Archives for June 7, 2021

Telescope: Celestron C9.25 @ f/10, Orion Atlas EQ-G

Camera: QHY 168c, -10C

Filter: Orion Imaging Skyglow Filter

Exposure: 900 (of 1,800)x0.020sec saved as SER

Seeing: fair, 3/5

White Balance: Photoshop & Nebulosity Automatic

Software: Sharpcap Pro, Autostakkert, Registax, Nebulosity, Photoshop

After a full night of imaging I grabbed a quick set of images of Jupiter and Saturn as dawn began to brighten the morning sky. This image of Saturn is a good match for what you would see through a small telescope including the equatorial bands, the Cassini Division, and the shadow of the planet falling across the rings.

Telescope: Celestron C9.25 @ f/10, Orion Atlas EQ-G

Camera: QHY 168c, -10C

Filter: Orion Imaging Skyglow Filter

Exposure: 900 (of 1,800)x0.005sec saved as SER

Seeing: fair, 3/5

White Balance: Photoshop & Nebulosity Automatic

Software: Sharpcap Pro, Autostakkert, Registax, Nebulosity, Photoshop

After a full night of imaging I grabbed a quick set of images of Jupiter and Saturn as dawn began to brighten the morning sky. This image of Jupiter showed the Great Red spot and 3 of the Galilean moons; Europa to the left, Ganymede to the near right, Io to the far right. Callisto is out of the field to the left.