I repurposed my old dash camera (Polaroid N302) as a planetary camera.
The lens was removed and replaced with a webcam-to-telescope adapter and then mounted on to a 4 in diameter, 900 mm focal length Sky-Watcher 100ED telescope on a tracking mount.
A 2X Barlow was used to further magnify the image (this video shows 1800 mm effective focal length). Jupiter’s could bands are visible in this video (1080P).
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Venus showing a crescent phase, imaged using a Sky-Watcher 4 in f/9 refractor with 2x Barlow and a Canon 1100D in video mode (700 individual image frames stacked using SIRIL).
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We’ve observed the March 2019 super moon using a 4-inch f/9 telescope.
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Image of the Milky Way during a trip to Bolinao, Pangasinan in March 2018.
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Total Lunar Eclipse taken with a 4-inch f/9 refractor and a DSLR camera on January 31, 2018 at the PAGASA Observatory in UP Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
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Saturn imaged on May 8, 2016 through eyepiece projection with a 4-in f/9 refractor, a UV-IR filter, a 5 mm eyepiece, and a Logitech Pro 4000 web camera. The gap between the rings of Saturn (Cassini Division), is visible in this photo.
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Mars taken on May 5, 2016 through eyepiece projection with a 4-in f/9 refractor, a UV-IR filter, a 5 mm eyepiece, and an SPC900NC/00 web camera. The polar ice cap, the dark and the bright areas, and the clouds on Mars are visible in the photo.
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Active region (AR) 2529 sunspot group on April 16, 2016, taken using a Sky-Watcher 4-in f/9 refractor fitted with a Baader Neutral Density (ND) 5.0 solar filter.
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Jupiter taken on February 2, 2014, through eyepiece projection method with a 4-in f/9 refractor, a 5 mm eyepiece, a UV-IR filter, and a Philips SPC900NC/00 web camera. Jupiter’s cloud bands and the Great Red Spot are visible in this photo.
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