PhotoGallery

ECLIPSES - OCCULTATIONS - CONJUNCTIONS - ETC.

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.26th.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 1st 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 23th, 1983	The two-Floor Dome Building Proyect (1992)


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