Jupiter and its Moons 10/7/06

middy · #1 11-07-2006, 08:39 AM

Last night I received my new camera mount that clamps to the eyepiece holder of the scope (thanks Dad

). I couldn't wait to try it out so I took a few quick shots of Jupiter with it.

Focusing seems to be the big issue at the moment. I don't have tracking so it is hard to focus in the time it takes Jupiter to travel through the FOV. That plus the fact that I am trying to focus on a 2" screen on the back of the camera.

5 frames of Jupiter: 1/30 sec, f4.8, ISO 400
1 frame to get the moons: 1/10 sec, f4.8, ISO 400

Stacking done in Registax and overlaying done in Photoshop.

iceman (Mike) · #2 11-07-2006, 08:41 AM

Nice work, very well done!

Lester · #3 11-07-2006, 08:56 AM

Hi Andrew,

Well done, I like the different characteristics of the moons in your image.

[1ponders] (Paul) · #4 11-07-2006, 10:23 AM

Now that's cool Andrew. Fantastic effort for an afocal mosaic.

Robert_T · #5 12-07-2006, 08:07 AM

Nice work Andrew

This even gives a feel for the relative size of the moons, well done