It’s been a while since I included any of the Galilean moons in a posted Jupiter image, so here is for making up lost time, through my Dobsonian.
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Jupiter Through a Dobsonian Telescope
On the morning of 9/1, I shot the videos which made up his image of Jupiter, likely the best I can do with my entry-level DSLR camera.
Read morePerfect In-Focus Night for Saturn
Years of trying to perfect my planetary imaging techniques may have finally culminated in a night where all of my image sets were excellent.
Read moreMy First Saturn of 2022
“Planet season” officially began for me this early morning as I observed and photographed both Saturn and Jupiter before their oppositions.
Read morePanoramic View of Jupiter and Venus
So I did what any amateur astrophotographer would do…I got out my iPhone, set it to “Pano” mode, and took the accompanying long picture.
Read moreMaking Sense of Jupiter’s Problems
See the first image in this post? You should notice two issues with it.
Read moreWonderful Jupiter during Saturn’s Opposition, August 2021
Why did I wait to 1am to photograph Saturn a few days ago? Because it had to clear the trees blocking my South sky view.
Read moreSaturn Opposition, August 2021
Though it was difficult at times to locate Saturn, I think the results were good.
Read moreSomething Remarkable out of the Unremarkable
I was delighted to see both planets, along with all four of the Galilean moons, visible in the same field.
Read moreUnremarkable Great Conjunction
Assuming no more cosmological events of note for 2020, I found the “great conjunction” of Jupiter and Saturn to be not all that great.
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