Animation of Jupiter and Uranus

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Hi all,

I took another image of Jupiter and Uranus this morning with my tripod-mounted K100D and 300mm telephoto, and combined it with an image from Tuesday to produce this little animation. It shows nicely the movement of these 2 planets against the background stars. If the weather co-operates I'll try and add some more frames over the next few days.

Hope you like it!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Shiraz (Ray)]

thanks for the post Stephen
That is really cool. Hope the weather is kind to you.

[Liz]

Thats great Stephen!! Very interesting to see the movement among the stars.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks Ray and Liz!

It is interesting to see how fast these wanderers wander. I didn't expect to see as much movement for Uranus, but I guess it's 4 times the distance of Jupiter, so should move about a quarter the distance against the background stars (at least with respect to parallax?)

Cheers,
Stephen

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Hi Stephen
I really like your stuff - very different from the pack!

[michaellxv (Michael)]

That looks excellent, lets hope the weather holds up for you.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Originally Posted by Matt Wastell

Hi Stephen
I really like your stuff - very different from the pack!

Thanks Matt! I have a fairly basic setup, so I like seeing what can be achieved with just a dSLR and tripod.

Cheers,
Stephen

Originally Posted by michaellxv

That looks excellent, lets hope the weather holds up for you.

Thanks Michael. I was clouded out this morning, but will try again tomorrow.