Jupiter and its Moons from 12Jun06

2020BC (Bill Christie) · #1 15-06-2006, 10:00 PM

Io on left and Ganymede on the right. This is a stack of 1200 frames from my color video camera at prime focus in the LXD-75 SN-8. Captured Astrovideo and processed in Registax. In addition to being distorted (by heaven knows what) it's too white. Back to the drawing board.

Dennis · #2 16-06-2006, 08:04 AM

You've got to be happy with that! The SN-8 has F4 optics I think, yet you have got an impressive image scale and with real excellent details clearly visible.

Well done on a great capture with such an unusual set up and configuration.

Cheers

Dennis

[1ponders] (Paul) · #3 16-06-2006, 09:12 AM

Any shot that gets the GRS, Red jr, and to moons is a shot to be happy with. I agree with Dennis, a great shot with what you are using Bill.

2020BC (Bill Christie) · #4 16-06-2006, 12:58 PM

Cheers, guys. Very heartening. Given I don't know diddley about precision collimation or about tube/mirror cooling, etc, etc, I think there's a heap I can do on this scope to eke out more detail, however I think if I won lotto I'd buy a second scope - a long fat Newt for planetary imaging.