Jupiter, by Jove

One of the neat things I got for Christmas was a frame that holds an iPod in line with a telescope eyepiece to take pictures.  Here is my maiden effort, Jupiter and the four Galilean satellites . . . . (for the technical-minded, this was a 9.25" f/10 Celestron Cassegrain-Maksutove with a  Brandon 16-mm eyepiece and a 2X achromatic Barlow inline.)  It's just a snapshot; I haven't figured out how to control the exposure yet.  Nor how to "stack" photos to increase detail.

Joe


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Published on December 31, 2011 10:51
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message 1: by Katie (new)

Katie That has the be the coolest thing I've ever heard of for the iPod. There are some great online tutorials about adjusting the exposure, although you'll probably need external software to do the stacking.


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