Jupiter through a telescope

This video shows Jupiter as seen through a telescope on a day with no turbulence, that is, a good seeing. The video was recorded using a 150mm (6 inches) newtonian reflector telescope. Registax stacking software was applied to the footage, getting a nice final picture as shown in this video.

Jupiter is the most massive planet in the solar system: equivalent to about 2.47 times the sum of the masses of all other planets combined. However, it is the most massive planet known: more than a hundred extrasolar planets have been discovered with masses similar to or higher than that of Jupiter. Jupiter also has the fastest rotational speed of the planets of the solar system: turning on its axis in slightly less than 10 hours. This speed of rotation is deduced from measurements of the planet's magnetic field. The atmosphere is divided into regions with strong zonal winds with rotation periods ranging from 9h 50m 30s, in the equatorial zone, at 9h 55m 40s in the rest of the planet.

The planet is known by a huge weather training, the Great Red Spot, easily glimpsed by amateur astronomers because of its large size, superior to that of Earth. Its atmosphere is permanently covered by clouds that can trace the atmospheric dynamics and show a high degree of turbulence.

Reference to the distance from the Sun, Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun. Its orbit is approximately 5 AU, about 750 million km from the Sun.

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[Apollo11ification]

I also have a telscope bresser pollux 150/1400. But if I look at Jupiter, then I see it very small. Why? I use a barlow lens and 25mm but I still see Jupiter small. Why?

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

@Apollo11ification The size of the planet as seen through a telescope depends on the focal length of the scope. In your case this is 1400mm. In my telescope it is just 750mm. So, in my telescope image of the planet is even smaller than in yours. Here you see a big Jupiter due to applying barlow lens.

[handrias001]

what is that at 1.23 ?????!!!

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

@handrias001 This is dust in the eyepiece used for projection. The planet moves inside the field due to bad tracking and sometimes gets close to a dust spot, but you see it centered due to software I used to keep the planet in dead center.

[HazaraBoy11]

Can somebody give me a suggestion of what telescope I should buy? I am new with telescopes, but I am a proffesional with planets (just a joke) but I still wish to have a really good one, that shows sharp images.

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

@HazaraBoy11 To begin with, I would recommend a 4 inch refractor telescope or a 6 inch reflector telescope. A small Dobson telescope is one of the best ways to get good views at low cost.

[Apollo11ification]

@CumputerPhysiscsLab okay thnx

[RangerParus]

@TheAirsoftmadman Mars isn't ~Really~ one you can look up at the sky and point at easily. I'd suggest downloading a programme called Stellarium at Stellarium(dot)org. It's free, it's safe as it's been on the Sky At Night magazine cd a few times so you can trust it. You just set where you are and it knows the time from your system and gives you a real time zoomable model of the sky and a search function to find anything. search it on youtube if you want to see it work.

[TheAirsoftmadman]

Does any1 know where I can find mars?

[PairInstabilityType]

I saw this tonight :D at first i thought it was mars then i saw the TINY moon floating alongside it. It was special :) what a humbling and massive planet!

(no sign of any monolith as of yet)

[mnightsky]

nice view ,thank you for the post