I know it's not much, but this was taken with a 7D and 100-400 + 2x converter...
Jupiter with 4 moons...
Jupiter and moons 30 11 2011 by M Smith, on Flickr
Jupiter with 4 moons...
Jupiter and moons 30 11 2011 by M Smith, on Flickr
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DavidWatts
It makes me wanna cry!
Jupiter is fun to spot. It is so dang bright no matter if it is in opposition or not. The moons move around very quickly from our perspective. Just hours later they can be in a different order.
My wife's eyes are such that she claims to be able to have seen a moon or two around Jupiter without binocs or telescopes. Some kind of super power that I can't fathom.
I need my camera and big lenses, though I can see two with 7x binocs on a clear night which we don't get very often near Chicago. Nonetheless, one night in 2020 the conjunction with Saturn happened. The best conjunction night was a bust, but the following night I was able to get the pair. Dec. 22, 2020. Jupiter moons top left to bottom right are Europa, Callisto, Io and Ganymede. Saturn's moons were too dim in this exposure.
Canon 5D3, Canon 400 L + 1.4x TC, 1/15, f/8, iso 2000
My wife's eyes are such that she claims to be able to have seen a moon or two around Jupiter without binocs or telescopes. Some kind of super power that I can't fathom.
I need my camera and big lenses, though I can see two with 7x binocs on a clear night which we don't get very often near Chicago. Nonetheless, one night in 2020 the conjunction with Saturn happened. The best conjunction night was a bust, but the following night I was able to get the pair. Dec. 22, 2020. Jupiter moons top left to bottom right are Europa, Callisto, Io and Ganymede. Saturn's moons were too dim in this exposure.
Canon 5D3, Canon 400 L + 1.4x TC, 1/15, f/8, iso 2000
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Cool pics from the both of you. I love it when Jupiter's moons are visible!
milo
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very cool
This was from a couple nights ago. I haven't imaged for a few years, and had trouble with the camera and software I was using. For planets, I use a modified ToUcam Pro webcam. I flashed the eeprom to shoot raw video. I then have to process it to debayer it. Unfortunately I could not get the raw video to debayer into a color image the night I tried. I used it for years like that and never had a problem. I reflashed it to restore the factory programming, then shot some video. I was able to get a faitly decent image after processing in Registax, but it isn't one of my best.
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Nicely captured. If you reduce the exposure time, you can image some of the bands on Jupiter.Jupiter is fun to spot. It is so dang bright no matter if it is in opposition or not. The moons move around very quickly from our perspective. Just hours later they can be in a different order.
My wife's eyes are such that she claims to be able to have seen a moon or two around Jupiter without binocs or telescopes. Some kind of super power that I can't fathom.
I need my camera and big lenses, though I can see two with 7x binocs on a clear night which we don't get very often near Chicago. Nonetheless, one night in 2020 the conjunction with Saturn happened. The best conjunction night was a bust, but the following night I was able to get the pair. Dec. 22, 2020. Jupiter moons top left to bottom right are Europa, Callisto, Io and Ganymede. Saturn's moons were too dim in this exposure.
Canon 5D3, Canon 400 L + 1.4x TC, 1/15, f/8, iso 2000
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Wow. Looks great to me!
Thanks! I do have some that came out better. Since the webcam is so old, I have to use Windows XP to run it, and I no longer have a Windows machine with XP, so I use a Mac with XP running in a virtual machine. The software I am using to capture is in French as well, which makes things a little challenging since I don't speak French.
Since I hadn't captured with it for a few years, I had to reacquaint myself with the software. It was nice to get outside with the telescope and image though. I am considering trying to use my old Canon 50D to image planets. There is software available to capture the feed from the live dispay, at 5X zoom. I may hook it to the telescope and experiment. I have a T-mount for Canon so I can attach it to the telescope. I don't have a T-mount for my Fuji yet.
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Despite the difficulties you did really well.
Despite the difficulties you did really well.
Interesting. Do you know the name of the software. I’d love to try something like that too. I still have a telescope and a T-mount.
Thank you so much. Here is a page that gives information on recording from live view. It has more than one program listed that allows you to record. I have not yet tried any of these though.
https://www.astropix.com/html/equipment/canon_one_to_one_pixel_resolution.html
