ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Andy's (Le Magicien) Astronomy Page</TITLE> <META content="Astronomy, Astronomýÿ Photography, Fotografýÿ Astrophotography, Astrofotografýÿ Comets, Cometas, Telescopes, Telescopios, Moon, Luna, mercury transit, sunspots" name=Keywords> <META content="Andy's (Le Magicien) Astronomy Page. Some Examples of Astrophotography" name=Description> <META content="Le Magicien (Andy)" name=Author> <META http-equiv=Page-Enter content=RevealTrans(Duration=4,Transition=12)> <STYLE type=text/css>.som { LEFT: 650px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 10px } .frbl01 { LEFT: 20px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 30px } .frbl02 { LEFT: 400px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 850px } </STYLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY text=#00ffff vLink=#551a8b aLink=#ff0000 link=#ffff00 bgColor=#000000 background="stars01.gif"> <H1><FONT color=yellow>Andy's<BR>(Le Magicien)<BR>Astronomy Page</FONT></H1> <DIV class=frbl01><IMG height=65 src="estrfugaz.gif" width=430 align=left></DIV> <DIV class=som><embed src="7sec.mid" repeat=true autostart="true" hidden="true"></embed></DIV> <DIV class=frbl02><IMG height=100 src="estrfugaz.gif" width=300 align=left></DIV><BR> <P align=center> <font face=arial style=font-size:15pt ><b> Realtime Moon Phases</b></font><br> <CENTER><FONT color=red size=+1> The moon as seen from the <b>northern hemisphere</b>, celestial north is upwards.<br>Southern hemisphere please rotate 180, celestial south should be upwards.</FONT><br> <APPLET CODE="LunarPhases.class" CODEBASE="http://www.nightskyobserver.com/LunarPhases/" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="160" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE"></APPLET> </APPLET></CENTER><P></P><BR><br> <CENTER> <CENTER><FONT color=red size=+1> The moon as seen from the <b>southern hemisphere</b>, celestial south is upwards.<br></FONT> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="223"><tr><td><div style="width:223px"><div style="padding:2px;background-color:#000000;border: 1px solid #FF3333"><div style="padding:16px;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;border: 1px solid #AFB2D8" align="center"><div style="padding-bottom:7px;color:#FFFF33;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.3em;">CURRENT MOON</div><embed allowScriptAccess="never" 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width=600 height=80 VIEWASTEXT id=Applet1><PARAM NAME="TZ" VALUE="PDT"></applet></td></tr> <tr><td><center> </td></tr></table><P></P><br> <P align=justify><B>This is my Astronomy page, here you'll see some of the pictures I've taken from the very start when I was a kid...</P> <HR align=left width="100%" color=white SIZE=3> <P align=justify><FONT color=red size=+1>THE SUN</FONT><A href="sun.html"><FONT color=yellow>click here</FONT></A> </p><br><br> <HR align=left width="100%" color=white SIZE=3> <P align=justify><FONT color=red size=+1>THE MOON</FONT><A href="moon.html"><FONT color=yellow>click here</FONT></A> </p><br><br> <HR align=left width="100%" color=white SIZE=3> <P align=justify><FONT color=red size=+1>ECLIPSES</FONT><A href="moon.html"><FONT color=yellow>click here</FONT></A> </p><br><br> <HR align=left width="100%" color=white SIZE=3> <P align=justify><FONT color=red size=+1>MERCURY TRANSIT</FONT><A href="mercury.html"><FONT color=yellow>click here</FONT></A> </p><br><br> <HR align=left width="100%" color=white SIZE=3> <P align=justify><FONT color=red size=+1>MARS</FONT><A href="mars.html"><FONT color=yellow>click here</FONT></A> </p><br><br> <HR align=left