Nice work!Wife went out again last night....
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I let her know. ThanksNice work!
:thumbs:I let her know. Thanks
I agree... Jupiter is crazy bright in that one....FireInTheWire, I really like the last one.
Damn man... you caught the red spot again and a moon on the left... That looks pretty dang good!Bumped up the brightness a little because it seems darker on everything but my wife’s computer.
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Damn man... you caught the red spot again and a moon on the left... That looks pretty dang good!
I wonder what your focal length is...? If you could "speed up" your scope, it would be much brighter.
The scope isn’t the issue. It’s fairly fast at F/5. More that my wife has her laptop screen set extremely bright. I was only giving 1/333 second exposure on the frames and the gain settings were fairly low as well.
On her computer it looks great, lol. I’ll make some adjustments before the next attempt.
I am considering a focal reducer so I can frame the moon though. Currently I can only get a small section, less than 20% in frame.
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As you discovered, a rock solid mount is crucial regardless of the scope. And all mounts will vibrate, even the expensive ones, when you touch them.
The larger the aperture (lens or mirror size), the better the image and the more fainter objects you can see.
Power is meaningless for astronomy, as it only dims the view and narrows field of view (FOV), and amplifies atmospheric turbulence. However, you can successfully use higher powers on the Moon and planets on clear, stable nights.
To determine power, divide the focal length of the telescope by the focal length of the eyepiece. For exampl, a 700 mm refractor with a 25 mm eyepiece would be 700/25 = 28 power.
Avoid telescope ads that tout high powers. These are not usable for astronomy.
Holy shit! Those are awesome!Wife's last night work.....
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This isn't too shabby either.Kind of hazy last night but took the DSLR out and got some decent shots of the moon.
Canon T3 in a 2X barlow. Took 8 shots of the moon capturing a different piece with each shot then put them together using Photoshop Elements.
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Lol... dude, we had ours out too last night. About 11pm last night. Almost took a picture of it, but I got it out for the kids to see the moon. It was a pretty night. Kids rode dirt bikes, I hit golf balls and we finished with the teley.Kind of hazy last night but took the DSLR out and got some decent shots of the moon.
Canon T3 in a 2X barlow. Took 8 shots of the moon capturing a different piece with each shot then put them together using Photoshop Elements.
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Lol... dude, we had ours out too last night. About 11pm last night. Almost took a picture of it, but I got it out for the kids to see the moon. It was a pretty night. Kids rode dirt bikes, I hit golf balls and we finished with the teley.
Picture looks good man.