Bob's Digital Photo Gallery

These photos were taken by simply holding the camera lens, by hand, up to the telescope eyepiece. Click the thumbnail images for a larger view.
This is an older 4 inch (120mm) Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope. F = 1000 mm, f/10 Eyepiece is Meade Super Plossl 26mm.giving 40x magnification.	Saturn 1/40 sec., f/5.6, ISO 80 Some post processing was necessary. The original image showed just a faint smudge of light.
This is the wide angle. about 28mm setting on the camera. 1/340 sec., f/2.8, ISO 100	Full camera zoom,140 mm 1/27 sec., f/5.6, ISO 80
About 80 mm zoom 1/180 sec., f/3.6, ISO 80	Full camera zoom,. 140 mm 1/30 sec., f/5.6, ISO 80 Some software post processing.