My Decade of Progress (psoup487)

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My Decade of Progress

My progress in photographing Mars/Jupiter/Saturn over the past decade while using the same 3.5'' Questar telescope. Here is some more info:

Telescope: Questar 3.5'' Maksutov Cassegrain with a focal length of 1300mm. I added some extension tubes which increased the focal length to about 1600mm at f/18. My images have improved as I began to use RegiStax and as I've upgraded my photographic equipment. All the photos were taken in my backyard in suburban Los Angeles.

Mars

-2003: First ever try at astrophotography. Used a regular film camera and had no idea what I was doing. -2010: Single still photograph using Olympus E620

-2012: Stack of ~1000 frames from a short video using a webcam taped to the eyepiece

-2014: Stack of a few thousand frames of video from a WescoMetrics 319U 1/2'' 3mp color CMOS sensor that I borrowed from a lab microscope. Sensor was attached afocally to the axial port. The small sensor gave me quite the crop factor and really aided with badly needed magnification!

Jupiter

-2005: Single still frame taken with Olympus E1 DSLR -2010: Stack of frames from a handheld point & shoot video taken through the eyepiece

-2011: Stack of video taken with Canon 5Dmk2 attached afocally through axial port of scope. Couldn't get desired magnification that I needed.

-2014: Stack of frames from video taken with the WescoMetrics CMOS sensor attached afocally with extension tubes.

Saturn

-2008: single frame with Olympus E1 DSLR -2011: stack of frames from handheld point & shoot through eyepiece

-2012: stack of frames from handheld point & shoot with HD video!

-2014: stack from video taken with WescoMetrics CMOS sensor. The images were captured when Saturn was very low on the horizon.

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Distribution of astrophotographers

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	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

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