24kV/7mA (with deuterium!)
My first deuterium run. Star mode is a -lot- more noticable, and the pressures are higher. There should be fusion going on in this shot, but my detector didn't pick anything up.
19kV/7mA
A shot from the DV camcorder at 19kV, the first I'd ever gotten up that high. The blue glow around the grid seems to have disappeared.
14kV/?mA
Another shot with the Powershot A610. There seems to be a really odd phenomenon around the grid wires; you can see a faint blue glow. Gas ionization, possibly?
10kV/?mA
This is a picture with a proper camera, a Canon PowerShot A610 at 1/6 second exposure, instead of a DV camcorder. The detail of the star mode really comes out.
13kV/12mA
Managed to burn through my transformer after this picture; it'll be the last for a while. It's the hardest I've ever pushed it. Over 150 watts of power into the grid and it's already glowing white-hot? I think this might indicate issues for future high-power runs.
You can notice how the star is a vivid purple, and how the poissor has collapsed to a smaller point.
13kV/10mA
Lower power run than the one above. Grid glows significantly less.
12kV/14mA
I have a sneaking suspicion that my voltage meter was lying to me in this picture. Notice how there's a 1kV difference between this and the above, yet it looks totally different.
8kV/7mA
This is where the grid's the coolest, yet still has a clear and distinct star mode. The poissor's pretty large here, so the number of amps I have recorded here might be a little off; I'd estimate more like 10mA off hand. The grid's just barely glowing red at this point.
8kV/7mA
For this picture, the camera was placed in IR mode, which was touted as "nightvision". It's just a switchable filter.
You can see how the grid glows green, indicating its heat. It almost overshadows the poissor at this point in terms of IR emission.
? kV/? mA
No clue at what level this picture was taken. Probably 7kV and 5mA or so.
4.1 kV/3 mA
One of the first discernable star mode images I was able to get, on the day that I got first light.