CMS Observatory: Latest Images

Phases of the eclipse

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:38:07 -0700

This collection of images was taken 2-20-08 using my Fuji Finepix S7000 digital camera beginning around 6:30pm and ending with the total eclipse image taken around 8:20pm.

Saturn Image 2

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:33:10 -0700

This image of Saturn was made by stacking just 10 images taken during the total lunar eclipse of 2/20/08. Saturn was sitting just a few degrees from the eclipsed moon making for quite a show!

Saturn Image 1

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:31:45 -0700

This beautiful image of Saturn was made by stacking 21 images taken during the total lunar eclipse of 2/20/08. Saturn was sitting just a few degrees from the eclipsed moon making for quite a show!

Great Orion Nebula & Mars mo

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:57:03 -0700

These two shots were taken with the C-8/ToUcam combination (Mars) and the C-90/Meade DSI combination (M42). It was a clear night on 1/1/08 but seeing conditions were poor.

Scenes from the Eclipse

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:57:43 -0600

These images were taken August 28th between 3:30 and 4:30 AM (except for the bottom left which was taken around 10pm on the 27th) using a Fuji Finepix 5000 digital camera.

Milky Way

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:42:51 -0600

This shot was taken by haphazardly mounting a Rebel XTi with a wide angle lens to the tube of the 8\" telescope in order for the exposure not to contain star trials. It was a F/4 5 Minute exposure.

Mare Nectaris

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:44:12 -0700

This image was taken and processed by a CMS 8th grade student during
the recent CMS Observatory open house. This image features 350 km diameter
Mare Nectaris with 124 km wide Fracastorius Crater along it\'s edge.

Saturn

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:02:36 -0700

This is another shot of Saturn taken just after the previous one but this time a 2x barlow lens was used. The blur from the uncollimated OT is more obvious with the larger image.

Saturn

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:59:58 -0700

This shot was taken 1/24/07 using the C-14 without a barlow lens. The collimation of the optical tube needs correction, but the image is still cool!

The Moon

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:57:06 -0700

Here is the first full picture of the moon taken by the facility. A mosaic of images were stitched together using the PhotoMerge feature of Adobe Photoshop. For an ultra-high resolution image, see http://cmsobservatory.com/photos/HiResMoon2.jpg