Planets at the Tuomi Observatory

Venus and Mercury March 31, 2010 0.4 sec ISO 1600, 55mm lens Cropped to half size

Mercury July 27, 2006 Canon A75 camera afocal 1/8 sec ISO 200 200mm F/6 Newtonian 294x

Venus October 30, 2010 6 deg from the sun 10 x 1/4000 sec ISO 200 F/5 300mm Newtonian

Orbit of Venus Dec 7, 2005 - Oct 1, 2006 Canon A75 Camera afocal

Mars November 5, 2005 Canon A75 camera afocal 156 x 1/200 sec ISO 400 200mm F/6 Newtonian 294x More pictures from 2005 Pictures from 2020

Mars/M44 Mars in the beehive May 23, 2008 30 sec ISO 1600 F/5 80mm refractor

Jupiter September 25, 2010 Ganymede's shadow + Great Red Spot 4 x 1/20 sec ISO 800 300mm F/5 Newtonian Jupiter's moons September 5, 2009 1/10 sec ISO 800

May 11, 2006 Ganymede and shadow Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 436 frames stacked 200mm F/6 Newtonian

Saturn March 31, 2006 Canon A75 camera afocal 138 x 1/20 sec ISO 400 200mm F/6 Newtonian 294x

March 27, 2009 11 x 1/200 sec ISO 1600 300mm F/5 Newtonian Saturn's moons 2 sec ISO 1600

Uranus and Jupiter September 26, 2010 Canon SX120 camera 1 sec 300mm F/5 Newtonian

Neptune and Jupiter July 6, 2009 1 sec ISO 1600 300mm F/5 Newtonian

Pluto May 31 - June 2, 2006 Canon A75 camera afocal 15 sec 200mm F/6 Newtonian

Vesta June 6, 2007 20 sec ISO 1600 F/3.6 110mm lens

Photos by Tenho Tuomi, Saskatchewan, Canada