The Hubble Space Telescope passes in front of the Planet Jupiter
This morning I managed to catch the HST transit Jupiter. Taken from Nudgee Beach in Brisbane as predicted by CalSky.com and Stellarium.
I didn't actually observe the HST transit when it happened. I was alternating between binoculars and the live view on the camera, so that if it did miss Jupiter, I could see by how far. It was 8 min before sunrise so there was no warning of the HST coming with the naked eye. I recorded 2 min prior and 2 min after the predicted time and by the time I stopped the movie I thought I had missed it entirely. My secondary objective for the morning was to photograph the Moon at 1 day before New but clouds were obscuring.
Dejected, and packing everything up and getting back into the car, I resignedly reviewed the video on the camera and saw, just like you see in the youtube video, the quick flash of the HST. I was delighted and pretty excited, and could freeze the video on the frame where the HST was on the disc. Even now watching the video the sense of anticipation is pretty cool!
Attached is the image, and the equipment I used. I have also reprocessed the image, using more background frames, to lighten the image and bring out Europa and Io, which reflects more what the scene looked like visually.
Just wondering, what's the margin of error as far as your location goes when taking transit shots like these?? Obviously u'd need to be in a certain spot to get the transit, but how much room do you have to play with, do you have to be within say, 100m of a certain spot or a few K's??
Marc I use CalSky and do a search for the next coming weeks of HST and ISS transits of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars, with centrelines occurring within 15-50km of my home in Brisbane. If any are suitable for me to get to and I have the opportunity I will give it a shot.
I have added a pic in the original post of my equipment setup (apart from the 550D with which I took the photo!).
Marc I use CalSky and do a search for the next coming weeks of HST and ISS transits of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars, with centrelines occurring within 15-50km of my home in Brisbane. If any are suitable for me to get to and I have the opportunity I will give it a shot.
I have added a pic in the original post of my equipment setup (apart from the 550D with which I took the photo!).
Tom
I checked your youtube video and all you see is a bright flash on the Jupiter's disc at 7o'clock but it's super fast. What was your frame rate for capture?
