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Iguacu, Nov.3.1994

10" SCT 1/30s. Ektar 1000 The idea was to picture the

full Moon by new Moon!

Iguaçu Nov.3th,1994
10 inch SCT at 5.6, 
Ektar 1000, 1/1000 s.

 Former Image's Detail

Aruba, Feb.26th.1998
Pentax 300mm f/4, 1/8 sec. Kodak 400 ISO

"Diamond Ring"
Aruba Feb.26
th.1998
300 mm lens at f/4, 1/1000 s.

 

 

 

The three phases
of the Aruba Eclipse 

Eclipse " a la Dalí "

La Plata, Jan.21th.200
 50 mm refractor  f/8 400mm
15 s. on Kodak 160 

Mars Occultation May.31th.05
8 inch LX-200 at 6.3
Nikon D-70 Digital Reflex

Moon-Pleyades Conjunction Apr.1.2006    22:02 U.T.
Takumar 5.6/200
5 sec exp. with Nikon D70 

 

ISS-transit near the Moon
Dec. 1st. -2006 

ISS- transit Aug-16-2007
( with 50 mm aperture )
Conjunction Feb.4.08
Nikon 70 mm
1000 ISO - 10 Sec.
The Earth Shadow
as I imagine it
Gonnet-LaPlata-21-2-08
LX200 F 6.3 - Nikon D70
400 ISO - 1.3 Sec.
 

      COMETS

 

The Kohoutek Comet (1975) 50 mm lens on fixed camera,
60s.
on Kod.Recording 2475

Halley  March 16th,1986
500 mm Tele Takumar f/5, 
30 min. exp, on hyp. 2415. The film was 1 year expired!

Enhanced view 
of the former image

Halley Comet March 1986 Upper left: Galaxy Cent.A 

Halley Comet, Apr.8th,1986
a little present
for my birthday!

 

 

Levy Comet  Aug.17th.1990 20:28 to 20:48 UT
500 mm Takumar Lens at 5.6 20 Min. on Hyp.2415

Levy Comet Aug.20th-1990 
21:30 to 22:10 UT
500 mm Takumar Lens at 5.6
40m.onHyp.2415, DeepSkyFilter

McNaught Jan.17-2007
Nikon D-70, 70 mm Lens
200 ISO  2,5 Sec. at f/9

McNaught  Jan. 21-2007
Takumar Lens 500 mm f/5
Nikon D-70, 1000 ISO, 3 Sec

 
 

     SUN

 

 

 

One Inch Refractor!
Takumar 5.6/200 at f/8

 with 2  teleconverters
Agfaortho 25  - 1/1000 sec.

Former Image's
Detail

 

 

 

 

       MOON

Moon with 8 inch LX-200 1/250 sec. at F/6.3
Nikon D-70 Digital Reflex
TRUE-COLOR IMAGE !

First tries with LPI camera
in presence of high turbulence with
8" LX 200

All these images...

... aren't B/W ...

...they're all
true color photographs!

 

 

 Testing the exposure latitude 
of the
AGFAPAN VARIO XL 

 6" Homemade Telescope   Cassegrain F=3300 mm
TP.2415 - 1/15 sec at f/22

 Former's image detail

idem

 
 

        PLANETS

 

"Cinthiæ figuras æmulaturMater Amorum"
 

Shœmaker-Levy-Impact
on Jupiter July '94 - 10" SCT
with JVC Palmcorder

Jupiter Moons 
8" LX-200 F=1250mm
Nikon D70 Dig.Reflex

Mars opposition 2003
8 inch LX-200 
with JVC Camcorder

VenusTransit 2004
 from Rio de La Plata 
50/400 w.2 teleconverters

 

       DEEP SKY

 

Altair(α Aquilae) 
My 1
st Guid.Astroph.(1975) "Machina Coelestis" 3.5/135
20 min. on Kodak 103a-F

Ursa Mayor from Switzerland fixed camera Obj. 1.4/50
60s.on Kod.Recording 2475

Proxima Centauri ( arrowed )
TP 2415 hypered.

