Jupiter 04/14/04

I shot Jupiter last night under what seemed like less than good conditions. After processing the image, it turned out better than I thought. The satellite to the left is Io.

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Paul Maxson

Paul, that's really an awesome shot. I also have a C9.25 (on the Advanced series EQ mount) that I used to shoot Jupiter last night, I used EP projection (TV 11mm plossl) and captured the images on my Sony digital camcorder (mounted on a tripod). The first is about 10 frames stacked and the second, about 5 frames. Seeing was pretty good (7/10) but transparency was so-so.

Now to the point Obviously your pictures are light-years ahead of mine. What is it that allows you to get such stunning results? Raw talent, better camera, better processing, etc? From a visual standpoint, my scope does seem to have pretty good optics (based on star tests and comparing with other scopes at star parties). Thanks for you help.
Craig

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