Image Gallery

Phases of the eclipse

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.

Telescope: N/A | Camera: N/A
Taken by Pete Idema on Feb 21, 2008

Saturn Image 2

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!

Telescope: SkyView Pro 127mm | Camera: Phillips ToUcam
Taken by Pete Idema on Feb 21, 2008

Saturn Image 1

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!

Telescope: SkyView Pro 127mm | Camera: Phillips ToUcam
Taken by Pete Idema on Feb 21, 2008

Great Orion Nebula & Mars mo

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.

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Taken by Pete Idema on Jan 02, 2008

Scenes from the Eclipse

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.

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Taken by Pete Idema on Aug 29, 2007

Milky Way

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.