Probably the most unscientific image possible

[Tube Screamer]

Hi guys,

I had my first chance to take a look through my new telescope tonight, and managed to view Jupiter and see it's four moons really clearly.

I decided to try and capture what I saw to show you guys, and so I simply stuck my compact camera to the eyepiece and snapped a shot.  To my surprise, I actually managed to capture two of its moons along with the planet.

So anyway, here is the shot:

Thanks for looking

[todd8137]

Wow we every nice looks great to me and well done on getting a image of one of are greatest planets ,I think it's great what's not to like about this image bands ,and some nice detail stand tall it's a keeper thanks for sharing

Pat

[baggywrinkle]

Very nicely done Sah! Amazing what can be done with a compact...and with no bracket!

[Luke]

That's a sweet shot, it's come out very nicely. What scope did you use?

[Tube Screamer]

Thanks for the replies guys

That's a sweet shot, it's come out very nicely. What scope did you use?

It was a Skywatcher 250px Classic Dob.  It was the first time I had tried it, and I was using the kit eyepiece which came with the scope.  I was quite surprised to get any sort of picture at all really, especially one containing any detail.

Thanks

[Pete Presland]

Thats come out brilliantly well done

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[Wyvern]

Super shot.

Just shows what you can achieve when you keep it simple.

Excellent,well done.

Les

[theclearskiesofthemoon]

How is this unscientific?

Great shot though. I always use my compact camera or phone(stabilised by a rubber band) to take pictures or film through my telescope. No use buying expensive equipment when cheap thinking can do it just as well.

[Tube Screamer]

How is this unscientific? Great shot though. I always use my compact camera or phone(stabilised by a rubber band) to take pictures or film through my telescope. No use buying expensive equipment when cheap thinking can do it just as well.

I was using the term "unscientific" in the sense that no specialist equipment (other than the telescope) was used in the capture of the image.  Perhaps the title should have read "Probably the most unscientifically captured image possible"? 

[Astro Imp]

Well done, you never know what you can achieve unless you try.