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All the below images were taken from my backyard in Wantirna, Suburban Melbourne between 1995 and 2009. This is location is severely affected by light pollution, being only about 100 meters from a major freeway. Nevertheless, good quality images can still be taken. Some were shot using a Minolta SLR camera and 35mm film. Others with CCD video, web cam, LPI and Atik imaging cameras. The latest with Canon Digital SLR cameras.

Moon Images From Video CCD Camera Unprocessed on 200mm f/6 Newtonian Prime Focus, Oriented N-S
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Schickard Structure	Mare Nubium and Tycho Crater	Mare Cognitum and Mare Nubium	Mare Nubium and Rupus Recta
Sinus Iridum and Mare Imbrium	Sinus Iridum	Mare Humorum, Tycho and Clavius Craters	Copernicus, Kepler and Herodotus
Tycho Crater and Mare Nubium	Mare Serinitatis and Montes Appenines	Mare Humorum and Tycho Crater	Oceanus Procellarum and Copernicus Crater

Moon Shots Made With Minolta 35mm SLR, 200mm f/6 Newtonian, EP Projection 35mm EP
Left- 100 ISO Elite Chrome
Right - 400 ISO Print Film
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Moon

Moon with Canon Digital Rebel 300D, ISO100, 1/640s, 150mm f/5 Newtonian Prime Focus,
Brightness/Contrast Adjustment, Unsharp Mask
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Jupiter with Minolta 35mm SLR, 200mm f/6 Newtonian, 35mm Film Lacks Sensitivity and Resolution for Astrophotography
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100 ISO Elite Chrome,
EP Projection 6.3mm EP,
2x Barlow, Actual Size

Jupiter With 2 Moons, Combination of 2 Images

Saturn with Minolta 35mm SLR, 200mm f/6 Newtonian, 400 ISO Elite Chrome, 3s. 35mm Film Lacks Sensitivity and Resolution for Astrophotography
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EP Projection 6.3mm EP
Actual Size

EP Projection 10mm EP
Actual Size

EP Projection, 6.3mm EP
Actual Size

LPI Imager, 200mm f/6 Newtonian, Prime Focus, Much Better With a CCD Camera
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Actual Size, 40 Stacks

Actual Size, 14 Stacks

Actual Size, 20 Stacks

Prime Focus, 20 Stacks,

Atik CCD Camera, IR Filter

Mars, C8 SCT, f/10, 2x Barlow, Atik 1c,2x Drizzle
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Left and Right - Saturn, C8 SCT, f/10, 2x Barlow, Atik 1c.
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Left and Right - Jupiter, C8 SCT f/10, Atik 1c
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Sun with Minolta 35mm SLR, 200mm f/6 Newtonian, EP Projection 35mm EP, 100 ISO Print Film, 400 ISO Fuji Sensia, Solar Filter
Left - Baader Filter, Right - Thousand Oaks Filter
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Left-Tarantula Nebula, Canon Digital 450D Modded,4x2min,2x3min, 2x5min,2x10min Exposures, C8 SCT f/6.3, Prime Focus, Guided
Right-Tarantula Nebula in Ha, Canon Digital 450D Modded,3x3min Exposures, C8 SCT f/6.3, Prime Focus, Guided
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Left -M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, Canon Digital 300D,15x5min Exposures, C8 SCT f/10, Prime Focus, Guided
Right-Trifid Nebula, Canon 300D,10x5min Exposures, C8 SCT f/10, Prime Focus, Guided
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Centaurus A, Canon 40D, 10x5min Exposures, C8 SCT f/6.3, Prime Focus, Guided
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Left - Eta Carinae Nebula Canon 40D SLR, 6x5min Exposure, Blended, SWED80 Pro f/7.5, Guided.
Right - Carinae Nebulosity, Canon 300D, 1x5min Exposure, C8 SCT f/6.3, Prime Focus, Guided
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Left - Swan Nebula, Canon 300D, C8 SCT, f/10, 11x7min Exposures, Guided
Right - Swan Nebulosity, Canon 40D, 300s Exposures, SWED80 f/7.5, Guided
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Lagoon Nebula, Canon 40D, 300s Exposure, SWED80 Pro f/7.5, Guided
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Left - Christmas Tree Cluster and Cone Nebula, Canon 40D,20x10min Exposures, SWED80 f/7.5, Guided
Right - Seagull Nebula, Canon 40D,10x10min Exposures, SWED80 f/7.5, Guided
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Left-Omega Centauri Globular Cluster, Canon Digital 300D,1min Exposure, Meade 150mm LXD75 f/5 Newtonian, x2 Barlow, Unguided
Right-Omega Centauri, Canon 300D,5x2min Exposures, C8 SCT f/6.3, Prime Focus, Guided

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Left-Orion Nebula, Canon 40D, 5x5min, 2x20s Exposures Blended, SWED80 f/7.5, Guided
Right-Orion Nebula, As Above with Diffraction Spikes Added
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Left-HorseHead Nebula, Canon 40D Modded, 9x10min, SWED80 Pro, Guided
Right-Horsehead Nebula As Above with Diffraction Spikes Added
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Left-Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae Widefield, Canon 40D, 300s Exposure, SWED80 Pro f/7.5, Guided
Right-Rosette Nebula, Canon 40D Modded, 7x10min, SWED80 Pro, Guided
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Ghost of Jupiter, 10x2min, Canon 40D Modded, C8 SCT f/6.3, 100% Crop
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Moon Images, Quickcam 4000, 200mm f/6 Newtonian, EP Projection 35mm EP, Unprocessed, Oriented N-S
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Tycho Crater	Copernicus Crater	Kepler Crater	Mare Crisium
Shroter Vallis, Sinius Iridium, Mare Imbrium	Plato Crater, Mare Imbrium	Mare Serenitatis	Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis
Mare Humorum	Schickard Structure	Mare Fecunditatis	Lunar Appenines