.
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VIDEO-CAPTURE ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY
Lunar, Solar and planetary images made with Astrovid
2000 and PC23C B&W video cameras using a 15cm Maksutov-Cassegrain
or 25cm Newtonian.
DAVID DENCH'S ASTRO-VIDEO PAGES
Lunar, solar and planetary images made with a
Samsung B&W video camera and a variety of telescopes by David Dench
and Peter Drew in the United Kingdom.
LUNAR VIDEO ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY
Lunar images by Francois du Toit of South Africa
using B&W and color video cameras afocally and at prime focus with
a 4.5 inch Newtonian and a 10" LX200.
INVITATION TO THE MOON
Morio Higashida's incredible high resolution
lunar images are not made with video, he uses an integrating CCD camera
with an 8" Newtonian, however, the 'Sights of Interest' section of his
web site is a must see for those doing lunar imaging. The high resolution
images of 15 interesting regions of the moon have prominent features clearly
labeled making the images an excellent addition to the lunar charts you
are already using.
LIVE ASTROCAM IMAGES
Chuck Faranda's CCD astrophotography web site
features live web broadcasts of lunar and planetary video images captured
with a PC23C camera and a 90mm Maksutov telescope. Be sure to check
out some of his most excellent NON-video CCD images as well.
EYES ON THE SKIES -- ROBOTIC SOLAR TELESCOPE
Live video images of the Sun in H-alpha light
from Livermore, CA. The telescope system built and operated by Mike
Rushford can be controlled by your web browser. Also a great resource
site for solar astronomy and automated telescopes on the Internet.
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VIDEO ASTRONOMY BY CRAIG ZERBE
Some really fine lunar and planetary images made
with a 11 SCT and Astrovid 2000 video camera.
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STARFIELD OBSERVATORY
Some spectacular solar prominence video imaging
by Steven Rismiller of Milford, Ohio using a small aperture refractor.
Must see stuff!
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VIDEO ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY BY R.J. STEKELENBURG
An excellent collection of lunar and planetary
images made with moderate aperture instrument and camcorder. Rob
also has a downloadable program available on his web site for stacking
video capture images.
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NIGHTSKY JOURNEYS
A collection of excellent tri-color video astrophotos
by Pat Stoker made with an Astrovid 2000 and Celestron 8 & TeleVue
Ranger.
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THE LUNAVISION AMATEUR ASTRONOMY PAGE
An excellent collection of solar, lunar and planetary
images by Jim Browder. Jim also maintains a web cam page with periodic
live imaging of the moon and planets. There is a page devoted to
weather pertaining to atmospheric seeing conditions with many useful links
to realtime weather satellite images.
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LOOKUM OBSERVATORY
PJ Anway has a most informative web site for
his impressive amateur observatory which contains a C11 equipped with an
Astrovid 2000 video system. Lots of lunar images and information
on the construction of the observatory.
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CHRIS'S ASTRONOMY PAGE
An excellent collection of lunar and planetary
images by Christopher Boylen of Australia made with a 0.05 lux video surveillance
camera on either a 11.4cm or 25cm Newtonian.
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FIRST LIGHT AMATEUR ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY
Some excellent work by Joe Campbell using a PC23C
and 5 inch refractor. Check out his recent double star work.
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ASTRONOMY IN THE GREAT WHITE NORTH!
Think you got it tough on those cold winter nights?
Check out the dedication (or the lack of sanity, as the case may be) of
amateur astronomer Juan Herrero of Hull, Quebec. He is doing some
impressive video imaging and has developed some interesting solutions for
doing tri-color work.
LUANR
AND PLANETARY VIDEO IMAGES WITH SBI-STV
A collection of lunar and planetary images
by Pete Kubacko using a Santa Barbara Instruments STV CCD system on a Meade
10" LX200 SCT. Also some fine deep sky images utilizing the STVs
integrating imaging capability.
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LUNAR
AND PLANETARY VIDEO IMAGES WITH SBI-STV
Monochrome lunar and planetary images made with
the Santa Barbara Instrument STV CCD system on a 10" LX200 SCT by Rod Humble.
Also check out the excellent stellar spectroscopy he is doing with video
and integrating CCD.
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Adirondack
Video Astronomy
Producers of the Astrovid 1000 & 2000 CCD
video systems and accessory hardware. Be sure to
check out the images made with an Astrovid 2000
through the Mount Wilson 60 inch Telescope by
Ron Dantowitz! Talk about aperture envy.
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True
Technology Ltd., CCD Imaging Flip Mirrors and Filters
Offering in-line flip mirror systems with a sliding
filter drawer and a selection of dichroic
"interference" filters for tri-color imaging.
Murnaghan
Instruments
Murnaghan Instruments offers an interesting range
of low light, high resolution CCD video camera
systems along with filter wheels, flip mirrors
and video hardware.
A
network of Active Bay Area Observers
An excellent web site for active San Francisco
bay area observers with information on local and
regional star parties, society gatherings, equipment
and contains numerous observing reports.
TAC also has a very active E-mail list that all
amateurs are welcome to join.
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MakScopes Web Site & E-mail Discussion Group
Web site devoted to Maksutov telescopes
and their use with a growing number of Mak telescope reviews and list of
links to Mak related web sites.
The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon
An outstanding web site on the Moon put together
by Akkana Peck with contributions by a
number of talented amateur lunar observers.
Lots of lunar photos, charts and observation reports.
The
Shallow Sky
A mailing list for lunar/planetary observers.
The
Nine Planets
A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System by Bill
Arnett. An impressive site with an overview of the
history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge
of each of the planets and moons in our solar
system.
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Photo
Resource
A fine collection of astrophotography links,
plus for those interested in phtography in general there is a wealth of
useful information and an impressive gallery of images.
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