Nothing really new here; no new images since September (and thus no new posts since September). It’s clear tonight but lots of Moon, pretty cold, and I don’t feel well so it’ll be another missed night. That said, I hate to permit the blog to stagnate for so long and decided to post something just to keep it alive. Going forward, I’ll try to come up with something worthwhile to post at least monthly. When the images are flowing, of course, it will be much more active than that. I am not claiming that this is the first such worthwhile post. It’s just an attempt to get things started.
It’s been a blast so far. From the anticipation of waiting for the new gear to arrive to the fun of setting it all up and grabbing the first images to the ongoing enjoyment of fairly steady use ever since, this project has provided plenty of fun for me. With any luck at all, it has also provided information to others.
Watch this space!
Hello John
I hope i dont ask to much but jupiter is on the sky for a while now
You think you can take some photos? with its moons ?
Check this video if you have some time
Thanks and hope you get well
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1351
Hi, Eduard.
Thanks for the kind words. I’m not much of a planetary imager; with the miserable seeing we have here, deep space imaging is more productive. You can see my only Jupiter image from 2014 here: https://www.lx-850.com/?p=361 . It’s pretty sad compared to those acquired by the more skilled planetary imagers!
I have seen before the jupiter image before,and i dont think it looks bad at all.But in that link they say that the shadows of the moons create some nice views,thats why i was curious
I understand that is not easy to capture planets,i think because they move fast beeing so close to the earth,and you cant get them right
I have seen Pluto by Hubble
Looks like a joke to me :))
But i understand that not even hubble can get a clear image of it,being so small and far away
We’ll see what new Horizons brings in a few months
Get well and keep us updated 🙂
Thank you
The apparent motion caused by the movement of the planets themselves is known as “proper motion”. to distinguish it from the apparent motion of all astronomical objects caused by the Earth’s rotation. It doesn’t really affect tracking very much; the motion of Jupiter compared to that of the background stars is slow. Normal sidereal tracking (which compensates for the rotation effect) is plenty close enough to keep Jupiter centered during a capture sequence. Obtaining great Jupiter photos is a combination of skill, aperture, and stable atmosphere. Some amateurs consistently excell at this. One of the very best is Christopher Go. His Jupiter images make mine look silly!
http://jupiter.cstoneind.com/