The planets and stars with the
Orion 10" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph
and DBK41 color camera
November 24, 2017
Uploaded 11/24/17


 A
            clear blue sky but with poor seeing didnt stop me today. All
            shots here are around 10 am with the 10 inch stopped to TWO inches
            apergture to get the clearest images.

Venus very near the Sun at nearly 100% illumiated.


Next, I jumped to Jupiter, as the large 31 arc second disk was revealed:


Mars was next, even furthur from the Sun, nearing the meridian:


Spica, was near Mars and made a tempting target:


Finally, Arcturus was north of Spica and on the meridian too:

Processing:
            300/1000 best frames, alignment in Registax, Wavelets in Registax,
            Levels and Contrast Masking In Photoshop CS2,
Instrument:  Orion (GSO) 10" f/3.9 
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200
CCD Camera:  Image Source DBK 41
Filter:  Orion IR block
Exposure:  1/30 sec  12fps
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 3/5, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  35F