Jupiter

[OXO]

Well it finally cleared for 2hrs last night and was my first chance to observe and image Jupiter with the small F/5 Celestron Refractor.

Observation wise it was stunning for such a small scope both north and south EQ zones were easyly observed as was fine detail towards the poles, GRS was very prominatnt too. From an imagine perspective Jupiter with the Toucam was extemely small being 80mm and F/5 i was expecting as much. So i managed to push the scope up with 2x 2 barlows stacked this gave a nice image scale for this scope as you can see in the Pic.

Seeing condtions were 4/10 transpancy 6/10 CA in the scope was visable but no were near as bad as i had expected which was good.

Thanks

James

[OXO]

Thanks Caz

Its as good as i could get with the scope last night, i imagine the Meade 10" will be something else :shock: .

James

[CELESCOPE]

a very rare image of Jupiter , well done James nice to see it again , yes would be something else with the meade, .

nice one mate

Rog

[OXO]

Thanks Rog,

I would have no chance at all were i used to live but the oberservable sky here lets me see the southen sky much much better(Were all the good stuff is hehe).

Look forward to imaging it with the Meade :shock:

James :jupiter:

[Mick.G.]

Nice one James.

Only go's to show what can be done with small scope's.

Mick.

[OXO]

Cheers Mick

James

[lunator]

James

great pic.

The seeing on Jupiter is always going to be tricky given it's low level at the mo.

Cheers

Ian

[OXO]

Hi Ian,

Yes Jupiter is rather swamped in the Atomsphere at the moment worth a look though esp watching those Moons dance as they do..

Thanks

JAMES

[mark RD]

Very nice Image James, I seem to keep overy exsposing it with the 5 Inch might try something smaller on it.

RD

[Martin 2]

Thats a really nice shot James.

Hope to get a clear night soon to have a look.

M2

[OXO]

Hi Mark,

It's easyly done with Jupiter esp after Stacking my raw frame images are barely visable but iam using the Toucam(Are you?), another problem with imaging jupiter is you can get a circular band effect surround the outter edges of the planet...

Theres a way to kill that though using the lasso tool in photoshop and selecting the ring effect then adding some Guass blur

Thanks Mark/Martin 2

James

[FLO]

Too much going on.

:?:

Good to see your enjoying the new scope James

[OXO]

Thanks Damo/Steve

James

The roation perid is about 1.20secs i think Damien

[FLO]

Too much going on.

:?:

I mean the movement of the bands in such a short space of time can blur the image.

Blimey, I hadn't realised Jupiter was so active

[mark RD]

Hi Mark,

It's easyly done with Jupiter esp after Stacking my raw frame images are barely visable but iam using the Toucam(Are you?), another problem with imaging jupiter is you can get a circular band effect surround the outter edges of the planet...

Theres a way to kill that though using the lasso tool in photoshop and selecting the ring effect then adding some Guass blur

Thanks Mark/Martin 2

James

Not yet I'm still taking pics with my afocal system but I'm hoping to get the Toucam soon, I have the laptop for the job now and I got my eye on a cam or 2 on ebay,

I'm hoping to have the system up for the S P so you guys can give some advice I hope.

Mark

[Greg]

Well done James...You little tinker you!!

Another superb image...

Jupiter is my target this weekend....Yes folks i'm actually off for the weekend after working for 24 days!!

I'll give it a go and post the results..Hopefully it will be half as good as Mr. Dyson's and anything better than my Saturn pics.

Greg (Assistant Gaffer)

[MartinB]

Well done with that little scope James! Still haven't seen Jupiter through a scope yet so thats whetted the appetitie

[OXO]

Thank you Martin, you will find it amazing mate esp in your scope :venus: