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Sunday, April 20, 2008
The King of Planets and our enabling Moon
I took some pictures of Saturn and the Moon on Friday night this weekend. I started a new page underneath the "Moon
Base" page called Other Moon Shots. Probably a fitting title... Next time you look at the Moon, you might say
thank you. I call it the enabling Moon because new research shows that the Moon has been instrumental in human beings'
survival on our world. It may have enabled your very existence.
I also added an RGB picture of Jupiter to the home page. It was taken this morning. I didn't plan it out
but Io appeared from behind Jupiter during the middle of the shoot. So, that was a bonus. I'll post some more
and some better pictures later but this should whet your appetite for now. Anyone know why they call it the King
of Planets?
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Galaxies Galore
My set-up is not great for galaxies but I try anyway. I've added several galaxies to the Universe page and another
GC to the Milky Way page. I can really only image the brightest galaxies so far. When I try fainter galaxies,
I battle light pollution, time (field rotation), and noise (I crank up the camera a bit to capture light faster). So,
that's about it I guess. I stack images together but am limited with that because of field rotation. The colored
images take more time so the most detail can be obtained with luminance shots (all wavelengths). I may try to add some
color later after I get some new software. I also have some Saturn shots with the rings more visible that I will post...
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You can submit comments below. Let me know if you want to see more. Thanks.
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| WIS, Europa, Ganymede, RGB f29 08/01/09 |
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| The Wesley Impact Site has elongated, two moons and the GRS near the limb |
| Jupiter with Wesley Impact Site, RGB, f29 |
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| The southern pole region shows a black impact mark discovered by Austrailian Anthony Wesley. 072309 |
| Neptune and Triton, RGB, 09/06/09, near opposition |
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| Combined two images. Neptune taken at f29 and Triton, its largest moon, at f10 (then enlarged). |
| It's getting farther, week from closest pass, f/29 |
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| RGB image of Saturn on 3/16, good seeing but fog was rolling in, storms visible |
| It's getting closer, Venus URGB, f10, 3/5/09 |
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| Can see crescent with binos easily, try with naked eye to test your vision |
| Mercury is always around - RGB 200% f/29 10/21/08 |
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| But usually is too close to Sun - it was about 15 deg from horizon in morning (east) - poor seeing |
| It's getting farther, Uranus RGB 9/6/08, 200% f29 |
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| Same image scale as Neptune. A lot of green when imaging, less blue but boosted blue. 6th from Sun |
| Near Mars' closest distance to Earth for 2007 |
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| (It's getting farther too) |
This is an LRGB photo of Mars made on 12/21/07 05:52 GMT. It's centered near Eden but Syrtis Major is still
visible. I have an 11" SCT and used a monochrome Imaging Source USB 60 fps camera at f/25. I used Registax,
Photoshop and Maxim DL during processing. Thanks for visiting!
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