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Jupiter with Great Red Spot, October 2022

It took weeks trying for the right chance, but I finally was able to decently photograph Jupiter and its Great Red Spot this year.

After Jupiter opposition this year, I started using my MacBook as a camera screen extension. In this article, I show results from over a week.

I detail my process for finding the planet Neptune, using Stellarium, binoculars, and finally sketching through my Dobsonian telescope.

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.

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.

Years of trying to perfect my planetary imaging techniques may have finally culminated in a night where all of my image sets were excellent.

“Planet season” officially began for me this early morning as I observed and photographed both Saturn and Jupiter before their oppositions.

After a week of bad cloudy skies, today was clear, a wonderful opportunity to observe and photograph the very bright 75% illuminated Moon.

Tonight’s telescope session nearly did not happen. Clouds rolled in fast. I did manage literally one good shot of the Moon, featuring a crater.

When the Moon approaches Full, for better or worse, it becomes the only practical night sky object to photograph.