Image: Orion Constellation (1440x2060 pixels) Technique: Traditional film, piggyback camera Camera: Zenza Bronica ETRSi, 6x4.5 Medium format camera Film used: Fujicolor NPH 400 ASA Lens: Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 Exposure: 15 minutes at f/2.8 Scan: From print. Cheap bed scanner Date: 21st, November, 1998 Other: Vixen GP mount. Unguided exposure Image: Sunspots (1000x1000 pixels) Technique: Afocal coupling with Eudiascopic 35mm eyepiece + Ultima 2x Barlow (48x) Camera: Olympus C5050 + Baader solar filter-film Telescope: Zeiss Telementor 63mm f/13.33 on Zeiss T Equatorial Mount Location: Oviedo, Spain Date: 29th, October, 2003 Note: Astrophoto of the third biggest sunspot groups in history Image: Full Moon (1000x1000 pixels) Technique: Afocal coupling with Eudiascopic 35mm eyepiece + Ultima 2x Barlow (48x) Camera: Olympus C2000Z Telescope: Zeiss Telementor 63mm f/13.33 on Zeiss T Equatorial Mount Location: Quintueles, near Gijón, Spain Date: 4th, August, 2001 Note: Despite the low altitude over the horizont, it's remarkable the obtained contrast Image: Moon taken at 1,200 metres over sea level (900x900 pixels) Technique: Afocal coupling with Eudiascopic 35mm eyepiece + Ultima 2x Barlow (48x) Camera: Olympus C2000Z Telescope: Zeiss Telementor 63mm f/13.33 on Zeiss T Equatorial Mount Location: Sena de Luna, Leon, Spain Date: 3rd, November, 2001 Note: Just note the importance of making astrophotography from a high located place in the mountains Taken while Saturn was hide behind the Moon (see next picture) Image: Saturn (400x412 pixels) Technique: Afocal coupling with Eudiascopic 35mm eyepiece + Ultima 2x Barlow (48x) Camera: Olympus C2000Z Telescope: Zeiss Telementor 63mm f/13.33 on Zeiss T Equatorial Mount Location: Sena de Luna, Leon, Spain Date: 3rd, November, 2001 Note: Taken just after the occultation by the Moon Image: Moon landscape (904x774 pixels) Technique: Afocal coupling with Eudiascopic 35mm eyepiece + Ultima 2x Barlow + 3x zoom Camera: Olympus C2000Z Telescope: Zeiss Telementor 63mm f/13.33 on Zeiss T Equatorial Mount Location: Deva, near Gijón, Spain. Date: 20th, January, 2002 Craters and Features named: Abenezra, Abulfeda, Agrippa, Almanon, Andel, Arago, Bessel, Boscovich, Catharina, Cyrillus, Delambre, Dorsa Smirnov, Geber, Godin, Julius Caesar, Lade, Lindsay, Manilius, Mare Serenitatis, Menelaus, Montes Haemus, Plinius, Rima Ariadaeus, Ritter, Ross, Sabine, Theophilus and Very (5.1 kms diameter) Note: Just note that Rima Ariadaeus (about 3.5 km wide) is at the optical resolution limits of a 2.5 inches telescope!
Image: Hale-Boop comet (900x600 pixels) Technique: Traditional film, reflex camera mounted on standard photo-tripod Camera: Olympus OM-1 Film used: Fujicolor 800 ASA Lens: Olympus Zuiko 28mm f/3.8 Exposure: 30 seconds at f/2.8 Scan: Kodak Photo CD Date: April, 1997 Image: Portrait of Stephen Hawking (900x603 pixels) Technique: Standard picture Camera: Leica Mini II (point and shoot camera) Film used: Fujicolor 100 ASA Lens: Leitz Elmar 35mm f/3.5 Exposure: Unknown Scan: Fuji Frontier System Date: 10th, April, 2005
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