Go outside now!!!

[numbnuts]

I managed to capture Jupiter on Wednesday night. Jupiters Great Red Spot (GRS) is on view, the satallite is Ganymede and the shadow of Ganymede on the planet.

This is 1227 images stacked, taken with a webcam attatched to an 8 inch reflector at prime focus with a 3x barlow.

Very nice, what webcam do you use
couldn't see it last night we had cloud so telescope stayed in the garage

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

This will seem like a very thick question, but what are the 3 moons visible currently?

I take it one is Ganymede, but what are the other 2?

 

[numbnuts]

This will seem like a very thick question, but what are the 3 moons visible currently?

I take it one is Ganymede, but what are the other 2?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Thanks, I saw them all lined up together to the right of Jupiter, so, the order I'd have seen them was, what?

Jupiter, Europa, Io and Ganymede?

 

[on the road]

[QUOTE 2181402, member: 9609"]am I right in thinking to get a picture such as yours that shows detail - you would take a vast amount of images - all of which by themselves would be underexposed, but when you add all the captured light together from all the pictures, you would have enough to create an image ?

Would I be wasting my time fiddling with all the settings on my camera trying to achieve a picture such as yours?[/quote]
It's a webcam, not a normal camera. The webcam takes an AVI using a free capture software and you use a different free software to process and stack the images. If your camera has a movie mode then you can use that.

Very nice, what webcam do you use
couldn't see it last night we had cloud so telescope stayed in the garage

It was a Toucam, but I've heard of people using the cheap Asda cams and getting good results, I've seen the photos from them and they rival the exspensive digital astrocams.

I used SharpCap to record the movies and Registax to process and stack the images, both are free software.

 

[fossyant]

It's a webcam, not a normal camera. The webcam takes an AVI using a free capture software and you use a different free software to process and stack the images. If your camera has a movie mode then you can use that.


It was a Toucam, but I've heard of people using the cheap Asda cams and getting good results, I've seen the photos from them and they rival the exspensive digital astrocams.

I used SharpCap to record the movies and Registax to process and stack the images, both are free software.

Wow !

 

[numbnuts]

I use the logitech Pro 5000 air cooled

 

[Doseone]

@on the road

How do you take account of rotation? Is it done by the telescope or in the software?

Fantastic image by the way. Got any more we can see please?

 

[Doseone]

View attachment 15866 I use the logitech Pro 5000

That is awesome

 

[craigwend]

It was wet, it was icey, it was cold, it was a low sun, it was 10 miles, it was fun

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

It was wet, it was icey, it was cold, it was a low sun, it was 10 miles, it was fun

See this icy bit, is your avatar a picture of when you hit it?

 

[Peteaud]

For anyone in the South West, this is a good place to go.

http://www.normanlockyer.com/

Just outside Sidmouth, opening times on their site.

We went last year and looked at saturn through a massive scope

This one

 

[Trail Child]

Thanks for all the pictures!

I look up on clear nights and I can pick out the visible planets pretty easily, but it's really cool to see how much more detailed people can get.

 

[on the road]

@on the road

How do you take account of rotation? Is it done by the telescope or in the software?

Fantastic image by the way. Got any more we can see please?

Do you mean rotation of the Earth? For that my telescope is on a driven equatoral mount, I have to point the polar axis of the mount as close as possible to the north celestial pole, then I have to do a two star alignment and 4 calibration stars, it takes a long time. The 4 calibration stars arn't necessary but it helps to improve the tracking and the Goto.

 

[on the road]

Micro moon on Wednesday