Jupiter first attempt
This is my first attempt at lucky planetary imaging.
Date of image 18/06/2016
Equipment: SW Skymax 150 (f12) with a GSO 2x Barlow lens. The telescope was mounted on an EQ5 pro. Camera: Canon 55D in 640x480 movie crop mode set at 1/60s exposure ISO400, the frame rate was 60fps.
The total movie duration was about 5 minutes (Jupiter then set behind some trees). Stacking the frames was done with RegiStax 6.
Some first comments: The telescope was still cooling down so there was some turbulent air around the scope during imaging. This type of image makes a welcome change to DOS imaging because it can be done during breaks in the cloud and no autoguiding is required. Seeing was OK but could be better.
I really wanted to go for Saturn, Mars and the Moon but they were all well below my neighbors houses so I will consider driving to somewhere with a clearer southern horizon.
More pics to come soon!
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