Jupiter+moons through 80mmx600mm

Was up late last night (actually early this morning) and noticed Jupiter was shining brightly in my backyard. I decided to break out my scope to see what it could do on Jupiter. Wasn't expecting much but I was surprised to see that I caught a faint hint of the equatorial cloud bands with a single exposure. I took a lot of shots at different settings to try and catch the most detail. I was looking on another site and found this: http://www.astropix.co​m/HTML/BEGINNER/Jupite​r.htm He was using a smaller scope than I was. Pretty impressive for a 70mm scope.

Of course your going to get much better detail when stacking but I think I did OK for a single exposure. This is a two shot composite one to expose for Jupiter and one to show its moons. Hope to try again when the Great Red Spot is visible.

That's incredible! Every time I see these kinds of shots, I want to go stack my 100-400 on 5 teleconverters and aim at the night sky. Unfortunately it doesn't work so well. I've been so tempted to get a scope, but just can't justify the money. Thank you for sharing!

Nice single frame capture!

Single frame? Very good!

Baz.

Fantastic. I love seeing shots like this. One day I'll get myself a scope when I have the money...

Yes very impressive !! Got a question tho . The EXIF on this image shows the Focal Length to be 55mm . Did you shoot with EP Projection and use your 55mm lens ?

Good one! This is something like what I want to get next time I try it. First attempt I posted here was way blown out Jupiter because I was trying to get Neptune in the same shot.

Did you try to get Neptune also? It would probably have fit in your frame.

That's very impressive. Will have to give Jupiter a go next time the scope is out and the planet is available.

Thanks for the comments everyone! Glad you all like it as much as I do.

Celestron wrote in post #8281420
Yes very impressive !! Got a question tho . The EXIF on this image shows the Focal Length to be 55mm . Did you shoot with EP Projection and use your 55mm lens ?

I used my 55-250 lens. Eyepiece projection. Here is a link to another thread which shows the set-up I am currently using. I want to change it, to get rid of the Maxview eyepiece (too much color fringing and bulk), but haven't had the "extra cash" to do so.
https://photography-on-the.net …php?p=7859419#p​ost7859419

troypiggo wrote in post #8283014
Good one! This is something like what I want to get next time I try it. First attempt I posted here was way blown out Jupiter because I was trying to get Neptune in the same shot.

Did you try to get Neptune also? It would probably have fit in your frame.

I didn't try for Neptune. Figured it would be too small, wouldn't look like much. As you said I would have had to overexpose Jupiter a lot to pick up Neptune. Neptune is mag 7.8 brightness, Jupiter is -2.33.

Newtophoto wrote in post #8284424
Thanks for the comments everyone! Glad you all like it as much as I do.


I used my 55-250 lens. Eyepiece projection. Here is a link to another thread which shows the set-up I am currently using. I want to change it, to get rid of the Maxview eyepiece (too much color fringing and bulk), but haven't had the "extra cash" to do so.
https://photography-on-the.net …php?p=7859419#p​ost7859419

I understand . Thats the same reason i haven't bought one yet . I do the EP projection with an extender or T-Adapter as you can see in my equip section on my website .

Newtophoto wrote in post #8284454
I didn't try for Neptune. Figured it would be too small, wouldn't look like much. As you said I would have had to overexpose Jupiter a lot to pick up Neptune. Neptune is mag 7.8 brightness, Jupiter is -2.33.

See my post here. ISO 100, 10s exposure. Jupiter is blown, but you can start to see Neptune and its colour. I plan to have another attempt soon with multiple exposures like your shot. One each for Jup, moons, and Nep.

But Neptune is definitely do-able.

I wish this is how visible planets were to the naked eye. Nice capture.

Being a total novice at astrophotography, before the clouds rolled over it, I caught a single frame with my Canon 40D and a 75-300mm F4-5.6 mounted on my EQ mount Celestron. Not nearly as good as yours, but for comparison. I think Io was trying to hide from me. Greg

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Great shot.........