Proxima Centauri 
1987-2007
(press f 5 for animation)
 
 

The Lagoon Nebula (M8) 
6" Home-Made 5,3/800mm
30 min. on hyp. 2415

The Trifid Nebula (M20)
30 min exp.on hyp. 2415
6" homemadeScope 5,3/800

EtaCarinæ withDeepSkyFilter in presence of 9-days Moon 400mm Lens ( 38 mm diam.!) 30min. on Hyp. 2415 

Sleeping
at theGuidescope!

Exp. stopped after 2 minutes 10" SCT at 5.6 

The great Orion Nebula (M42)-6" Scope 5.3/800
  15 min. on Hyp.TP-2415  

 

 

 

 

 

The Dumbbell Nebula  (M27)  10" SCT from Roma
Kodak  2415 hypered. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Omega Centauri
6 inch  5,3/800
10 min. exp. on hyp. 2415

GMC with Tarantel Nebula
and SN. 1987-A
TeleTakumar 5.6/200
 30 min. on hyp. 2415

SN 1987A - 6" Scope 5.3/800 30m. on hyp.2415. At the Scop
the SN was visible by daytime

as a red star on a sky of blue

 

 

 

 

 

   

Andromeda from Rom Takumar 3.5/200
15 m. on hyp.2415, crossfilter

Andromeda from La Plata
with de same lens !!

Cent.A.-Galaxy - 6"  5.3/800 30 min. on Hyp. T.P. 2415 

 

 

 

      OBSERVATORY & INSTRUMENTS

My First Scope (1958) Sunspots, MoonCraters, VenusPhases, JupiterMoons and SaturnRings become visible.

My First Reflector (1960)
a Home-made 10" Scope
Newton-Cassegrain-Coudé
(not equiped f.LE-photography)

"Machina Cœlestis" (1975)
a travel astrograph
to photograph the Kohoutek...

... at completed Construction, the Comet
was already disappeared!

The  6-inchScope (1979) FL.:Newton=800, Cassegrain Nasmith&Coudé=2000&3200

 

 The apodizing screen, 
to eliminate diffractions pattern due to the spider

My Family
Paolo,Dante, Mirella, Elio

 My  Wife Mirella

Dome on march 10th-1982...

... from other viewpoint...

 

...with other illumination...

...and on on May 23th. 1982

WINDOWS  82

The inauguration
on march 23
th, 1983 

The two-Floor
Dome Building Proyect (1992)

 

LX200.JPG (91622 bytes)

The new, dodecagonal,
 2-Floors Building
completed 1995

The 2.5-meterDome (1982)
 for the phrase "
IN GIRUM ..."
you can see in the internet

The new Meade LX-200 
8 Inch computer telescope
The homemade base
for the LX-200

Dethronement 
of the homemadeTelescope after buy of the LX-200

 
   
How did I couple my camcorder (s. article) Camcorder-to-scope 
coupling
Demonstrating
the flask's strength 
The Zeiss Astrocamera
4.5/250 for plates 9x12 cm.
 
 
 
The forming gas  The hyper Tank  The vacuum pump  The vacuometer  
 

   
The  Hand-Computer (1984)
to determin. exp-time, res-power and reprododuction scale
on lunar and planet. photography
Constructive details
of the Hand-Computer
 
(©)
Spiral of a well known developing tank:
in Hα light !
( s. article )
   
 

      MIRROR GRINDING, POLISHING, FIGURING AND TESTING

Microphotography of Carbo 80 used for mirror grinding, compared with a hair

Diagram of a not yet parabolized mirror
(it shows the max.error)
Foucault's Mirror test
with the Couder Mask

The well parabolized 6"Mirror
(1978, my 1.st ) as it appears
in the Foucault  tester

What remained after
perforing the main mirror
for the second time !!

 
   
Worlds smallest Cassegrain: Ext. diameter 40 mm
Int.  diameter 29 mm
( it works perfectly ! )

The two diagonals,
both perforated to achieve resp. a bifocal Newton and an easier centering of the optics. 

What remained after 
the diagonal perforation

The perforated diagonal 
of the "bifocal Newton" ©
ready to work...

The bifocal Newton, using the rejected ligth of a filter, passing through a hole in the diag.  

 

     3-D OBJECTS IMAGED WITH A SCANNER (NO CAMERA WAS USED)

 

 

Kalisthemon  "Clavel del aire" 
(a parassite of plants)
 sea urchins and shells    

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