1. Hunting all the Messier Objects Astrophotography with a $40 Web Cam James Maughan RVAS February 21, 2005

2. 8” Dobsonian from Coulter Optics My Odyssey 8

3. Progress towards 110 Messier Objects

4. Long Exposure Photographs- Camera Only - 16 sec maximum exposure - f/1.8 - 40mm equivalent - manual focus

5. Iridium Flare (16 sec exposure)

6. Northern Lights

7. Modifications for Telescope - modified mount from 4” Newtonian - eyepiece projection - 4 to 8 sec exposure

8. Comet Ikeya-Zhang

9. Epsilon Lyra Double Stars

10. Mercury Transit

11. Jupiter Moons

12. Saturn Occulation

13. Saturn Reappearance

14. Orion Nebula

15. Asteroid 2002NY40 Flyby, 18 Aug 02 - 8 second exposures, - separated by 30 sec

16. Meade 10” LX-50, and Logictech Quickcam 3000 - unmodified, 1/30 sec exposure, direct projection - K3CCD and Registax software

17. Jupiter Processing For Noise Reduction

18. Moon- Straight Wall

19. Mars

20. Saturn

21. Jupiter

22. Modifications for Longer Exposures - modify circuitry to bypass 1/5 sec exposure limit - K3CCD computer control

23. Requires Accurate Polar Alignment - K3CCD to calculate RA and dec drift - Excel program to calculate angular misalignment, correction needed - adjust set screws as needed

24. Periodic Error in LX50 Drive - Limits practical exposure length to appx 30 sec

25. Crab Nebula

26. Pluto

27. Sombrero Galaxy

28. Whirlpool Galaxy

29. Ring Nebula

30. James Maughan www.maughan1.com Thank You!