One More Thing- Day Three

[pyat]

I spent a couple of hours in the driveway of the cottage that night, futzing with telescopes and peering at Jupiter. I'd thought I'd not have a chance to get a good observation in of any planets, because of the trees. I then realized the break in trees in the drive was positioned perfectly - Jupiter rose right between them, bright and obvious. I set up shop there with a pair of telescopes, a chair, and a candle, and forgot about the bugs and darkness. I had never in my life managed to look at Jupiter through a telescope, and... well, I found that it just made me want to buy a better telescope. The ones I was using (50mm and 60mm respectively) were little better than toys, wobbled terribly, and had almost useless sighting scopes.


The camera/telescope adaptor I'd bought was too heavy for the telescopes, and too small for my good camera. But, with the magic of a mere zoom lens and extreme cropping, I was able to resolve Jupiter as a small disc with the camera alone.


For comparison, this is what Jupiter looks like through a 60mm telescope, and more less what I saw.

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[doc-mystery.livejournal.com]

While up at Honey Harbour I could also resolve Jupiter as a disk with my digital zoom camera, but her four largest moons appeared a little smudged.

I took far better pictures of the moon. Alas, no streaking meteors were captured by myself that night (but I did get a nifty shot of the Big Dipper which I posted earlier).

I really need to get a better tripod than the $25 jobbie I picked up a few years ago, as my current tripod is giving me problems when I try to pan and tilt.

::B::

Jumpin' Jupiter!

[ankhorite.livejournal.com]

Oh, lucky Pyat!

Hey, Telescope Guy!

[ankhorite.livejournal.com]

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