One of my first planetary images, using positive projection, through the Apogee 80 on the Skywatcher NEQ6 mount. Photo is a single in-camera JPEG at 1.0sec ISO 400 and was processed by Adobe Photoshop CS5 to crop and brighness adjust. The planet is overexposed but intended to clearly expose the 4 Galiean moons above (2) and below (2). Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 without Field Flattener or light polution filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC not noted. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider. Eyepiece projection 7.0mm Meade Research Orthoscopic.
One of my first planetary images, using positive projection, through the Apogee 80 on the Skywatcher NEQ6 mount. Photo is a single in-camera JPEG at 1/60sec ISO 400 and was processed by Adobe Photoshop CS5 to crop and brighness adjust. The planet is not focused well and possible movement as mirror lockup was not used, however clear shows the crescent phase of this inner solar system planet. Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 without Field Flattener or light polution filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC not noted. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider. Eyepiece projection 7.0mm Meade Research Orthoscopic.
Single shot 1/4 second, ISO 800 f/6.0 in twilight blue sky. Post processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5. Graininess/noisiness probably from the high ISO setting. Sadly, the separation of the obejcts was just a little wider than this optical assembley could frame.Slight vignetting in the bottom right is from a palm tree that got in the way. Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA T-Adapter, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 400D DSLR, Ambient xxC (not recorded). Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Star Shoot Auto Guider.
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