Io Transit of Jupiter through a Fieldscope

The seeing conditions were not great and it is just a snapshot but here
it is. The shadow of the moon is just SW of center:

http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/d80/DSCN6088w.jpg


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On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:04:32 -0400, M-M wrote:

The seeing conditions were not great and it is just a snapshot but here
it is. The shadow of the moon is just SW of center:

http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/d80/DSCN6088w.jpg

Interesting, what set-up did you use to get the picture?

In article ,
Irwell wrote:

On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:04:32 -0400, M-M wrote:

The seeing conditions were not great and it is just a snapshot but here
it is. The shadow of the moon is just SW of center:

http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/d80/DSCN6088w.jpg

Interesting, what set-up did you use to get the picture?


Nikon Fieldscope 82 spotting scope
Coolpix 4500
Velcro

http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/camera/DSC_0897.jpg

More info he

http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/camera.html#FS

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On 16/09/2010 21:44, M-M wrote:
In ,
wrote:

On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:04:32 -0400, M-M wrote:

The seeing conditions were not great and it is just a snapshot but here
it is. The shadow of the moon is just SW of center:

http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/d80/DSCN6088w.jpg

Interesting, what set-up did you use to get the picture?


Nikon Fieldscope 82 spotting scope
Coolpix 4500
Velcro

http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/camera/DSC_0897.jpg

More info he

http://www.netaxs.com/~mhmyers/camera.html#FS

It's a good result for conventional photography with a small scope. I
get something similar with my setup too.

Here is an example of what the best amateur astrophophotographers are
producing using webcams and lucky imaging (shift and add software). He
does quite a bit of imaging for Patrick Moore's Sky at Night programme.
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Hi all, not posted on usenet for a long time! Here's a shot of Jupiter
I took with my C-14 on the night of September 3/4 2010. This
particular shot was taken just as the planet's giant moon Ganymede was
exiting from Jupiter's disk.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/jupiter...9-45_RGB15.jpg

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Best regards,

Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
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That image is better than professional ground based images from a
decade ago. One side effect of so many people video imaging Jupiter at
high resolution these days is that many more things hitting into Jupiter
with a flash and a bang are being seen. And most times there are at
least two independent records providing confirmation of a strike!

Regards,
Martin Brown