Luis G Castillo
http://www.geocities.com/gercasst/
gercasst@yahoo.com
Aguascalientes, Mexico (21º58`LN, 102º 18` LMGW)
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8 " f/6 Newtonian with Sony Hi8 TVR 65 camera mounted afocally.  Video frames are digitized with Snappy 3.0 and images are processed with Adobe Photo Shop 5.0.

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.Rupes Recta
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Montes Apenninus
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.Northern Mare Imbrium - Plato, Montes Alpes & Vallis Alpes, and Montes Caucasus
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.CCopernicus emerges into morning light
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.Sunrise in Clavius
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Archimedes, Aristillus, Autolycus and Montes Appenninus
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Arzachel, Alphonsus and Ptolemaeus emerge from the terminator
The above lunar images were made afocally with a Sony TVR 65 Hi8 camcorder using an 8 inch Newtonian with a 40mm eyepiece.  Single frames were digitized with a Snappy 3.0 and processed with Adobe Photoshop 5.0.

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These January 2000 lunar eclipse images are taken afocally with a Sony TRV 65 PK Hi 8mm camcorder and an 8" f/6 reflector using a 40mm ocular.  The images were then captured to computer with a Snappy 3.0 and processed with Adobe Photoshop 5.
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Imaged afocally with a 40mm eyepiece and Sony Hi8 TVR 65.
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Mercury Transit -- 15 Nov. 1999
Thousand Oaks Type 2 solar filter
Sunspots -- 14 Nov. 1999
Thousand Oaks Type 2 solar filter
Saturn afocally with 12mm ocular
Jupiter & the Great Red Spot afocally with 7mm ocular
Great Red Spot 
Double transit afocally with 7mm ocular
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Jupiter Double Transit -- 4 Nov 99 20:25 CMT
Luis made this image afocally with a Sony TRV-65 8mm camcorder and a 8 inch f/6 Newtonian w/ 7mm eyepiece.  The image was captured to computer with a Snappy 3.0 and processed in Photoshop 5.0
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