Jupiter & Io time lapse

At 2009-08-27 23h05m UT, I recorded the first frame of Io (a moon of Jupiter) getting close to the Jupiter's limb. This animation is made of 5 frames every minute, that is a 5 minutes time interval here. The equipment employed is a 6-inch F5 newtonian telescope and a Canon EOS 450d in afocal projection. No barlow, but 14mm eyepiece. Used Registax 5 and Paint Shop Pro 9 for post-processing.

Do you like planetary astrophotography?

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Astronomy
• Astrophotography
• August
• 2009
• Canon EOS 450d
• Rebel XTi
• afocal
• telescope
• reflector
• newtonian
• Jupiter
• Io
• Registax
• Paint Shop Pro

[dommen]

What would you recommend? A telescope with a mirror or one with a lens?

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

@dommen Up to 5 inches, lens telescopes are a good option. Over 5 inches and more, a reflector should be taken into account because a large refractor is very expensive and non-portable.

[benthemiester]

How big of a telescope would I need to see URANUS? Will it require more than six inches?

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

@benthemiester With a 6 inch telescope you will see Uranus like a tiny disc. To catch some detail, you would need 300mm or more.

[SOyouTHINKurFUNNY]

how much it cost u for all dat?

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

@SOyouTHINKurFUNNY Not too much. A 6 inches reflector is cheap, around 300 US$. To capture the video, you may use a webcam like Philips TouCam that is under 100 US$. And you need also a computer, but that could be out of the budget.

[benthemiester]

@BloobleBonker "Very interested in the new name"

Urectum.

[benthemiester]

@oxycodonez I cant do that. Your mom tore it to pieces.

[oxycodonez]

@benthemiester

Use the special Cockmeat sandwich telescope that your cousin got you for Xmas

[BloobleBonker]

@benthemiester I seem to have the same dirty mind as mikeyo2006. Very interested in the new name. Can you post it here? The video is great - didn't know a 6" reflector could do so well. I'm going to get one!

[mikeyo2006]

@benthemiester haha! this has to be a joke comment or is it ive got a dirty mind,

[bushranger71]

Great work..very rewarding isn't it!! never tire of seeing Jupiter.

Thanks for the posting.