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It is most amateur astro-photographer's ideal to capture that one moment, to capture even more than the eye can see.  This page concentrates on Solar System astro-images taken by our members: the planets, Sun, Moon, eclipses, meteors, atmospeheric phenomena... (Click on a thumbnail for an expanded view.)

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Sun taken with Pentax 35mm on 1 March 2003. Photo: Dave Gordon

Diamond Ring taken with Pentax 35mm.

Photo: Dave Gordon

 

 

 

 

Jupiter taken with Fuji 1.2 mega pixel Digital Camera on 13 November 2000 at 22h35.

Photo: Dave Gordon

Total Solar eclipse 4 December 2002 taken with Pentax 35mm.

Photo: Dave Gordon

 

 

 

 

Mars taken 20 August 2003 with Fuji 1.2 mega pixel Digital Camera.  Photo: Dave Gordon

Moon taken on 2 June 2003 with Fuji 1.2 mega pixel Digital Camera. Photo: Dave Gordon

 

 

 

 

Mars taken on 22 August at the Observatory with 10" LX200 and Logitech Pro 3000 and 20 images stacked with K3CCDTOOLS. 

Photo Francois Nortje

Collage of Lunar eclipse of 15 May 2003 taken with FujiFilm FinePix 2600 2 mega pixel Digital Camera.

Photo: Francois Nortje

 

 

 

 

       
 

 

 

 

 

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