Nico's Best Astrophotos of 2003

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

November 8 2003 - Lunar eclipse

November 8 2003 - These images of the total lunar eclipse were taken with my 80mm telescope and canon G3 digital camera.

October 30 2003

October 30 2003 - These aurora were captured from my backyard near Toronto! Tabken by my canon G3 digital Camera

September 4 2003

September 4 2003 - These pictures were taken at a time when Mars was at its closest to earth and the closest it will be for thousands of years! These pictures were taken with my 10" Lx200 SCT and my newly aquired canon G3 digital camera.

July 17 2003

July 17 2003 - This was one of the most beautiful events ive see, through the telescope this was great! These pictures were taken when mars and the moon were nearly in the same FOV. they are mosaics taken with my color quickcam VC and my 80mm telescope. I would have gotten much better pics (wider view) with my canon G2 but unfortunately it was being repaired at that time!

July 2 2003

July 3 2003 - this was my first somewhat succesfull mars photo. This picture was taken with my meade LX200 10 SCT and my quickcam VC color webcam.

June 21 2003

June 21 2003 - These two pictures don't say too much but they are of Uranus and Neptune. I was quite happy with the Uranus shot as it shows the color quite nicely. Other wise I am just posting these just because I was able to photograph the two outer planets. Next challenge will be pluto! Meade LX200 10" SCT and Canon G2 camera

April 27 2003

April 27 2003 - This picture was taken about 2 hours apart. You can see how both the GRS and the shadow of the moon as well as the moon have moved in that short period. Meade 10" LX200 SCT and canon G2 digital camera

April 24 2003

April 24 2003 - Jupiter taken through my 10" LX200 SCT and canon G2 digital camera

April 9 2003

April 9 2003 - This is by far my best astrophoto from 1997-2005! I don't know what i did right here but it came out very sharp and with minimal processing! this image was taken with my 80mm refractor telescope. Taken with my old canon G2 digital camera

March 30 2003

March 30 2003 - These are some of my first images with my new 10" LX200. Taken with my canon G2 digital camera.