Click either the Quicktime or Media Player links.
Vesta Pro Scan webcam with 70-210 zoom lens at 210mm. Baader Astrosolar filter.
125 Frames stacked and processed in Registax, color adjustment in PSP7.
Venus Transit of 2004 Image Gallery
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Setting up, there was a nice moon to target and get the
equipment lined up, and the cameras adjusted. This
test video confirmed my worst fears. Click either the Quicktime or Media Player links. |
56Kbit Quicktime movie 56Kbit Windows Media V9 movie |
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Venus at 6:54 AM EDT from the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. Vesta Pro Scan webcam with 70-210 zoom lens at 210mm. Baader Astrosolar filter. 125 Frames stacked and processed in Registax, color adjustment in PSP7. |
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Prime focus with Toucam Pro and C8.
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  Venus @ 6:59AM EDT Venus @ 7:06AM EDT |
  Venus @ 7:07AM EDT Venus @ 7:14AM EDT |
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Equipment |
Celestron C8 with equatorial wedge mount Vesta Pro Scan 690K webcam Philips Toucam Pro 740K (NEW!!!) Homemade webcam adapters for a Vesta Pro Scan and Toucam Pro Celestron 2X barlow Celestron 25mm Eyepiece Generic 17mm Plossl |
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Computer and Software |
AMD Athlon 1700+ overclocked to 2.2Ghz/512 Mbytes/40Gbyte hdd for processing 233 Mhz Pentium laptop for outside work Registax K3CCDTOOLS AviRaw PaintShop Pro 7 |