Shooting Jupiter

2008-07-03 21:51:35

#1

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6882|132 and Bush

Well trying to at least. I just grabbed my Canon, tripod, and my 75-300mm lens.

For reference the following two screenshots are from stellarium

My attempts:
I couldn't get much detail out of Jupiter. But you can clearly see the moons.

Planets are extremely hard to shoot. The long exposure need to gather the light in conjunction with the fact that they move across the sky sucks.

^{Right click view and zoom in.}

As you can see my settings were all over the place

oops.. little bit of a plane this time

The star on the left side is HP 95077@ 186.16 light years away.

I also took a shot at Antares. It looks reallly red in this next shot.. it's basically untouched.

From stellarium.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antares

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2008-07-03 21:57:16

#2

Miggle: FUCK UBISOFT; +1,411|7023|FUCK UBISOFT

Keep it up, these are really cool.

2008-07-03 22:00:17

#3

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6882|132 and Bush

Miggle wrote:
Keep it up, these are really cool.

I need a better telelens. I have a cheap 75-300mm right now. It looks a lot better through my scope. I'm going to try the webcam thing again Saturday night.

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2008-07-03 22:16:26

#4

Smithereener: Member; +138|6597|California

When I first read the thread title, I thought you were making a thread about the nuking of Jupiter you had in your sig a while back.

But this is cool too.

Edit: Whoever gave that anonymous Karma, I'm sorry but I don't have the link. Might want to ask Kmarion yourself.
Edit2: Nevermind, he posted it himself

Last edited by Smithereener (2008-07-03 22:20:18)

2008-07-03 22:19:01

#5

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6882|132 and Bush

Oh yea, I miss that sig.. lulz.

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2008-07-03 22:20:47

#6

Volatile: Member; +252|6986|Sextupling in Empire

Are you mounting the camera to the eyepieces or the OTA for the zoomed in shots of jupiter? And what are you using for tracking?

*Lol, Nm ur not using a telescope

Last edited by Volatile (2008-07-03 22:27:58)

2008-07-03 22:30:07

#7

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6882|132 and Bush

Volatile wrote:
Are you mounting the camera to the eyepieces or the OTA for the zoomed in shots of jupiter? And what are you using for tracking?

Simple spur of the moment deal. Canon XTi + tripod + 75-300mm lens. It's not tracking which is why I said "The long exposure need to gather the light in conjunction with the fact that they move across the sky sucks." I won't be able to properly get a shot until I track while shooting. I will be piggybacking on my scope when I do that. It tracks. (Meade ETX-125PE)

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2008-07-03 22:36:00

#8

(T)eflon(S)hadow: R.I.P. Neda; +456|7110|Grapevine, TX

awesome astronomy is

made me think of this.

https://www.rense.com/1.imagesH/13db9ddd.jpg

https://www.rense.com/1.imagesH/13db957.jpg

https://www.rense.com/1.imagesH/13db967.jpg

https://www.rense.com/1.imagesH/13db976.jpg

https://www.rense.com/1.imagesH/13db986.jpg

2008-07-03 22:42:34

#9

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6882|132 and Bush

Yea Antares is huge. Look at our tiny sun .

Betelgeuse will be cool when it goes supernova. It will be visible in the daytime.

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2008-07-03 23:21:03

#10

Volatile: Member; +252|6986|Sextupling in Empire

Kmarion wrote:
Volatile wrote:
Are you mounting the camera to the eyepieces or the OTA for the zoomed in shots of jupiter? And what are you using for tracking?
Simple spur of the moment deal. Canon XTi + tripod + 75-300mm lens. It's not tracking which is why I said "The long exposure need to gather the light in conjunction with the fact that they move across the sky sucks." I won't be able to properly get a shot until I track while shooting. I will be piggybacking on my scope when I do that. It tracks. (Meade ETX-125PE)
http://i32.tinypic.com/2ib2j6e.jpg

I'm interested in seeing what your results are with that meade setup. Keep us updated pls.

