Given the current weather in the evenings, I didn't expect to do much of stargazing. But imagine my surprise when I woke up around 3:30 AM to one of the clearest skies I've seen in Colombo.
Did a bit of pointing, and decided to shoot Jupiter. One of the things that I shot way back when I was using my Astromaster 114 EQ.
Although not too bad, it is not that great either (have a look at http://www.astronomyforum.net/astrophotography-forum/8031-astro-io-jupiter-6-29-08-a.html for a comparison). There seems to be focus issues still and I am not sure where exactly the problem is.
Moving to the 4SE has proven a good option. Given that it tracks, I don't have to fiddle with the controllers every two minutes. And even without a barlow, I can take a reasonably sized planetary image where 114EQ was producing very small images. Here's an old photo for comparison:
So hopefully, these weather patterns will hold and I'd be able to shoot a bit more tonight!
Did a bit of pointing, and decided to shoot Jupiter. One of the things that I shot way back when I was using my Astromaster 114 EQ.
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| Jupiter - two images shot through NexStar4SE and stacked on Registax. |
Although not too bad, it is not that great either (have a look at http://www.astronomyforum.net/astrophotography-forum/8031-astro-io-jupiter-6-29-08-a.html for a comparison). There seems to be focus issues still and I am not sure where exactly the problem is.
Moving to the 4SE has proven a good option. Given that it tracks, I don't have to fiddle with the controllers every two minutes. And even without a barlow, I can take a reasonably sized planetary image where 114EQ was producing very small images. Here's an old photo for comparison:
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| Jupiter - single shot through Astromaster 114EQ |
So hopefully, these weather patterns will hold and I'd be able to shoot a bit more tonight!
astronomy forum requires us to login to view content. why don't you put a copy for comparison?
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