A few jupiter images from my 20"

[RAC]

Hi, It's been a long time since the last time I posted anything here. I was mostly into deep sky shots back then but planetary imaging has taken over. I've been making mirrors and scopes over the last two years with a goal of making a good big planetary scope ready for Mars in 2018. That scope may end up being my current 20" f3.8 tracking dob or it could be a 25" or 30" version if get around to it. For now the 20" is doing well.

 

So here's a few shots.

equipment:

20" f3.8 traking dob, ASI224MC camera, ZWO ADC, 5 x powermate.

 

5/2/2017

Derotated Jupiter by Raymond Collecutt, on Flickr

 

3/3/2017

Jupiter 2017-03-03-1337 by Raymond Collecutt, on Flickr

[Ruud]

Wow RAC, these are magnificent!

[Mick J]

Stunning Raymond,  and nice work on Flickr, look forward to seeing more please.

[CraigT82]

Holy cow!  That is what you call big image scale! How do you even get the image on the chip at that local length?!

 

[Stu Wilson]

Beutiful pictures :-)

[laudropb]

Terrific images. Lovely detail and colours.

[Ibbo!]

Cracking images

 

[Pete Presland]

WOW! That is a truly stunning image, fabulous image all over the disc.

[sulaco]

Hi, I followed with interest the building of you scopes via flickr but I wanted to know if or how you track with the 20" Dob?

[johnfosteruk]

Wow indeed. Tremendous images.

[RAC]

On 07/03/2017 at 11:15, sulaco said:

Hi, I followed with interest the building of you scopes via flickr but I wanted to know if or how you track with the 20" Dob?

 

I'm using the Onstep system. It's free apart from the hardware. It's a stepper based system that uses either an Arduino mega 2560 or a Teensy 3.2, the Teensy is way better! The system uses bluetooth and has a good app as well as being able to use it with just about any software that can use the LX200 protocol.

[festoon]

What a stunning couple of images!! Its almost as if you are in orbit!

[astroman001]

Incredible images. Not sure how you get the image scale with the ASI224MC, but the colour, smoothness and detail look amazing.

The seeing must have been special to allow the resolution of the dob to work it's magic.

Peter

[resonator77]

wow, for a second thought it was  a link to Hubble Jupiter set... breath-taking

[Dave Lloyd]

Blimey, and indeed Charley.

[Jarvo]

They're awesome. Would be interesting to see what detail you can glean from the four Galilean satellites. I shall hold my breathe and wait......

Jarvo

[CATLUC]

Hello Raymond

Nothing to say super nice images and processing. A big bravo.

Clear skies.

Luc

[Tangoringo]

Can only echo what has been said above. Great stuff.

[Sierra Golf Mike]

Absolutely stunning images, superb detail.

[orion25]

Wow! Just wow!

Superb images, RAC!

 

Reggie

[Grotemobile]

That is what U call a image of Jupiter .

One of the best ones I have seen.

[andy fearn]

Fantastic images.Being a newbie i can see its going to be a long and difficult path ? 

[A budding astronomer]

Wow, I thought they were Hubble or Keck images for a second!

Fantastic job!

Adam

[astroavani]

WOW!!!  I'm speechless, just superb. I have always said that aperture is all in planetary astrophotography.

[Woolnut]

Awesome! Would LOVE a scope like that...!