Kevin Smith
kevsmith@globalnet.co.uk
http://www.kevsmith.com
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These lunar images were captured at prime focus of a Takahashi FS128 f8 on a Software Bisque GT-1100 mount using an Astrovid 2000.  Images were recorded on a Sony GVD 900E video walkman,  then captured to a Sony laptop  with an I-Link frame grabber.  PhotoShop was used for cropping, some sharpening and brightness/contrast adjustment.
 
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Brilliant 'Diamond Ring'
 Richard Robinson made up this animated GIF from Kevin's series of Mercury transit images below.
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 November 15th 1999 Mercury Tranist
 
 
 
Mercury imaged from Death Valley, California 
ETX with 2x barlow and JVC TK 1070 camera on Vixen mount. Captured onto the Sony Video Walkman, and captured with the Neotech card. Images have been adjusted for brightness and contrast only. 
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Orion Nebula with 10" SCT & Astrovid 2000. 
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.		 Same image with brightness/contrast compressed in Photoshop.   Bright region around the Trapezium suggest that some nebulosity is being recorded.
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Saturn and Jupiter imaged at prime focus with an Astrovid 2000 on a 10" LX200.  Seeing locally was better than average, but the Saturn image was dogged by dew on the corrector plate.  Video was recorded to a Sony GVD 900 Video Walkman.   Individual frames were captured as JPEGs to computer using a Neotech card.  Some brightness adjustment in Photoshop.
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The solar eclipse images were captured in Bucharest using a JVC TK1381 color video camera with a 150-500mm telephoto lens (35mm format) using a C-mount adapter.  Video was recorded on to a Sony GVD 900 Video Walkman.   Individual frames were captured as JPEGs to computer using a Neotech card.  Some brightness adjustment in Photoshop. 

To capture different regions of the corona the lens aperture was varied.  Some cloudiness is apparent in the wider aperture settings.
 
 
 
First lunar images with Astrovid 2000 and 10" LX200.  Video to Sony DV and captured with Neotech card.  Some brightness and contrast adjustment and use of unsharp masking.
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 The shot of the moon - taken with a 150 - 500mm Tokina zoom lens (35mm format), hooked up to an astrovid 2000 camera.  Image recorded onto  a Sony GVD 900 video walkman.  The image was digitized using a Neotech card which I had access to, some slight adjustments in Photoshop including, video deinterlace, unsharp mask, brightness and contrast. 
 		 The full solar disc was also captured in the same manner as the lunar image, but using a thousand oaks solar filter, and a JVC 1070 camera using YC.  The image was digitized using a Neotech card, again slight adjustment in Photoshop including, video deinterlace, unsharp mask, brightness and contrast. 
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Imaged at prime focus of Meade LX200 using a Daystar 0.7 H alpha filter and recorded to video with a Sony video walkman.  The images were captured using a Neotech card and some adjustments were made in Photoshop including, video deinterlace, unsharp mask, brightness and contrast.
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