New images from June 23 and July 3, 2000 (12" LX-200 @ f/3.3 with HX516 camera, combined and stretched with MaxIm DL/CCD). Seeing was hot and hazy. All were unbinned (2x2) and most were a combination of five 1-minute exposures:
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New images from April 7-7, 2000 (12" LX-200 @ f/3.3 with HX516 camera, combined and stretched with MaxIm DL/CCD). Seeing was near perfect. All were binned (2x2) and most were a combination of five 2-minute exposures (some are less):
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New images from March 12-13, 2000 (12" LX-200 @ f/3.3 with HX516 camera, combined and stretched with MaxIm DL/CCD). Seeing was near perfect after the first quarter moon set. All were binned (2x2) and most were a combination of five 2-minute exposures (some are less):
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New images from March 6, 2000 (12" LX-200 @ f/3.3 with HX516 camera, combined and stretched with MaxIm DL/CCD). Seeing was near perfect. All were binned (2x2) and most were a combination of five 2-minute exposures (some are less):
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New images from March 5, 2000 (12" LX-200 @ f/3.3 with HX516 camera, combined and stretched with MaxIm DL/CCD). Seeing was near perfect. All were binned (2x2) and most were a combination of five 2-minute exposures (some are less). Some images had a fog-like "banding" later into the evening, so some are stretched more than I would like:
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New images from March 2, 2000 (12" LX-200 @ f/3.3 with HX516 camera). Seeing was fair at best:
 NGC 2244 in the Rosette Nebula in Monoceros showing stars well beyond 16th magnitude (60 sec, 2x2 binned). |
 Asteroid 2 Pallas (brightest object in this image) while passing through Canis Major (60 sec, 2x2 binned). |
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