Planets Mercury through Pluto in our Solar System

Mercury and Venus, and Setting Crescent Moon
Mercury is just above center in this photo, Moon lower left, Venus upper right.

Pentax K110D DSLR, 70mm lens, 30 min after sunset, 1/10 second

Venus FILM
Venus when phase was 50%.

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT 1/125 sec.

Venus and Moon FILM
The dark side of Moon is lit by earthglow.

Orion ST-80, Pentax K1000, several seconds.

Venus, Mars, and Saturn (R to L) FILM
Close to perfect equilateral triangle May 5, 2002.

Orion ST-80, Pentax K1000, several seconds.

Venus (bottom center), Moon, and Jupiter on Dec 1 2008
Fast shutter to show Moon craters

Pentax K100D, Tamron 300 mm lens, 1/30 second

Venus (bottom center), Moon, and Jupiter on Dec 1 2008
Slow shutter to show Earthshine, 2 moons of Jupiter

Pentax K100D, Tamron 300 mm lens, 8 seconds

Mars 2001

Meade 2080 8 in at f/20, SBIG ST-7E

Mars 2003

Celestron C114 reflector
Scopetronix 15mm EP, Barlow, Nikon CoolPix 850, 1/4 sec * 9 exp

Mars 9/10/2005

Meade 2080 8 in at f/20,ToUcam

Mars 9/28/2005

Meade 2080 8 in at f/30,ToUcam

Mars 11/8/2005

Meade 2080 8 in at f/30,ToUcam

Mars 10/31/2005

Meade 2080 8 in at f/30,ToUcam

Mars 11/14/2005

Meade 2080 8 in at f/30,ToUcam

Mars 12/25/2007

Meade 2080 8 in at f/30,ToUcam

Jupiter with CCD 2001
I was surprised that the first shots with a `PC Quality' CCD were
better than any film shots I've taken of Jupiter. Shows 4 dark bands.

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT with Connectic ColorCam

Jupiter taken by Eleanor Andújar

Meade 2080 8 in SCT, Barlow, Nikon CoolPIX 950, Scopetronix 26mm EP

Jupiter with 4 moons (brightness adjusted separately) 2000

Meade 2080 8 in, SBIG ST-7E

Jupiter with Shadow of moon IO 2004
Note shadow moves faster then the surface details
The bright spot to the left of the shadow may be the moon IO

Meade 2080 8 in, ToUcam, 56 & 369 Images

Jupiter with Great Red Spot 2004
Note the speed that GRS moves

Meade 2080 8 in, ToUcam, 56 & 369 Images

Jupiter 2005

Meade 2080 8 in, 3x Barlow, ToUcam

Jupiter with Great & Small Red Spot 2006
Small Red Spot is in band below GRS on left side

Meade 2080 8 in, ToUcam, 3x barlow, 1700 images

Jupiter with Great & Small Red Spot 2006
Not so small Red Spot is in band below GRS on left side

Meade 2080 8 in, ToUcam, 3x barlow, 600 images

Jupiter with Shadow of moon IO 2007

Meade 2080 8 in, ToUcam, 280 Images

Jupiter with Shadow of moon IO 2008

Meade 2080 8 in, 3x Barlow, ToUcam, 800 Images

Jupiter with Great & Small Red Spot 2008
The small Red Spot is below GRS on right side

Meade 2080 8 in, 3x Barlow, ToUcam, 400 Images

Jupiter animation with 2 Moon Shadows and GRS 2004
Every five minutes 3/22/04 20:21 - 21:21 EST
Io's Shadow starts left of Europa's shadow, passes, ends up on the right
Moons can be seen passing across surface, emerging on right, ending in space

Meade 2080 8 in, ToUcam, 450 Images * 12 frames

Jupiter animation with Moon Shadow 2007
Every five minutes 5/4/07 1:55 - 3:15 EST
Europa's Shadow passes left to right

Meade 2080 8 in, ToUcam, 3x barlow, 450 Images * 17 frames

Jupiter animation with Two Moon Shadows 2008
Every five minutes 9/7/08 19:20 - 20:47 EST
Callista's Shadow right side, Io left side

Meade 2080 8 in, ToUcam, 3x barlow, 800 Images * 20 frames

Saturn taken by Eleanor Andújar

Meade 2080 8 in SCT, Barlow, Nikon CoolPIX 950
6 images processed by Paul Hyndman

Saturn 2004
The rings are near maximum tilt. Note the tilt goes down each year.

Meade 2080 8 in SCT, Barlow, ToUcam, 1800+ frames

Saturn 2005

Meade 2080 8 in SCT, Barlow, ToUcam, 110 frames

Saturn 2006

Meade 2080 8 in SCT, 3x Barlow, ToUcam, 950 frames

Saturn 2007
Taken less than 24 hours from Opposition.
The Seeliger Effect causes the rings to brighten that day of the year.
My processing of the image makes the planet look darker.

Meade 2080 8 in SCT, 3x Barlow, ToUcam, 480 frames

Uranus
The planet is the big dot, taken on September 4, 2006
The upper moon is Oberon, lower moon is Titania
The MAG 5.7 planet is overexposed to show the MAG 14+ moons

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT, SBIG CCD, 15 sec * 24 exp

Neptune
The moon just below the MAG 7.8 planet should be Triton, MAG 13.4

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT, SBIG CCD
R=1*5, G=1*5, B=1.6*5, L=1 Min * 6 exp

Pluto animation
Images with 43 arcsecond displacement taken August 16 and 17, 2008
Pluto MAG 13.9, nearest star up and right MAG 18.3

Meade 2080 8 in, SBIG ST-7E, 2 min * 20 images each day

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