The Solar system through an amateur telescope

A photographic tour of the solar system, featuring the sun and all the planets except Earth, which I have replaced with the moon.

The images and videos here are all taken with either a 5" Newtonian reflector on equatorial mount with motor drive or 6" Schmidt cassegrain telescope on goto equatorial mount.

If you noticed, the image of jupiter only has one visible equatorial belt - the north equatorial belt. This is because the south equatorial belt has recently vanished and is predicted to return within a few years.

The image of uranus and neptune have exceeded my expectations as they do not appear star-like despite requiring longer exposures to produce the surface colour. However, I did cheat a little on them as they did not appear rounded in the images. I have also managed a shot of the elusive mercury, which I managed to find out of sheer luck one morning.

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• venus
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• mars
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• saturn
• uranus
• neptune
• pluto
• sun
• planets
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[xxCaLixxShAdOw]

@starsoffyre Yo dude i finally got a telescope i have a planetarium Yet I wanted to ask how do you spot planets? do they twinkle like stars are they plain IDK please reply

[starsoffyre]

@xxCaLixxShAdOw

Planets are usually easy to spot given their brightness. They tend to twinkle less, especially the brighter ones. I believe your planetarium software would show you the positions clearly so that you can spot them based on their locations in the constellations.

[starsoffyre]

@ArabAstronomy

haha!

"Now where did I stick my Venus?"

"In Uranus!"

[starsoffyre]

@goofiegoofball

Processed in this case refers to image stacking, which is done using a free software which layers multiple images over one another, and/or adjustment of brightness/contrast. Neptune is viewable in mid-priced scopes in places with low light pollution as a faint point. The images of neptune and pluto in my video have been edited to make them look rounder ;D

[kikflipguy101]

what about Pluto??????



[xxCaLixxShAdOw]

alright i finally made it check it out Vega 360 Telescope

[xxCaLixxShAdOw]

@starsoffyre my webcam is low resolution so forgive me if its low quility

[xxCaLixxShAdOw]

@starsoffyre ima upload it soon



[starsoffyre]

@xxCaLixxShAdOw

I can't seem to find your video. Apparently it shows that you only have one upload, and that's definitely not the one...

[xxCaLixxShAdOw]

@starsoffyre check the vid bought my telescope

[xxCaLixxShAdOw]

@starsoffyre Sorry bout commenting so much but i wanted to show u a vid on my telescope check my videos like iknow ur probably busy but itll help u see what my telescope has

[starsoffyre]

@xxCaLixxShAdOw

So is the issue is due to the rotation, or due to not being able to find the right location of the target in the first place? Usually, large objects like the moon take some time to disappear from the field of view due to the Earth's rotation. Most of the time, it's due to movements on the mount. Try placing it on something soft, like grass, so that the vibration will be suppressed.