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2nd attempt at Jupiter
I took a Jupter shot a few months ago at prime focus with the scope, but couldn't really get any details in the atmosphere. Took the scope out tonight, the battery died on me within 10 minutes (odd, since I fully charged it last week, and haven't used it since then). I was a bit upset to say the least...so, I had a crack at the moon manually, managed to get a few shots, but nothing grand (will post later on tomorrow evening when I've processed them). After the moon, I gave Jupiter a shot - and this is the result. Using a eyepiece projection tube (looks like a barlow, and the eyepiece sits in the tube itself and gets locked down with a thumbscrew), which connects to a t piece that connects to the camera. GSO 15mm plossl used to get this image, and this is a 200% crop. I had a hard enough time getting this shot, I'm scared of using the 4mm lol! Lots of fringing, I'm not sure if this is a result of collimation issues (which is what I suspect), or possibly a slight mis alignment with the eyepiece holder perhaps? Or simply, poor optics in the Equinox unit.
Still, I can see the 2 main equatorial bands, so I'm pretty chuffed...
Dave
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