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by Joe Garlitz.
Cookbook 245: CCD "Charge Couple Device"
electronic camera:
ala Berry, Kanto, Munger;
(Note: You may need to adjust your monitor's brightness to see all details in images.)
Sun:
Sunspot group; November 28, 1997
Sunspots; November 20, 1999
Sun spots on the solar disk; June 2, 2002
Total Eclipse August 11, 1999 from Turkey
Partial Eclipse at sunset, July 30, 2000
Partial Solar Eclipse, June 10, 2002
Mercury:
August 29, 1998
Solar Transit, November 8, 2006
Venus:
Jan, July 1998, April 1999
Moon:
Craters of the moon, south/central Idaho
Theophilus/Cyrillus/Catharina trio; April
12, 1997
Mosaic 3/4 full; Jan 8, 1998
Alpine valley; Feb 5, 1998
Cresent Moon; April 28, 1998
Waxing Moon; Ap 29, May 1, & May 3,
1998
Mare Imbrium; Jan 8, 1998
Craters Aristillus & Cassini; Mar 5,
1998
Crater Albategnius; Mar 5, 1998
Crater Walter; Mar 5, 1998
Rilles Hyginus & Ariadaeus; Mar 5,
1998
Proclus at full-moon showing rays
Posidonius
Just for fun; moon by "Earthshine";
April 28, 1998
Mars:
April 1999
May 6, 1999
May 8, 1999
May 9, 1999
May 13, 1999
May 19 & 21, 1999
May 23, 1999
June 7 - July 1, 1999
May 13, 1999 - enlarged 2x, artificial
color
June 18, 2001 - too far south for any real
detail on this trip
July - September, 2003 - good detail on
this trip
October - December, 2005 - good detail on
this trip too
February 2010
Asteroids
Hebe: August 1998, Movies etc,
NEO NY40 August 2002
Asteriod
Occultations
Jupiter:
Oct 20, 1998; Movie of Jupiter's moons
Oct 05,198 (Great Red Spot) and Io transit
Feb 11, 2002
Oct 27, 1999; Jupiter's 4 brightest moons
Oct 31, 1999 using f/64 eyepiece
projection
Dec 23, 1999 using f/64 eyepiece
projection, CYMW Color
August 15,2001; Jupiter occulted by moon
Dec.24 2002, April 16 & May 13 2003
Jovian Moon mutual events
Saturn:
11/15/1997, 11/1/1998, 10/31/1999, 12/3/1999 12/2002
Uranus:
Animation of Uranus and 2 moons, Oct 19-23,
1998
Neptune:
Animation of Neptune & Triton, Sept 22-27,
2000
Neptune & Triton reverse motion, Sept
28- Oct 26, 2001
Pluto:
May 31, 1998; w/ proof pic June 13, 1998
June 13 & 16, 1998
June 29, 2003; "movie" showing
displacement after 2hr 30 min
Jul 31 thru Aug 28, 1998; Animation
showing Pluto's motion changing to retograde
Comets:
C/2002 E2 Snyder-Murakam, May 5, 2002
C/2002 C1 Ikeya-Zhang, March 7 & April 28,
2002
WM1-Linear -- Dec 7, 2001. 22 - 30sec
images stacked using AIP4. This sequence covers about 23 minutes.
Linear(C/1998 M5):-- March 14/15, 1999; The
"Stand Still" Comet
Hale-Bopp:
-- March 25, 1997
-- April 11, 1997
-- April 12, 1997
HOENIG (2002)
17P Holmes, the "puff ball"
comet
Deep Space:
Interesting Planetary Nebulae Messiers 1
17 20 27 57 97
Nebulae in Orion; Featuring M42, the
"Great Nebula", NGC2023, M78, B33, NGC2024
Globular star clusters Messiers 4 5 9 13
14 15 71 72 80 92 107
Galaxies NGC 2903 4290, Messier 33 51 63
81 82 101 106 108 109 MilkyWay
Open Clusters NGC 281, IC 5146
Pulsars TON490
Super Novea SN 2002 ap
Eclipsing Variables
Transiting Extra-Solar Planets
Designing an A-Thermal Optical Tube Assembly
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