Solar and Lunar Images
    Sun during Mercury Transit                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Last Updated:   02/10/2010

 

All images were captured from either my backyard, or the Texas Astronomical Society dark sky site near Atoka, Oklahoma
 

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                                                                    Solar Images

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Sunspots 01

Varies from 91,400,000 to 94,400,000 Miles. Closest in January and furthest in July.

1/16/2005 3:40:10 PM

ETX90 3.5" Canon Powershot A20 through 15mm eyepiece.

Between January 15th and 19th, Sunspot 720 produced four powerful solar flares.

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Sunspots 02

Varies from 91,400,000 to 94,400,000 Miles. Closest in January and furthest in July.

 12/3/2005 3:33:13 PM

ETX90 3.5" Canon Powershot A20 through 15mm eyepiece.

Sunspot 826 is a sprawling group of spots wider than the rings of Saturn.

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Sunspots 03

Varies from 91,400,000 to 94,400,000 Miles. Closest in January and furthest in July.

12/3/2005 3:33:13 PM

ETX90 3.5" Canon Powershot A20 through 15mm eyepiece.

Sunspot 826 is a sprawling group of spots wider than the rings of Saturn.

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Sunspots 04

Varies from 91,400,000 to 94,400,000 Miles. Closest in January and furthest in July.

1/16/2005 3:39:16 PM

ETX90 3.5" Canon Powershot A20 through 15mm eyepiece.

Between January 15th and 19th, Sunspot 720 produced four powerful solar flares.

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Sunspots 05

Varies from 91,400,000 to 94,400,000 Miles. Closest in January and furthest in July.

1/16/2005 4:13:47 PM

ETX90 3.5" Canon Powershot A20 through 15mm eyepiece.

Between January 15th and 19th, Sunspot 720 produced four powerful solar flares.

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Mercury Transit

Varies from 91,400,000 to 94,400,000 Miles. Closest in January and furthest in July.

12/8/2006 4:49:01 PM

ETX90 3.5" Canon Powershot A20 through 15mm eyepiece.

On November 8, 2006, Mercury slowly slid across the face of the sun during an event known as a transit. A transit of Mercury is relatively rare—there are only about a dozen in a century.

 

 

 

                                                                    Lunar Images

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Moon and Planets

238,857 Miles (average) from the center of the Moon to the center of the Earth.

Various dates

LX90 8" with LPI imager.

A compilation of the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and Venus.

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Moon 02

238,857 Miles (average) from the center of the Moon to the center of the Earth.

 05/18/02

ETX90 3.5".  Canon Powershot A20 camera.

Imaged through eyepiece.

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Moon 01

238,857 Miles (average) from the center of the Moon to the center of the Earth.

06/23/02

ETX90 3.5".  Canon Powershot A20 camera.

Imaged through eyepiece using yellow filter.

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Moon Map 01

238,857 Miles (average) from the center of the Moon to the center of the Earth.

12/07/08

LX90 8".  Meade LPI Imager.

Partial image of Moon with identifying features.

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Moon 06

238,857 Miles (average) from the center of the Moon to the center of the Earth.

11/12/02

ETX90 3.5".  Canon Powershot A20 camera.

Imaged through eyepiece.

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Moon 03

238,857 Miles (average) from the center of the Moon to the center of the Earth.

03/30/04

ETX90 3.5".  Canon Powershot A20 camera.

Imaged through eyepiece.

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Moon 10

238,857 Miles (average) from the center of the Moon to the center of the Earth.

04/03/04

ETX90 3.5".  Canon Powershot A20 camera.

Imaged through eyepiece.

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Moon Eclipse

238,857 Miles (average) from the center of the Moon to the center of the Earth.

10/27/04

ETX90 3.5" Canon Powershot A20 through 15mm eyepiece.

Lunar Eclipse.  Imaged through eyepiece.

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Moon 04

238,857 Miles (average) from the center of the Moon to the center of the Earth.

05/17/05

LX90 8".  Meade LPI Imager.

Processed and stacked using Meade Autostar Suite.

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Moon 05

238,857 Miles (average) from the center of the Moon to the center of the Earth.

03/18/06

LX90 8".  Meade LPI Imager.

Processed and stacked using Meade Autostar Suite.

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Moon 33

238,857 Miles (average) from the center of the Moon to the center of the Earth.

07/07/06

LX90 8".  Meade LPI Imager.

Processed and stacked using Meade Autostar Suite.

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Moon 44

238,857 Miles (average) from the center of the Moon to the center of the Earth.

07/07/06

LX90 8".  Meade LPI Imager.

Processed and stacked using Meade Autostar Suite.

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Moon 45

238,857 Miles (average) from the center of the Moon to the center of the Earth.

07/07/06

LX90 8".  Meade LPI Imager.

Processed and stacked using Meade Autostar Suite.

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Moon 48

238,857 Miles (average) from the center of the Moon to the center of the Earth.

01/01/09

LX90 8".  Fuji E900 Digital Camera mounted on an Orion SteadyPix camera bracket.

One single exposure with 40mm eyepiece.  Shutter speed = 1/50 sec.   Aperture = 5.6.    ISO = 400.

 

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