sabato 29 marzo 2014

Jupiter in color

I have obtained three images with red, green and blue filters. Then I have composited them using Gimp.
Here the three images and the final result.

Red

Blue

Green

RGB


martedì 18 marzo 2014

Jupiter and Mars

As Mars is running towards the opposition and yesterday night we had a good seeing, I tried to take some picture of the red planet. While waiting it rising up, I started to practice with the 3x barlow lens. I know that it is too strong for my C8, bringing the focal length from 2m to 6m! It is quite impossible to focus correctly...
Anyway these are the results:



Jupiter
Celestron C8 with a 3x Barlow lens.
CCD Imaging Source DMK31AU03.AS Monochrome.
500 frames at 1/30 sec elaborated with Registax.



Mars
Celestron C8 with a 3x Barlow lens.
CCD Imaging Source DMK31AU03.AS Monochrome.
500 frames at 1/30 sec elaborated with Registax.