Jupiter & Saturn

[Forgey]

Had a go at some images of jupiter and saturn. Captured video using a Canon A495 powershot held up to the eyepiece of my 10"dob.
Then extracted the frames and stacked the images using RegiStax.
I know there not great and the colors arnt right but hey its my first attempt.

[ZeroID]

Not bad at all for a first attempt and the method. You have potential and you are on the slippery slope of $$$$ spent. Welcome to the dark(s) side of astronomy. :camera:

[renormalised]

Nice first shots:)

[Poita]

Nice work Paula.. Hand-held?? You have really steady hands.
I love seeing these shots as it gives people more of an idea how planets actually look visually through a telescope. So many people expect hubble-type images when they take their first look!

I have a Celestron Neximage camera that I'm not using for the next month if you'd like to borrow it and have a go.
http://www.celestron.com/c3/product.php?ProdID=354

[Forgey]

Thanks guys, thanks for the offer Peter I might take you up on that :)

[midnight]

Paula,

For a single shot from effectively a "point and shot" type camera, these are relatively good. Saturn is well presented so you certainly seem to know how to capture an image. Why not get yourself a nice 2nd or 3rd hand DSLR or even better a planetary camera (Neximage, DBK, Meade etc)

Well done!!

Darrin...