Anyone shooting Jupiter tonight?

Wondering just how clear it will be. I borrowed a friends 400…will use my 1.4 extender and hope for the best? Wondering how much I will be able to see.

http://www.space.com …ion-sunday-night-sky.html

CatchingUp wrote in post #16579870
Wondering just how clear it will be. I borrowed a friends 400…will use my 1.4 extender and hope for the best? Wondering how much I will be able to see.

http://www.space.com …ion-sunday-night-sky.html

Not sure if you're shooting a crop body or full frame, either way it'll be a very short exposure at that focal length. Good luck and post back what you get.

Yes Jupiter was in opposition on Jan 5th but no big deal, every night you can get that beautiful planet as the brightest spot in this month. If you are hoping to catch something like the title image in your link, well that will not happen. You need a video clip of Jupiter with good optical and post processing skill to get there. Nevertheless there is no way you miss Jupiter with whatever you have at hand. Only don't forget that there is a significant Exposure difference to show Jupiter itself including its rings and if lucky Red spot and then its Moons. You need almost close to our garden variety crescent moon exposure to show Jupiter itself (Relatively very short exposure), then at least 4 or 5 higher stops/ EV to get the moons. So don't try to get both at the same time or try a composite multi exposure in post processing.
Whatever you do, stay warm and have fun.

Heya,

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/mwise1023/11798​630136/

Nuttin special..From last week with 60d 18-200

MVX: Your exposure time is too long.

BJ: Moons and focusing are good but J is over exposed.

I took these a few weeks ago with the 60D + 55-250 (at 250mm).

This was 1 sec, f/8, ISO 6400...

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^^ Love the moons when in balanced configuration.

Frostb1te wrote in post #16597025

Nice, I've never seen the moons arranged like that. Like it.

the jimmy wrote in post #16597499
Nice, I've never seen the moons arranged like that. Like it.

Thank you, I was also impressed by the outcome of the moons, considering this was also the first time I tried shooting Jupiter.

if you want it to fill the frame you need to use a schmidt cass, a C8 at 2,032 mm is good to start with but a C14 or 16 at 5,000 - 7,000 mm will really do the job, especially if you add a good quality barlow.

Here is Jupiter using a Canon Powershot SX230HS handheld through the eyepiece of a 10" Meade LX200GPS. A single frame with no processing. It is pretty much what we saw through the eyepiece.

Here's a few pics, using my 480mm refractor with 4x teleVue (with diagonal in between) ... need to get an extension tube to eliminate the colour abbreviation.

Single image at 1/100th sec:

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Like the result, that is probably better called HDR rather that stack (Though both are close relatives).
Very clever move and surely Digiscoping can be fun and give good result as you show here.