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Planets
Saturn ('03)
300 frames stacked

Saturn ('05)
Best 682 frames out of 1425

Saturn ('05)
All 1425 Frames

Jupiter
200 frames stacked
Mars
Single afocal

Mars
650 Frames

Venus
150 frames stacked


May 2004
crescent Phase
Venus
Single frame


March 2004
Gibbous Phase
Venus Sun Transit

Moon

Lunar Eclipse 11/8/03.
Prime focus - 20 sec. no guiding

Single video frame
(The smallest features you can see in this image are about 5 miles across.)

Single video frame - Mouse over for feature labels


Afocal point-and-shoot
80mm f/5 Refractor, 10mm eyepiece, Cannon digital camera
CLICK HERE for a short video clip of a plane passing in front of the moon during a high-power video capture.

Sun - (ALWAYS use a solar filter!)

AVA PlanetCam

Digital Camera
With solar filter held in front of the lense
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