Attempt at Jupiter alone

[ssracer]

Here are a few from tonight with my 900mm telescope shooting prime. Turned the ISO down to 100 to eliminate noise as much as possible. Shots are at 1/15, 1/20 and 1/25 respectively. No PP work yet, just converted to JPG and cropped. Focus is as good as I could get with my scope...everytime I make a slight adjustment the dang planet would jump out of frame...lol

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2658/3970057537_7984da78d0_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3518/3970829182_e874402bfe_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2661/3970057503_cf5c4ce691_o.jpg

Is there any PP work that I can do to bring out the rings of color more?

I tried throwing my 3x barlow between the camera and scope and got frustrated by it being even harder to keep the thing in frame long enough to focus...lol. I need a better rig.

[Veger]

This kinda makes me feel better because mine looked like a big fuzzy orange ball at 280mm (had to digitally zoom in /couldn't see any lines of course).

[ssracer]

lol...yeah, its kinda frustrating to get this close but just not have the right equipment to get it any sharper. You can just barely make out a few bands if you look at the pics hard enough....lmao

[stewinyvr]

I finally managed to get a shot that wasn't just a blown out highlights....280mm, F7.1 125/1 100 ASA..it might only be about 100px but I like it...time to get some bigger glass I think.396973

[Celestron]

Great job you both . Not blown out , detail visible along with color . Thtas hard to do at first with Jupiter . WTG !

[Adrena1in]

I wonder how much better you could get it with a webcam and stacking several thousand frames.

[Celestron]

Check this out : http://www.davesastro.co.uk/

[VIGER]

Is there any PP work

Play with the << curves >> in PP. You could also use ISO 400 without issues.

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[spit]

MUCH better with a webcam- only problem is jupiter is past opposition and not well placed this year in the north

[Nighthound]

Great work Sean, much, much better than my early attempts with a non-tracking scope. I know how frustrating imaging can be without a means to track. Reframing gets old fast.

A web cam is definitely the way to go with MANY frames stacked but tracking is needed to get the best results.

Here's what can be had using a 10" LX200 and a DSLR in a single exposure. The added focal length is a big help as well as good seeing conditions.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/Nighthd/Astrophotography/juptrans-1.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/Nighthd/Astrophotography/test/jp1.jpg

[ssracer]

Here is one of the above pics after playing with curves, saturation and a little unsharp mask...