Image of Comet Lulin taken by S*T*A*R member John Ambrose in February 2009. It is a stack of 2 frames each of 1-min exp using Canon 20Da and f/2.8 200mm lens; ISO 1600.
Astrophoto
NGC1973 ("Running Man") by Ernie Rossi
Submitted by Gavin Warnes on Sat, 01/24/2009 - 08:33
Nebula NGC 1973 "Running Man" taken by honorary S*T*A*R Member Ernie Rossi from Chiefland, Florida. Taken wih a 14.5" f/8 RC scope on an AP1200 mount, 5 hours total exposure with an SBIG STL-11K camera.
Galaxy NGC 891 by Ernie Rossi
Submitted by Gavin Warnes on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 04:35
Galaxy NGC 891 taken by honorary S*T*A*R Member Ernie Rossi from Chiefland, Florida. Taken wih a 14.5" f/8 RC scope on an AP1200 mount, 6 hours total exposure with an SBIG STL-11K camera.
Transit of Venus
Submitted by Gavin Warnes on Sat, 01/17/2009 - 11:31
Image of the start and end (inset) of transit of Venus taken on June 8th from the UK by S*T*A*R member Gavin Warnes. This event occurs so rarely that no living human had observed it until that day The next and last transit in our lifetimes occurs on June 5-6th 2012 but you will need to travel to see it. More details can be found at here. Transits of Mercury occur more often and will be visible on May 9th 2016 and November 11th 2019.
Lunar Crater Copernicus
Submitted by Gavin Warnes on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 15:21
Lunar crater Copernicus taken with a Philips Toucam webcam and processed with Registax.
Milky Way over Cherry Springs
Submitted by Steve Fedor on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 20:12
This exceptional photo was taken by former STAR member Tony Rousos.
Moon by Steve Fedor
Submitted by Steve Fedor on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 20:05
Of all my meager attempts to photograph the moon this one is my favorite. It was taken using a Cannon SD770-IS point & shoot camera with my Meade SF16 using a Meade 15mm Plossl & an Orion SteadyPix.
Milky Way over the Catskills
Submitted by Steve Fedor on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 19:46
Photo by Tony Rousos
Saturn in color by Gavin Warnes
Submitted by Gavin Warnes on Thu, 12/11/2008 - 00:19
A color image of the planet Saturn taken by S*T*A*R member Gavin Warnes. These images were taken with an Imaging Source DMK 21AU04 USB video camera through a red, green, blue and luminence filter and a 6" homemade Newtonian telescope on a Losmandy GM8 mount . The video was processed with Registax software The four separate images were then combined to form a color image in the Gimp (free software).
Mars Rotation Sequence by Gavin Warnes
Submitted by Gavin Warnes on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 23:58
A sequence of images of the planet Mars taken by S*T*A*R member Gavin Warnes on December 29th 2007. These images were taken over a two and a half hour period and show the planet rotating. Mars rotates once every 24.6 hours - the featue called Syrtis major is coming into view. These images were taken with an Imaging Source DMK 21AU04 USB video camera through a near infrared filter and a 6" homemade Newtonian telescope on a Losmandy GM8 mount . The video was processed with Registax software.
