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Stu Ward
20-10-2011, 11:16 AM
Took these on the evening of the 18th.
I reckon the seeing was 1/10. Jupiter was bouncing all over the place really.

2 methods of capture.
Image with the 2 moons Europa and Ganymede were taken with my Canon 550D in Movie mode
Image of Jupiter alone was taken with a Philips SPC900NC webcam and a 2X Barlow.

Both on a 12" Skywatcher Goto Dob

Looking forward to another go with my new 5X Powermate when the sky settles down a bit

Stu

Saturn%5
20-10-2011, 02:35 PM
Nice work even for bad seeing Stu, was in town today shop there has a 12" dob wife looked at it and said not at that price your not, i said its cheaper on the mainland and she said maybe for christmas :eyepop: will be watching your work to see more results.

cheers

Graeme

Stu Ward
20-10-2011, 02:50 PM
Hey Graeme. Thanks for the comments.
Regarding the 12" dob. There was one the same as mine on the classifieds. Don't think it has sold.

Stu

Quark
20-10-2011, 06:34 PM
A creditable job there Stu, Jupiter has been a frustrating target for much of this apparition.

Cheers
Trevor

Clayton
20-10-2011, 06:48 PM
Not too bad Stu. How do you find the mount for tracking?

Stu Ward
20-10-2011, 07:06 PM
It tracks really well.
Even with the 5X Powermate, you can keep Jupiter around the reticle on WX Astrocapture