First Jupiter through 114mm Tasco Reflector

[symbiosis]

Got this last night , 10th Jan 2013. Was 10:30 - it had just stopped p**ing it down and it was windy as hell! That combined with being in the center of a town didn't fill me with much hope of getting anything but I was actually pleasantly surprised for a first attempt

Taken through Tasco 302012 scope. 9mm ultra wide EP, Revelation 2.5 x barlow.

Afocal shot using Nikon coolpix S2000

[davo]

Hey that's really impressive. Lots of colour and detail there and the great red spot too.

Also is that a shadow of a moon is see eating into the limb of jupiter at about 7 o'clock?

Great capture

[RedTara]

Wow a great image and certainly better than anything I've taken, Well done

[symbiosis]

Thanks all - from my Jupiter moon app - it appears that i caught an Europa transit

[Cozzy]

symbiosis Very nice shoot, was the camera mounted or hand held? either way it's good photo.

[symbiosis]

symbiosis Very nice shoot, was the camera mounted or hand held? either way it's good photo.

It was mounted using a PH047 Ultra Afocal Digital Camera Support

[Ultrapenguin]

That is a really impressive image for a 114mm scope and being handheld it is even better, well done and lets see some more!

[symbiosis]

That is a really impressive image for a 114mm scope and being handheld it is even better, well done and lets see some more!

Thanks for that - it was actually mounted and its a stacked image rather than a single shot. Full details are on the image page. When (if) we finally get some clear skies, there will be more

[Kokatha man]

Very nice indeed for a little scope Sym - congratulations!

[Rihard]

Got this last night , 10th Jan 2013. Was 10:30 - it had just stopped p**ing it down and it was windy as hell! That combined with being in the center of a town didn't fill me with much hope of getting anything but I was actually pleasantly surprised for a first attempt

Taken through Tasco 302012 scope. 9mm ultra wide EP, Revelation 2.5 x barlow.

Afocal shot using Nikon coolpix S2000

Very nice image of Jupiter indeed. You should caption it as "The revenge of Tasco" as most amateurs would rarely recommend that brand.

Some time ago I used your very same technique but with a Skywatcher 114P and had no luck as it was extremely windy and the gear was all shaky... my latest quick attempt was with my bigger Skywatcher 200P + Nikon dSLR (prime focus) and all I got was a very dim and fuzzy image (single shot) as I was unable to polar align the mount for tracking, and Jupiter would move away from the FOV too fast, before I would be able to adjust the settings of a webcam for proper planetary AP

Again very well done! Keep us posted.

Clear Skies

[symbiosis]

You should caption it as "The revenge of Tasco"

Agreed, I should :-) though to my limited experience, it actually dosnt seem too bad a scope (once I'd got some decent eyepieces and collimated it properly). Even better when you consider I only paid £20 for it

[stem1989]

nice image

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice shot, especially considering the aperture used.