Johnnyaardvark Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 OK, wrong telescope and camera for the job but the seeing was deteriorating, high altitude clouds rolling in and the wider field more interesting stuff that would have been easier to focus on had dropped below the horizon (or roofs). We had spent a happy evening looking at a few objects visually so had missed my earlier photographic opportunities. It was still a chance to check if I could achieve focus (which appears to be the case without any extension tubes) and try out the loaned ED80 and EQ5. No polar scope and quite rough polar alignment meant I could only achieve short exposures (about 30 or so seconds) but that of course was not a problem for Jupiter itself. This is only a few images edited, size increased and composed to get the brighter Jupiter and fainter moons in so it's a bit rough but a new bit of exploring for me! Jupiter Composite by sja88, on Flickr Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wayne Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Nice, what camera did you use? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 That worked out well Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 nice one Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanthic Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Nice job. Interested to know what camera was used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Nice picture Great start. Dslr of some description. Jd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyaardvark Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Hi Yes a DSLR. Nikon D5000. There is no stacking here only some exposure compensation to bring out the bands/clouds on Jupiters disk. I could probably have brought that out a bit more. It's a composite with longer exposures for the moons. Edited in GIMP2 S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wayne Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Nice one :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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