width="100%" color=white SIZE=3> <P align=justify><FONT color=red size=+1>JUPITER</FONT><A href="jupiter.html"><FONT color=yellow>click here</FONT></A> </p><br><br> <HR align=left width="100%" color=white SIZE=3> <P align=justify><FONT color=red size=+1>SATURN</FONT><A href="saturn.html"><FONT color=yellow>click here</FONT></A> </p><br><br> <HR align=left width="100%" color=white SIZE=3> <P align=justify><FONT color=red size=+1>COMETS</FONT><A href="comets.html"><FONT color=yellow>click here</FONT></A> </p><br><br> <HR align=left width="100%" color=white SIZE=3> <P align=justify><FONT color=red size=+1>FLARES</FONT><A href="flares.html"><FONT color=yellow>click here</FONT></A> </p><br><br> <HR align=left width="100%" color=white SIZE=3> <P align=justify><FONT color=red size=+1>International Space Station Transits</FONT><A href="iss.html"><FONT color=yellow>click here</FONT></A> </p><br><br> <HR align=left width="100%" color=white SIZE=3> <BR><FONT color=red size=+1>MOVIES</FONT> <P align=justify>Right now I don't have the capability to transfer the vhs movies I've recorded to my computer, but the general arrangement is quite simple: put your video camera on a tripod, align the camera with your telescope, focus both and: voil`Depending on which power you're using the image will move slowly or faster, but it will be very interesting to watch on your TV! Also you may buy an astronomic <FONT color=yellow><I>CCD imager</I></FONT> or if you like to tinker around (like me), buy a <FONT color=yellow><I>QuickCam</I></FONT> and modify it. </P><BR><FONT color=red>LINKS to <FONT color=yellow><I>QUICKCAM</I></FONT><FONT color=red> for ASTRONOMICAL USES:</FONT><BR> <UL><FONT color=yellow> <LI><A href="http://www.geocities.com/cwillemoes/index.html" target=_top>Astrofotografýÿcon CCD QuickCam VC</A> <LI><A href="http://www.geology.ewu.edu/jpb/lho/lhotech.htm" target=_top>Disassemble Techniques-Lance Hill Observatory</A> <LI><A href="http://perso.club-internet.fr/uranos/disassemble_quickcam.htm" target=_top>How to disassemble a b&amp;w Quickcam by Hanno MË/A> <LI><A href="http://www.ncare.co.uk/qc/webcam.htm" target=_top>WebCam DisAssembly</A> <LI><A href="http://www.geology.ewu.edu/jpb/lho/links.htm" target=_top>Other QuickCam links</A></LI> </FONT></UL></B> <BR><BR><HR align=left width="100%" color=white SIZE=3><br><br> <b>NEW!!!</b> <P align=justify>Astronomic Programs, in Spanish, <A href="astroprog.html"><FONT color=yellow>click here</FONT></A> </p><br><br> <center><B><FONT color=yellow>Last Update:<BR>May 2011</B></FONT><BR><BR><IMG height=100 src="moonphase01.gif" width=100 border=0></CENTER><BR><BR><BR> <MARQUEE DIRECTION="right" ALIGN="right" LOOP=-1 WIDTH=650 HEIGHT=40> <A HREF="mailto:lemagicien@email.com" TITLE="comments, remarks, suggestions ?"><b>lemagicien@email.com</b></A></MARQUEE> <MARQUEE DIRECTION="right" ALIGN="right" LOOP=-1 WIDTH=650 HEIGHT=40><A HREF="mailto:aedlplaza@gmail.com" TITLE="comments, remarks, suggestions ?"><b>aedlplaza@gmail.com</b></A></MARQUEE> <CENTER><FONT size=3><A onmouseover="parent.self.status='Click to return'; return true" title="previous page" href="javascript:history.go(-1)" target=_self><IMG height=48 src="back-b.gif" width=50 border=0></A></FONT></CENTER></FONT> </BODY> <center><script type="text/javascript"> var sc_project=4715727; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=56; var sc_click_stat=1; var sc_security="81275d17"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" rc="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script> <center>Hosting by <a href="http://webspace.webring.com/h/ppl" target=_top>WebRing</a>.</center> </html> </HTML>