OXO Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 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.ThanksJames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OXO Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CELESCOPE Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OXO Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick.G. Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Nice one James.Only go's to show what can be done with small scope's. Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OXO Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 Cheers Mick James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunator Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Jamesgreat pic. The seeing on Jupiter is always going to be tricky given it's low level at the mo. CheersIan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OXO Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 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..ThanksJAMES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark RD Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Very nice Image James, I seem to keep overy exsposing it with the 5 Inch might try something smaller on it. RD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin 2 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Thats a really nice shot James.Hope to get a clear night soon to have a look.M2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OXO Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 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 2James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLO Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Too much going on. :?:Good to see your enjoying the new scope James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OXO Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 Thanks Damo/SteveJamesThe roation perid is about 1.20secs i think Damien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLO Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark RD Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 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 2James 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinB Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Well done with that little scope James! Still haven't seen Jupiter through a scope yet so thats whetted the appetitie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OXO Posted March 31, 2006 Author Share Posted March 31, 2006 Thank you Martin, you will find it amazing mate esp in your scope :venus: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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