What is the telescope you have? You have very good footage for a 7'' so you must have a good mount yes?
I have ordered a Meade 12'' dobsonian lightbridge and I've been looking at these videos because even though your's is a 7'' I'm thinking that he views I will get will be quite similar. Except of course that mine won't track.
I had very stable seeing for half an hour or more. No wind, no traffic jam, none cooking somewhere. The equatorial mount worked fine (at least, the best sector of the gear). In those conditions, I could get a reasonably good focus (not perfect, to be honest...).
It's a common ortho 9 mm; the webcam's chip was about 55 mm far from the eye end of the eyepiece . Equivalent focal lenght could be obtained after some measures on this video. Perhaps it's about 4000-4500 mm.
A little skill upon a good telescope, used hour after hour, day after day, allows to recognize and follow the four Jupiter's Moons, as they show slightly different appearances (even if they are small bright dots). However, one can get a sure confirmation running the Planetary JPL on-line Simulator or some freeware like Celestia or Stellarium, after having set current observer's location, correct time, date and size of view.
It's more of chance than skill. There could be a chance that earth and another planet are aligned enough that you can see it on your telescope. Even if they were aligned it would still have to be nigh time. So really there is no way to find a planet at will. Just keep searching bro =D
Hi all. Thanks. I use a Toucam Pro. It works better with larger telescopes than mine. I must wait good transparency before good seeing to get usable avi files.
What mag did you get? Looks high :)
fordpwrXR8 1 year ago
What is the telescope you have? You have very good footage for a 7'' so you must have a good mount yes?
I have ordered a Meade 12'' dobsonian lightbridge and I've been looking at these videos because even though your's is a 7'' I'm thinking that he views I will get will be quite similar. Except of course that mine won't track.
m0osey 2 years ago
Thank you for your comment and for viewing my best Jupiter avi file. I've just answered in my "worst" Mars upload.
balzerbarn 2 years ago
How do you get that image on your telescope? I have an 8-inch dobsonian and for some reason I can't get that image:[
atbsfia 2 years ago
I had very stable seeing for half an hour or more. No wind, no traffic jam, none cooking somewhere. The equatorial mount worked fine (at least, the best sector of the gear). In those conditions, I could get a reasonably good focus (not perfect, to be honest...).
balzerbarn 2 years ago
What kind of eye piece did you use,I mean the magnification and focal length?
rkhajaxxx 2 years ago
It's a common ortho 9 mm; the webcam's chip was about 55 mm far from the eye end of the eyepiece . Equivalent focal lenght could be obtained after some measures on this video. Perhaps it's about 4000-4500 mm.
balzerbarn 2 years ago
how can you tell which moon it is?
Germanboy567 2 years ago
A little skill upon a good telescope, used hour after hour, day after day, allows to recognize and follow the four Jupiter's Moons, as they show slightly different appearances (even if they are small bright dots). However, one can get a sure confirmation running the Planetary JPL on-line Simulator or some freeware like Celestia or Stellarium, after having set current observer's location, correct time, date and size of view.
balzerbarn 2 years ago
you can sometimes see its moon in the video.
Germanboy567 2 years ago
Awesome. i really like it to see the shadow transit of galilean moons in the face of the jovian disk
gazzumper100 3 years ago
Thanks for showing this, keep doing a great job. Jupiter is more than 1,450 times the volume of the Earth and may have more than 70 known moons.
R4538L 3 years ago
it looks like the planet is shaking
TheMainTornadoChaser 3 years ago
this may sound weird, but can someone teach me how to spot planets? usually its just stars, but I wanna learn how to capture things like this
Whisprune 3 years ago
here's a simple way to tell the difference
between a planet and a star in the sky:
a star twinkles, a planet doesn't
jfbettasplendens 3 years ago
I understand that, with my telescope, the only planet I can see is Venus. Every other star twinkles.
Whisprune 3 years ago
oh then i dont know
jfbettasplendens 3 years ago
It's more of chance than skill. There could be a chance that earth and another planet are aligned enough that you can see it on your telescope. Even if they were aligned it would still have to be nigh time. So really there is no way to find a planet at will. Just keep searching bro =D
ariadarabi 3 years ago
Cool! What camera do you use?
Webastrophotographer 3 years ago
Hi all. Thanks. I use a Toucam Pro. It works better with larger telescopes than mine. I must wait good transparency before good seeing to get usable avi files.
balzerbarn 3 years ago
this is really awesome. im really into th eplanets, space etc. i wanna buy a telschope but theyre too expensive for me at the moment
robdamiano76 3 years ago