Journey Through Our Solar System With Small Telescopes, Digital Cameras And A Webcam

[Goalatio]

Sorry.. accidentally did my signature twice in that comment.

[Goalatio]

Love the images of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.. It really shows the blue basalt rock on Mars.

Thanks for posting,

Goalatio

[KaterJames]

i dont know if the details are blue basalt rocks on the mars footage, but definitly there where no sandstorms on mars. Thanks for your comment.

[Goalatio]

Hmm, I thought Mars was blue basalt rock covered with sand? By detail I ment.. at 5:09, you can see what looks like the underlying basalt rock.

[KaterJames]

interesting question. Basalt=Volcanic rock caused by partial melting of the planet's crust. I will find out, but it will take a little bit of time. Maybe someone else can help?

[Goalatio]

Alright, thank you. I've subscribed to your channel. Which telescope are you using? I get similar results with my Celestron Astromaster 114 EQ\1,000 focal length. Havn't been able to go out lately because of the snow storm down here.. Caused me to miss seeing the Wolf Moon the other day. In hopes that t his snow melts soon.

Thanks,

Goalatio

Thanks,

Goalatio

[KaterJames]

I have the same problem here (Germany). Mostly cloudy with snow or blue sky and minus 10 or more below zero. not very healthy. i use a refractor 1000mm focus - aperture 4,5 inch

[ParaglidingManiac]

Is that an Ice Cap on top of Mars?

[KaterJames]

yes, the south-pole

[ParaglidingManiac]

@KaterJames, Was NASA crazy then?:) Searching for water on the Mars. Or am I wrong? Maybe that's not water there on the south pole.

[KaterJames]

its co2

[foozbong]

I do not understand the significance of the cat. However there was some nice footage there... A little strange though...

[KaterJames]

In this video the cat stands for a sharper view

[eameeru]

Felicidades. ¡Un maravilloso montaje de video! El mejor video amateur que he visto en Youtube sobre astrofotografía...

[KaterJames]

Muchas gracias y saludos desde Berlin

[foreilly1958]

Thank you for posting a really tremendous series of video images taken with a relatively small refractor.

I am particularly impressed with the image of Jupiter at the end, 9:29. I am absolutely amazed that such a small telescope shows Ganymede as a round object. I was also impressed by your view of the Great Red spot on Jupiter.

There does not appear to be any chromatic abberation, which is otherwise common in refractors.

Keep up the good work!

Best regards,

Francis J. O'Reilly

[KaterJames]

Thank you for this comment. You will notice a strong chromatic abberation at moon from 2:26 to 2:51 and Mars at 4:15, 4:42, 5:38. The abberation is significant, when there are strong contrasts, especially while watching our moon.

KaterJames

[splodge13]

your welcome. i love this song.

[splodge13]

love the music. who is it please?

[KaterJames]

i mixed this track only for this video, thanks :)

[LBTennis]

Nice

[nutier]

Very nice video ! It's so impressive to find selestial stars in our Solar system .Thank you for sharing .

nutier

[chert95]

Very nice, do you do deep space stuff as well?

[KaterJames]

sorry, my equipment is not suited for this. the aperture of my telescope (4 inch) is too small. you should have at least a 6 inch aperture and a other camera.

[Pingletons]

Was the picture of Jupiter at 7:42 with your 4 inch refractor?

[KaterJames]

yes, with okularprojektion. the image was projected on a 15 mm okular near the focus of the refractor and then "beamed" on the sensorchip of the webcam. it is a processed image of nearly 20 - 30 single images from a video-clip as shown at 7:30. after that it was enlarged and then processed with photoshop.

[skysplitter]

excellent..very cool..thanks...

[KaterJames]

thx for your nice comment!!!