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New Jupiter pictures – July 2009
Posted by jmeriaux in Astrophotography, Planets on July 18, 2009
Jupiter picture taken with my Maksutov-Cassegrain. Camera: Orion Solar System Imager III. No filter.
Pictures are at focal plane – f/15.
7/18/2009 – 45 frames – 4.12am PDT
This picture was shot with my previous camera – check my new planetary photography set up and picture of Mars here and my best planetary shots.
Jupiter with Maksutov-Cassegrain 180mm – June 2009
First pictures of Jupiter taken with my new Orion Makstukov-Cassegrain 180mm (7″) – at focal plane (F/15) – on 6/28/2009 – San Bruno, California.
(Note: this were my first planetary shots – I have much better high resolution planetary images here – most are done with the 180mm Mak Cassegrain)
This one was taken at 5:43 AM PDT.
Orion Solar System Imager III – stack of 157 images – processed with Registax 5
Seeing: Mild / Moderate turbulence – can be seen at 150x.
Here are four images taken in a one hour interval – showing Jupiter’s rotation.
The last image was taken almost in full daylight.
Solar System: Saturn in March/April 2009
I took this picture of Saturn on 3/30/2009 with my Celestron CST 9″1/4 OTA. The rings are at about 3 degrees of inclination. This picture is a stack of 45 frames processed with Registax V5. Turbulence was noticeable at 150x. The scope was roughly collimated using “Bob’s knobs”.
I took this picture of Saturn on 4/4/2009 with the same configuration. This picture is a stack of 90 frames processed with Registax V5. Turbulence was noticeable at 150x. The cassini’s division can be guessed – even though it does not appear clearly. The scope was roughly collimated using “Bob’s knobs”.
Astrophotography in Urban Environment 