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Old 16-09-2019, 10:01 PM
foc (Ross)
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Hi! Good to see a new person posting some images. Most of us start our planet image collection with a snap shot next to an eyepiece or taken through the scope in rime position.

Apologies if you know all this,
You do not have to wait until the planets are directly overhead, but do try and image them when they are 30 degrees or higher above the horizon to avoid color effects caused by atmosphere (wont help much if they derive from your optics).

With Jupiter which is a bit hard to focus on if you can catch the Great red spot (GRS) when it can be seen (in transit), that will help focus, otherwise you can use a moon if you cannot see surface features well. With a small scope you can capture for 3 minutes or so for Jupiter and longer for Saturn if you can track well enough to keep the planet in view. That give s you time to collect more images to stack.

In case you need this info: This is one site that will give you information on how high Jupiter (or Saturn etc) is at a particular time and when the GRS of Jupiter is visible and what the moons are doing
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https://www.calsky.com/cs.cgi?cha=7&sec=6&sub=1

I do not use DSLR for my pics these days but Cloudynights websites has some useful postings on getting into DSLR planetary photography but they take some ferreting out among all the planetary camera postings.

These three examples may be of interest


https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/6...upiter-saturn/

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/6...netary-images/

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/6...-sct-test-two/

I believe, at least until recently, Canon has had the best camera high quality video options for this approach but you can still improve with what ever tool you have.

Cheers
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