Irish stargazer
04-01-2013, 12:10 AM
After almost a year I have decided to do some planetary imaging again. Compared to my previous attempts I have made some additional improvements to my equipment.
1. William Optics Crayford focuser
2. 2.5X Powermate
3. Howie Glatter Parallizer (I cannot stress how useful this device is-no flexure when you add the powermate to the image train so your image is still centered when you remove the camera or centering eyepiece)
4. "Bushman" 40% DEET extra strength mozzie repellant (lifesaver)
This shot is from 1500 frames stacking the best 700. The seeing wasn't great and Jupiter is pretty low in the sky so I didnt expect much.
C11 at F25. DBK colour camera at 30fps
1. William Optics Crayford focuser
2. 2.5X Powermate
3. Howie Glatter Parallizer (I cannot stress how useful this device is-no flexure when you add the powermate to the image train so your image is still centered when you remove the camera or centering eyepiece)
4. "Bushman" 40% DEET extra strength mozzie repellant (lifesaver)
This shot is from 1500 frames stacking the best 700. The seeing wasn't great and Jupiter is pretty low in the sky so I didnt expect much.
C11 at F25. DBK colour camera at 30fps