Post by Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe on May 15, 2010 5:52:06 GMT -6
Imaging Jupiter's missing band with the C11 beast
15 May 2010
15 May 2010
With modest success on imaging Jupiter with the C5...I thought I would try the C11 and see if I could get better shots of the missing southern EQ band.
Setting outside of my garage at 4:00 am, the birds were already chirping and the early glow of sunrise was turning the sky a great deep turquoise.
I roughly polar aligned the mount, not having the patience nor time to do an accurate configuration - getting it pretty close. Using a 25mm and the Canon Powershot S3, the images were not too bad...
Sky conditions were again not prime, and Jupiter was still low in the atmospheric muck, but ok. The band is clearly seen as AWOL, but no GRS transiting.
I followed the king of planets for about 40 minutes, until it was going behind my garage gutter...
It kinda looks like a nebula that Jupiter is heading towards, but two satellites are displayed nicely.
Laika, my constant astro companion and I take our mandatory post session pic...
Not a imaging session from a brightly lit alley...
