Showing posts with label jupiter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jupiter. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Blurry Picture of Jupiter with Handheld Camera

Here is my attempt to take a picture of the planet Jupiter with a camera pointing through an eyepiece in the telescope.

I did not have a tripod and was in a hurry since we were ready to put the equipment away.

Since I have done stuff like this with the microscope I am sure this can be done with the telescope. Just need patience.


Friday, July 11, 2008

Planet Jupiter

My cousin Kenny and I took the telescope out in a yard in Indiana and used a CCD camera to take pictures of the moon and Jupiter. Jupiter was in opposition this week and so it was bright for viewing.




Unfortunately, I have yet to master the imager to get a good picture of a planet. The view in the telescope was excellent with the layer lines on the planet very visible. We did not see a spot but we only looked at for 45 minutes. Here are the pictures and one with the red filter some of the layer lines are visible. The other shows 3 moons around Jupiter which is over exposed.