Jupiter thru 76mm newtonian, 3x barlow + nexImage cam 9 oct 2009

p3nn (James) · #1 10-10-2009, 06:52 PM

Hi Guys

My first successful attempt at Jupiter on a budget. I'm guessing the dark dot is a moon in transit which may or may not be the dot seen above the image near the equator tho I suspect it's another moon

Lumen Miner (Mitchell) · #2 10-10-2009, 07:31 PM

Great shot!!!
Congrats on your first pictures!!

Keep them coming!

Rhino1980 (Ryan) · #3 10-10-2009, 07:46 PM

Wow, that's quite impressive. Goes to show your don't need the biggest and the best.

DavidU (Dave) · #4 10-10-2009, 07:59 PM

Thats impressive ! for a small scope

Lester · #5 10-10-2009, 08:13 PM

Nice detailed image there James, all the best for more.

p3nn (James) · #6 10-10-2009, 09:10 PM

Thx guys. Don't see many pics from small scopes so was curious as to what kind of detail I could get. A 2x barlow should arrive in the next few weeks so I may try stacking it with the 3x and see what that gives me. And maybe a 2nd 3x later? Hope that pic encourages others with small scopes to see how far they can push it

p3nn (James) · #7 10-10-2009, 09:27 PM

Hi Guys

Forgot to mention it's a department store scope. Made that mistake for my first scope but learnt to collimate it after a couple of botched tries. I did try something a lil different a short while ago, i.e. imaging Rigel Kent without the barlow. Will try with barlow tomorrow when it's still high enuf

p3nn (James) · #8 10-10-2009, 09:42 PM

let's see if this gets the other image up. if it doesn't then i need help getting additional images up

p3nn (James) · #9 10-10-2009, 10:26 PM

guess I shoulda put that last one in the other section

mswhin63 (Malcolm) · #10 11-10-2009, 02:14 AM

That is a brilliant image, gratz on such detail.

StarGazing (Alex) · #11 11-10-2009, 10:38 AM

Fantastic shot James ...... Wow you have definetly worked out that small newt... Keep up the good work.
Alex.

p3nn (James) · #12 12-10-2009, 08:16 AM

Thx guys for the encouragement. I believe I will be able to coax a lil more from my setup shortly. As soon as I get the chance I'll give mars a go as well. Should be a few hrs after I finish work b4 I'll be able to get it in my sights. Assuming the whether will let me

telecasterguru (Frank) · #13 12-10-2009, 12:59 PM

Most impressed James.

iceman (Mike) · #14 12-10-2009, 01:01 PM

Very nice indeed- lots of detail and nice and sharp.

csb (Craig) · #15 15-10-2009, 01:08 AM

Wow! Great detail and sharp.

rick01 (Roman) · #16 15-10-2009, 01:47 AM

Amazing what is capable the 76mm telescope of!

p3nn (James) · #17 15-10-2009, 10:26 AM

Interestingly enuf I'm gonna try a slight variation tonight assuming weather and Genius iLook 300 cam both behave. Went to try last night but a wire came off inside the cam it seems. Have resoldered it and made sure it wont do that again LOL. Lets see what a $20 cam is capable of. From memory this one is 3x more sensitive to light at less than a lux assuming I haven't reversed the specs, and caple of 1280x960 video around 10fps. So will be interesting as to what this does to capture quality. Can only try