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Old 10-04-2007, 09:43 PM
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Old Jupiter Photo

Here's a photo of Jupiter I took last year sometime. I was just starting out. I did it with a Panasonic FZ2, Hugo 125mm Newtonian reflector (.i.e., very wobbly, will have to see about that). I did a crude version of the Nasa layering method in Photoshop, and I managed to pull the image below out of it all.

I must admit that when I first did, I was surprised to get the image I got. I had lots of problems with the adjustments on the digital camera. At first the camera was too sensitive and it was just a bright blob. Then I made a few changes to the iso et cetera., and I got something that resembled Jupiter.

I coupled the camera to the telescope with a makeshift coupling device involving two bits of wood. It kind of worked I think.

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/7493/jupiter33ok.jpg
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Old 10-04-2007, 10:01 PM
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very nice, just like my first one!
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Old 11-04-2007, 06:53 AM
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Great start, that's how we all start!

Get a webcam and watch the results improve!
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Old 11-04-2007, 07:23 PM
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Okay, I might do that. One question. Is there an extension lead that can go from the computer to the web cam to give it a bit of extra length?
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