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January 27th, 2006

1000/1500 frames @ 10fps.  C8 + Toucam 740, optimized non-RAW color, 2X barlow in eyepiece projection configuration.  K3CCDtools, Registax, PaintShop Pro X

March 4th, 2005

800/1200 frames at 5fps captured with C8 + Toucam 740, optimized Non-RAW color, 17mm Plossl eyepiece projection.  Image actual size.  Seeing 3/5 (the jet stream is living above me now).  K3ccdtools capture and processed, save fits files, Registax3 for wavelet processing.

Feb 12th, 2005 Saturn's moons.  Prime focus, two avi's captured, one with gain @100% for capturing the moons, the second gain @0% for capturing Saturn. 
Feb 12th, 2005 C8 + Toucam + IR filter.  EP projection with 17mm Plossl.  K3ccdtools, Registax, PSP7

Feb 4th, 2005 C8 + Toucam + IR filter.   Processed with K3ccdtools2, Registax3, PSP7.
Same AVI as below, but processed in Registax Beta 3.  Hand selected frames for processing and stacking.  PSP7 for color.
December 15th, 2004

DCMO.  C-14 capture with 2X barlow, best 650 frames processed in Registax2, color tweak and 150% resize done in PSP7.

December 15th, 2004

Donald C. Martin Observatory.  Image taken thru my local astronomy club's C-14 with a 2X barlow and a Toucam 740K webcam.  Best 1000 frames of 1500 captured.  Processed in K3CCDtools, stacked in Registax2, color touchup in PSP7.

November 10th, 2004 First Saturn of the season.

Eyepiece projection using 17mm plossl, toucam pro, processed in K3ccdtools, Registax, and PSP 7.0

2X enlargement in PSP 7.0

November 10th, 2004 First Saturn of the season.

Eyepiece projection using 17mm plossl, toucam pro, processed in K3ccdtools, Registax, and PSP 7.0

February 14th, 2004 2X barlow in RAW mode. 350 frames processed in LRGB with channel avis extracted with AviRaw.  Each channel aligned and stacked in Registax2.  Resulting TIF images for Red, Green, Blue and Luminance merged and color processed in Paint Shop Pro7.
Dec 31st, 2003 Eyepece projection, avi preprocessed with Virtualdub (levels and blur more filters), then in Registax2.
Dec 31st, 2003Eyepece projection, avi preprocessed with Virtualdub (levels and smooth filters), then in Registax2.
Dec 31st, 2003Eyepece projection, avi preprocessed with Virtualdub (levels and general convolution 3d filters), then in Registax2.
Nov 22, 2003 

Eyepiece projects ~f30.  Philips Vesta 690 webcam, somewhat turbulent conditions (not too good).  1000 of 1150 stacked and processed in Registax2

Nov 22, 2003 
Nov 22, 2003 
Sep 30th Saturn (internal dew)
Sep 12, 2003
Saturn:  January 12th, 2003

Celestron C8, eyepiece projection, 30 second avi captured with Vesta Pro Scan webcam.  AVI processed in Registax, with additional image processing in PaintShop Pro 7.