Tag Archive for 'jupiter'

First Picture of Jupiter with the C8

Took several one minute 5 frames/second images of Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon earlier tonight.  With my C8S-GT scope using the NexImage and the Celestron UV/IR Filter.  Just did a quick process of one of the Jupiter images with RegiStax 4 and here is what I ended up with. Not too bad. I was out [...]

Saturday – August 16, 2008 – Jupiter and the Moon

Well the weather did clear up a bit for Saturday night.  It was warm and humid with just a few clouds.  The nearly full moon did not allow any deep sky looking but I did get a chance to check out the moon and Jupiter. I am still learning to use the equatorial mount on [...]

A few clouds but the air was still and clear.

Because of the amount of clouds yesterday afternoon I did not feel like pulling out my big scope just to be disappointed by another cloudy evening so I just hung out on the deck with the binoculars from about 9:00 PM to 10:20 PM.