Jupiter 26th March Europa Shadow Transit DSLR

[PeterCPC]

It was murky again here last night and I wanted to have a go at the above but it would look horrible with the AS224 due to seeing so I decided to go more widefield and did an image using my Canon 550d and a 5X powermate using the C9.25.

It's certainly not the best but you can see the shadow of Europa on the disc of Jupiter. I had to get this early in the evening as the clouds were rolling in once more. I am still hoping for some decent seeing soon so that I can use my ASI224MC. I have tried a couple of times but the poor seeing has spoilt them.

Peter

 

Edited March 26, 2016 by PeterCPC

[Knighty2112]

Pretty much what I was seeing here too last night, although the seeing was slightly worse. Only managed to see Europas shadow for about a 15 min period (on and off do to seeing) before the high altitude muck rolled over to spoil the views. 

[Pete Presland]

Decent end result despite the conditions. I thought the atmospheric conditions were reasonable, but the hazy high cloud meant I had to push settings a little high for comfort.

[Grotemobile]

Terrible here on the south coast. At least U had a bit of luck Peter ,

& got something, which is more than most of us did.

Steve.

 

[Tyson M]

That's why I bought the Baader IR pass filter. Longer wavelengths, less prone to atmospheric turbulence. Also, my closest area to set up just happens to over look directly over houses. 

 

Nice shadow transit! Cracking DSLR shot!

[PeterCPC]

Thanks all. I am just hoping for some better seeing soon.

Peter

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice capture of the transit!

[laudropb]

Nice transit image.