First picture of Jupiter!

[jayconnor (Jay)]

Bloody was so happy with this photo tonight! first attempt ever! taken with a canon 60d and t-piece on my scope!! and advice for getting a better pic?

[blink138 (Pat)]

bloody decent effort for your first go jay!
i can well understand your enthusiasm, keep it up
for jaw dropping inspiration check out asimov and john hothersal, both amazing planetary imagers here on our iis
pat

[Robert9 (Robert)]

Great starter.
Robert

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

That's as good as I can do!

[doppler (Rick)]

Hi Jay, great first shot. Taking pics of the planets with a dslr is not easy, most use a video type camera system and stack the best frames.
Planets look great in the eyepiece but are very small in a dslr image so the first thing to do, is to use a 2x barlow to double the size. Set your camera to live view or use mirror lock to reduce vibrations, use a remote shutter release and try and keep the iso low. Try different shutter speeds to get the exposure right. All you need then is a clear, still night. You will find that the atmosphere will steady every few moments so take lots of pics and hope for the best.

Here's a snap I took a couple of weeks ago canon 1100d 1/50 sec at iso 100 with 2x barlow (10" f4.8 newt)
Rick

[jayconnor (Jay)]

Originally Posted by doppler

Hi Jay, great first shot. Taking pics of the planets with a dslr is not easy, most use a video type camera system and stack the best frames.
Planets look great in the eyepiece but are very small in a dslr image so the first thing to do, is to use a 2x barlow to double the size. Set your camera to live view or use mirror lock to reduce vibrations, use a remote shutter release and try and keep the iso low. Try different shutter speeds to get the exposure right. All you need then is a clear, still night. You will find that the atmosphere will steady every few moments so take lots of pics and hope for the best.

Here's a snap I took a couple of weeks ago canon 1100d 1/50 sec at iso 100 with 2x barlow (10" f4.8 newt)
Rick

Thanks for the info! Will defiantly give it a go next time! was so exciting acutally relizeing I had taken a photo and been able to notice it haha