Also:

I just downloaded that stellarium program you linked at the top of your post and I must say it is .

It's free and is better than a previous night sky program that I paid $50 for.

2008-07-03 23:26:50

#11

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6882|132 and Bush

Volatile wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
Volatile wrote:
Are you mounting the camera to the eyepieces or the OTA for the zoomed in shots of jupiter? And what are you using for tracking?
Simple spur of the moment deal. Canon XTi + tripod + 75-300mm lens. It's not tracking which is why I said "The long exposure need to gather the light in conjunction with the fact that they move across the sky sucks." I won't be able to properly get a shot until I track while shooting. I will be piggybacking on my scope when I do that. It tracks. (Meade ETX-125PE)
http://i32.tinypic.com/2ib2j6e.jpg
I'm interested in seeing what your results are with that meade setup. Keep us updated pls.

Also:

I just downloaded that stellarium program you linked at the top of your post and I must say it is .

It's free and is better than a previous night sky program that I paid $50 for.

Open source is win .

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2008-07-03 23:32:02

#12

(T)eflon(S)hadow: R.I.P. Neda; +456|7110|Grapevine, TX

Betelgeuse is a bright red star in the Orion constellation, right? Left shoulder?

2008-07-03 23:43:51

#13

CommieChipmunk: Member; +488|6851|Portland, OR, USA

Nice work, it's incredible to think about how big it really is...

2008-07-03 23:55:39

#14

MorbiD.ShoT: Stormin' through the party; +322|6877

CommieChipmunk wrote:
Nice work, it's incredible to think about how big it really is...

That's what she said.

2008-07-04 00:08:02

#15

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6882|132 and Bush

(T)eflon(S)hadow wrote:
Betelgeuse is a bright red star in the Orion constellation, right? Left shoulder?

Yes. I look for the red object around his belt (not to be confused with Mars ). In fact it could have already went supernova. The light just hasn't gotten here yet. The name is derived from the arabic word "bat al-dshauzâ", which means the giant's shoulder.

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2008-07-04 09:34:45

#16

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6882|132 and Bush

Space.com had a good article on jupiter today.
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/080704- … piter.html

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2008-07-04 09:55:52

#17

oChaos.Haze: Member; +90|6719

Really cool to take those, and even cooler to share them. This is why I love Floridians...

2008-07-04 11:24:25

#18

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6902|London, England

Kmarion wrote:
Yea Antares is huge. Look at our tiny sun .
http://i27.tinypic.com/zwail3.jpg
Betelgeuse will be cool when it goes supernova. It will be visible in the daytime.

Antares aint got shit on VY Canis Majoris

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c … ajoris.svg

https://asymptote.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/sunvycomp.jpg

2008-07-04 11:35:46

#19

gatorlova: Guess who!; +17|6277

Mek-Stizzle wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
Yea Antares is huge. Look at our tiny sun .
http://i27.tinypic.com/zwail3.jpg
Betelgeuse will be cool when it goes supernova. It will be visible in the daytime.
Antares aint got shit on VY Canis Majoris

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c … ajoris.svg

http://asymptote.files.wordpress.com/20 … vycomp.jpg

HOLY

2008-07-04 12:00:24

#20

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6882|132 and Bush

Mek-Stizzle wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
Yea Antares is huge. Look at our tiny sun .
http://i27.tinypic.com/zwail3.jpg
Betelgeuse will be cool when it goes supernova. It will be visible in the daytime.
Antares aint got shit on VY Canis Majoris

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c … ajoris.svg

http://asymptote.files.wordpress.com/20 … vycomp.jpg

They are similar. The mass of a hypergiant star is very hard to determine. This is due to the fact they are constantly having outburst. I've seen some estimates as low as 15 Mo RSG for VY Canis Majoris. The radius (also hard to determine) of VY Canis Majoris is 600Ro. Anteres is approximately 700ro. If you put either one of these stars where our sun is they would extend out past Saturn.

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