Page 21 - Astronomy Book 1

To the Right a picture of the Sun imaged
using a special solar telescope which is
tuned to H-alpha wavelength (see
picture above)

Images of the planets in our solar system
were all taken using the Celestron 9.25

connected to a ASI Video Camera and
using a Televue 2.5x Powermate to give
extra magnification. At the very high
magnification used it is very difficult to
centre the planet on the camera chip.

I use a flip mirror in the optical path as an
alignment aid (see picture below)

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