First Planetary AP

[Astro_Dad]

It seems to be customary on here to share first AP attempts - so here we go! I was quite pleased with this shot of Jupiter. I used a 102 Mak on a Starquest EQ mount (with RA motor). Camera was ZWO ASI224. I can see how it might be possible to be bitten by the AP bug!

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[vlaiv]

That is excellent first attempt!

[Astro_Dad]

4 hours ago, vlaiv said:

That is excellent first attempt!

Thanks Vlaiv - I was quite surprised how it turned out to be honest! 

[CraigT82]

Very nice shot, great first attempt. 👍 

[Clarkey]

Great first attempt. Much better than mine (although the day I did it I was waiting for the cloud to clear and the seeing was poor). I would have been very pleased with that result. Using an RC8 which is not ideal for planetary but probably better than a 4" achromat.

[Astro_Dad]

12 hours ago, Clarkey said:

Great first attempt. Much better than mine (although the day I did it I was waiting for the cloud to clear and the seeing was poor). I would have been very pleased with that result. Using an RC8 which is not ideal for planetary but probably better than a 4" achromat.

Lots of detail there though. Assume you using your RC8 for deep sky mainly?

[Clarkey]

Yes. The RC8 gets a lot of use in galaxy season. Great scope for DSO's.

[Astro_Dad]

Struggled more with Saturn - couldn’t easily centre the planet in the sensor and found it hard to keep sharp. It was starting to drift out of good position though with a few clouds hanging about…

[The Lazy Astronomer]

Excellent first Jupiter! Mine was a horrible, noisy, blurry mess - super impressed with it at the time, but frankly am embarrassed by it looking back now. That wouldn't be the case with yours though!

If you've caught the AP bug, kiss goodbye to all of your spare money!!