MARK TORRES
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tarkus01@att.net
http://home.att.net/~tarkus01/space.html

All my current video images are taken afocally with a tripod-mounted Sony Hi-8 Handycam using Metal Evaporated Tape.  Steadyshot is turned off.  I manually adjust the exposure and zoom to achieve the largest image with the least noise.  Typically the zoom magnification is about 6x.  Either an ETX-90 or a 8-inch f/6 Meade Starfinder Equatorial is used typically with an 18mm Ortho eyepiece.  Video and stills are captured using the ATI All-in-wonder card.
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The Saturn occultation images were taken afocally with the ETX-90 and 18mm Orthoscopic eyepiece.  The image of Saturn by itself was captured as an AVI--about 2 seconds' worth--and stacked amd processed using Astrostack.  I used Paint Shop Pro for a little more sharpening.
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The Mars images were taken through an 8-inch f/6 Meade Starfinder Equatorial, with the 18mm ortho eyepiece.  About 20 images were stacked and processed using Astrostack.  Some histogram/levels adjustments were made using Paint Shop Pro 7.
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