My first Jupiter from 2010/2011 season

[riklaunim]

My first Jupiter images. DMK21, SCT 8". Baader LRGB amateur set + Astronomik Pro Planet 742. I wanted to use Basler Ace but FC wasn't playing nicely and I hadn't much time.

IR-RGB f/10

R-RGB f/10

B-RGB, f/28

Was getting to bright, or slightly out of focus, or just DMK could not handle f/28 (f/20 optimal).

And a 3-frame GIF:

Stacked AVIs were started at:

I: 3:36:00

II: 3:37:20

III: 3:38:33

He spins fast, doesn't he?

[russ]

some good shots of Jupiter to start the season.

[moocher]

Nice!!! Sharp and detailed i like it!!!!!

Alan:D

[neil phillips]

What you didnt get in scale you made up for in sharpness, especially that first shot showing some nice cloud structures.

I occassionaly go low in scale when the seeing just will not support higher power, which as we know is often.

I think the challenge is going to be, getting steady air, and upping the powers to about f20, but when jupiter rises to 38" degrees soon, im hoping i will be able to reach about 10,000 mm FL with some sharpness if weather is kind. But its early days for that. for the time being its just a matter of time that a nice f20 shot becomes possible in the uk, or even higher. Not long now and the funs really going to start. Can i ask how you manage to get cameras for review, or did you buy these. Sorry im just a little confused

One again like those f10s Nice work

[riklaunim]

For testing: I ask the reseller about it, suggested some tests

For Jupiter: I'm planning to get 2x/1.5x Barlow so I can choose more focal ratios.

[AztecastroMcJ]

nice images, colour and detail very gud

have these been resized as they seem very small ?

[riklaunim]

Not resized. 8" SCT at f/10 - the smaller ones, and f/28 the bigger ones. Note that he will grow a lot comming to oposition

[riklaunim]

And moon shot with a filter threaded focal reducer:

From left: Callisto, Europa, Io, Ganymede.

[Clayton]

Was getting to bright, or slightly out of focus, or just DMK could not handle f/28 (f/20 optimal).

Either focus, collimation, or seeing I expect. It is usually no problem to push the f# much higher than you could visually, and the histogram isn't clipped so it's not too bright.

BTW the image is not too bad for one this early in the season:icon_salut:

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice stuff. I will be patient and wait till later this year

I actually took some Jupiter shots at F/30 with my 8" SCT, and got decent results under pretty abysmal seeing conditions (14 deg elevation), so F/28 should not be a problem

[Ant]

Some nice images there mate.

The DMK can handle F28 no problems.... I imaged the moon at F60 which was tough, but F45 was OK, very unforgiving with seeing though.

Ant

[DarkerSky]

Super images. Really nice to see you've captured the faint remnants of one of the SEB's components. It's not totally disappeared yet...or is it on the way back already I wonder??

[kris h]

The top one is really sharp and great detail amazing pic