Alrighty, so back in October of last year, I tried getting some pics of Jupiter through the 10-inch Newtonian Reflector on Dobsonian mount, just to see what would happen. Basically a fail because I couldn't magnify it (putting in an eyepiece would have changed the focal length to a spot I can't get to) and because my refractor is better for planetary observing anyway. Alas, if I don't blow up the pictures at all, you can see some detail, like Jupiter's band (Usually there are two band, but this was taken when the one band suddenly "disappeared").
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The original after cropping - Shot with DSLR on 10in reflector, 1/500s, ISO 200 |
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The "processed" picture |
Overall, I'm not impressed. I figure if I want to get good pictures of Jupiter I should:
- Use the Refractor
- Use a CCD camera and learn how to stack images
- Or if I want to use the 10in reflector, I think I need a focal reducer or something...