Observatii din primavara lui 2017/Observations Spring 2017-Part III

The Moon and Jupiter on the Eastern sky on March 30.

 Jupiter,the same evening ,  in the constellation Virgo at end of March,as  recorded by the Coolpix S3300 camera , between Spica and Theta Vir.

On 10 of April I was taking - at least I was trying - afocal pictures with my 90x600mm ''zoth'' RFT refracting telescope.

Here we see the 90mm RFT refractor on my DIY ''Penelopa'' pipe-mount with LV 30mm 2'' ocular.

 Mizar-Alcor-Sidus Ludoviciana in the 90mm RFT refractor.

Arcturus and the star 22 Boo.

Delta Boo and companion.

Dubhe -Alpha UMa and optical companion.

Mu Bootis- Alkalurops as a double star.
At 100x the dim star prove to be a tight double star itself.

The Moon and Jupiter on April 10 through the lens of Coolpix S3300 camera and SVBony ''Moon&Skyglow Filter''.

The Moon and Jupiter through the same camera and a green filter.

Life is not always smooth !

The broken arm of right hand ocular of the Sakura 9x60mm binocular.

But we are still looking confidently to the future !

Poze afocale /afocal pics through Newtonian 125mm telescope @ 35x

On 14 of June I took  some afocal pics using my DIY adaptor.

The used telescope was my workhorse Newtonian of 125mm aperture at f/7.

The power used was 35x obtained with a Sirius 25mm Plossl eyepiece.

The camera was the compact Nikon Coolpix S3300 camera.

16-17 Dra

Albireo Cyg

Alcor-Mizar  UMa,manipulated , zoom 150x

WDS 20060+3547 SHJ 314AF and WDS 20060+3546 SHJ 315AD  Cyg

Epsilon 1-2 Lyrae

Niu Dra

Omicron 1-2 Cyg

OSigma 525 Lyr

Sheliak Beta Lyr

Sigma 2470-Sigma 2474 Lyr

Sigma 2816-Sigma 2819 Cep








Vega Lyr







Zeta Lyr







Cr 399 ''Coathanger'' open star cluster 

Mel 111 open star cluster








Messier 39 open star cluster






Messier 29 open star cluster


Update : here are the ISO settings of some of the pictures above.