Thursday, April 14, 2016

Imaging Jupiter with and ED80 (80 mm)

I have been trying to get a higher quality image of Jupiter with my Orion ED80 80 mm refractor for quite a while now.  I have tried various setups this past year which I will describe but I believe I have found the optimal configuration (Figure 1).

The main difference between this image and other images I took with the ED80 over the past year was using an Explore Scientific 3X Barlow which is why I requested it for a Christmas present.  Another difference was recording in 5X Planetary mode in Backyard EOS (BYE) although I have other images with just that mode and they are not nearly as good.

For comparison, I have added some the other configurations that I took previously with the ED80.

Figure 1 - Barlow, BYE 5X, Rebel T3i
Jupiter
Location: Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 4/13/16 8:54 pm
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, 5X Planetary Mode
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Barlow: Explore 3X
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: none
Exposure: 1000 x 1/100s (jpeg/avi)
ISO: 800
Post Processing: PIPP, Registax, Photoshop, Lightroom


Figure 2 - BYE 5X, Rebel T3i
Jupiter
Location: Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 4/10/16 9:00 pm
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, 5X Planetary Mode
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Barlow none
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: none
Exposure: 1000 x 1/100s (jpeg/avi)
ISO: 800
Post Processing: PIPP, Registax, Photoshop, Lightroom

Figure 3 - BYE 5X, Rebel T3i
Jupiter
Location: Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 6/6/15
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, 5X Planetary Mode
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Barlow none
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: none
Exposure: NA
ISO: 800
Post Processing: Registax, Photoshop


Figure 4 - Orion StarShoot USB
Jupiter
Location: Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 4/18/15
Camera: Orion StarShoot USB
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Barlow none
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: none
Exposure: NA
ISO: NA
Post Processing: Registax, Picasa3

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