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Imaging session was with eyepiece projection bringing 8" f/10 LX200 to f/36. Images were recorded with ST7 CCD camera & CFW8 Colour Filter Wheel. Seeing was poorer than hoped (due to high thin cloud) and image quality was consequently very poor, with little detail.   Images are posted here for reference only.  Reduction was with dark frames only (ie no flat frames were used).

Due to the high magnification a major problem during the session was the time taken to place the target planets (Jupiter & Saturn) onto the CCD frame, and focussing. At f/36 the CCD frame is equivalent to a sky area of only 3.2 x 2.2 arc mins and pointing with Telrad can not routinely get an object closer than around 8-10 arc min.

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Jupiter 

Jupiter
8" LX200 operating at f/36, 
giving a theoretical resolution of 0.25 arc sec/pixel, 
but in practice the resolution is no better than 2.5 arc sec/pixel
Image 
CCD Image, 1 sec exposure, green filter
8" LX200 operating at f/36
Image averaged, then unsharp masked.
2004-03-01 22:38 h UT (#59074)

 
 Image
CCD Colour Image, 
2s Red, 2s Green, 3s Blue
8" LX200 operating at f/36
2004-03-01 22:38 h UT (#59044)

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Moon 

Moon
Image 
CCD Colour Image, 
0.2s Blue, 0.2s Green, 0.3s Blue
Unsharped Masked
2004-03-01   22:50h UT (#59103)
 
Image 
CCD Image, clear filter, 0.1 sec exposure
2004-03-01   (#59127)
 
Image 
CCD Image, red filter, 0.2 sec exposure
2004-03-01   (#59119)
 
Image 
CCD Colour Image, 
0.2s Blue, 0.2s Green, 0.3s Blue
2004-03-01   22:56h UT (#59116)

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Saturn

Saturn
(this was my first attempt to image Saturn with eyepiece projection 
and CCD, the result was disappointing due to poor seeing)
Image 
CCD Colour Image, 
RGB with 1 sec exposure through each filter
8" LX200 operating at f/36
2004-03-01   23:18 h UT (#59149-51)

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