Telescope: Unitron 510 5” f/16 refractor, Atlas EQ-G
Camera: Canon EOS Ra full frame DSLR
Filter: 2” Baader Fringe Killer (Minus Violet)
Exposure: 1024x1/500sec, ISO 3200, 5x movie mode, saved as AVI
Average Light Pollution: Bortle 8, fair transparency
Lensed Sky Quality Meter: 18.5 mag/arc-sec^2
Seeing: 3/5
White Balance: Nebulosity Automatic
Software: Backyard EOS, Autostakkert, Registax, Nebulosity, Photoshop
This is the first is a series of images taken to evaluate using the Unitron 510 for lunar and planetary imaging. I have been very impressed with the image quality from this scope and I was curious whether that would carry over to imaging. This initial image set was taken with a Canon EOS Ra using its 5x movie mode. This isn’t necessarily the best system for planetary imaging, but the results are encouraging. From top to bottom these images were taken at 19h53m, 21h57m, and 22h51m. From left to right the moons are Io, Europa, and Ganymede. Callisto is out of the field to the right.
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