Jupiter and 2 of it's Moons.
Jupiter
Saturn.
METHOD:Meade ETX 105, Meade LPI, Autostar suite (software). This is the first ever shot I have taken of Saturn. the LPI was configured to take 1 second exposures, and stack them, then save them as a tif. I was still, and still am, learning the use of the LPI.
Jupiter 15th May 2004
METHOD:Meade ETX 105, Meade LPI, Autostar suite (software),Photoshop. This image was simply an automatic exposure of Jupiter with the LPI. Photoshop was used to increase the contrast to make the 4 Galilean moons stand out. They were easily visible on the laptop screen. You can see a shadow of one of the moons on the planet.
And this is the same image enhanced for me by Charles Bell, a regular of Autostarsuite discussion group, and Quantum Hyperspace
VENUS 3 July 2004
METHOD:Meade ETX 105, Meade LPI, Autostar suite (software),Photoshop. Even though Venus was a little low in the sky and scintillating, the LPI software was able to make this picture happen. Photoshop was merely used to crop the image to this size, and save it as a jpg
VENUS 3 July 2004
METHOD:Meade ETX 105, Meade LPI, 2x Barlow Lens Autostar suite (software),Photoshop. As for above, Photoshop was used to crop the image and save it as a jpg.
Saturn, over-enhanced to bring out the detail. You can see the discolouration in Saturns atmosphere, and Titan in the extreme right of the image.
METHOD:Meade LX200, Meade LPI, 2x Barlow Lens Autostar suite (software),Photoshop.
Saturn in January 2005. At this time the planet was nearing opposition (closest approach to Earth). Compare this with the image of Saturn near the top of this page.
METHOD:Meade ETX 105, Meade LPI, Autostar suite. No enhancements made, this is as it appeared on the computer screen.
On 27th February, Jupiter came very, very close to the Moon.
It was cloudy all evening, and just before going to bed at 12.30 am on the 28th, I decided to go outside and look. The sky was partly clear, and I quickly took this shot of the Moon and Jupiter. The Moon is overexposed.
METHOD: Kodak 4330 Digital Camera on Tripod. 1/2 second exposure. Cropped with Photoshop.
Each of the following images were taken at Monochrome settings with the LPI.
Jupiter and 3 moons, 12 March 2005
METHOD:Meade ETX 105, Meade LPI, Autostar suite, Photoshop.
Jupiter and Io, 12th March 2005
METHOD:Meade ETX 105, Meade LPI, 2x Barlow, Autostar suite, Photoshop
Saturn and Titan, 12th March 2005. The clouds on Saturn are quite obvious, and you can see Titan above and to the left of Saturn.
METHOD:Meade ETX 105, Meade LPI, Autostar suite, Photoshop
Saturn and 4 moons, 12th March 2005. I was impressed that the 4 moons were so obvious in the image. With the eyepiece, it was easy to see 5 moons
METHOD:Meade ETX 105, Meade LPI, Autostar suite, Photoshop
Saturn, 12th March 2005
METHOD:Meade ETX 105, Meade LPI, 2x Barlow, Autostar suite, Photoshop
The following 2 images were taken at Magellan Observatory, which has very dark skies. I just chose to use my own scope that night.
METHOD:Meade ETX 105, Meade LPI, 2x Barlow, Autostar suite, Photoshop
METHOD:Meade ETX 105, Meade LPI, 2x Barlow, Autostar suite, Photoshop. This is as the planet and moons actually appeared on the laptop screen. The only thing I have added is the names of the moons for identification.