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p3nn
10-10-2009, 06:52 PM
Hi Guys

My first successful attempt at Jupiter on a budget. I'm guessing the dark dot is a moon in transit which may or may not be the dot seen above the image near the equator tho I suspect it's another moon
Lumen Miner
10-10-2009, 07:31 PM
Great shot!!!
Congrats on your first pictures!!

Keep them coming! :)
Rhino1980
10-10-2009, 07:46 PM
Wow, that's quite impressive. Goes to show your don't need the biggest and the best. :thumbsup:
DavidU
10-10-2009, 07:59 PM
Thats impressive ! for a small scope
Lester
10-10-2009, 08:13 PM
Nice detailed image there James, all the best for more.
p3nn
10-10-2009, 09:10 PM
Thx guys. Don't see many pics from small scopes so was curious as to what kind of detail I could get. A 2x barlow should arrive in the next few weeks so I may try stacking it with the 3x and see what that gives me. And maybe a 2nd 3x later? Hope that pic encourages others with small scopes to see how far they can push it
p3nn
10-10-2009, 09:27 PM
Hi Guys

Forgot to mention it's a department store scope. Made that mistake for my first scope but learnt to collimate it after a couple of botched tries. I did try something a lil different a short while ago, i.e. imaging Rigel Kent without the barlow. Will try with barlow tomorrow when it's still high enuf
p3nn
10-10-2009, 09:42 PM
let's see if this gets the other image up. if it doesn't then i need help getting additional images up
p3nn
10-10-2009, 10:26 PM
guess I shoulda put that last one in the other section
mswhin63
11-10-2009, 02:14 AM
That is a brilliant image, gratz on such detail.
StarGazing
11-10-2009, 10:38 AM
Fantastic shot James ...... Wow you have definetly worked out that small newt... Keep up the good work.
Alex.:thumbsup:
p3nn
12-10-2009, 08:16 AM
Thx guys for the encouragement. I believe I will be able to coax a lil more from my setup shortly. As soon as I get the chance I'll give mars a go as well. Should be a few hrs after I finish work b4 I'll be able to get it in my sights. Assuming the whether will let me :P
telecasterguru
12-10-2009, 12:59 PM
Most impressed James.
iceman
12-10-2009, 01:01 PM
Very nice indeed- lots of detail and nice and sharp.
csb
15-10-2009, 01:08 AM
Wow! Great detail and sharp.
rick01
15-10-2009, 01:47 AM
Amazing what is capable the 76mm telescope of!
p3nn
15-10-2009, 10:26 AM
Interestingly enuf I'm gonna try a slight variation tonight assuming weather and Genius iLook 300 cam both behave. Went to try last night but a wire came off inside the cam it seems. Have resoldered it and made sure it wont do that again LOL. Lets see what a $20 cam is capable of. From memory this one is 3x more sensitive to light at less than a lux assuming I haven't reversed the specs, and caple of 1280x960 video around 10fps. So will be interesting as to what this does to capture quality. Can only try ;)