[AZ-Observing] Re: Tonight's Seeing Conditions and Digital Images
- From: Andrew Cooper <acooper@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 22:55:00 -0700
I see I am not the only one playing with a new Nikon CoolPix 995. I
set-up a 10" SCT in my backyard in central Tucson to try it out for the
first time this weekend. And while I wasn't blessed with that good of
seeing the results are pretty impressive. The link below is to my best
image of Jupiter, but this image is completely unprocessed, just
downloaded from the camera and cropped. This is afocal through an 8mm
radian on a 10" 2.5m SCT. The camera is obviously doing a bit of
processing, particularly scaling the image, yes those are the moons
beside the planet.
http://www.tucsonastronomy.org/dropbox/DSCN0167.jpg
This will definitely require more experimentation, particularly into the
MANY changes in settings allowed by the camera.
Andrew
Tom Polakis wrote:
>
> I wasted some time that could have been better spent looking by making a
> foray into digital planetary imaging. Using a 10-inch f/5.6, 9mm Modified
> Achromat eyepiece that comes with the 60mm ETX (honest), and a Nikon
> Coolpix 995, my first results are at:
>
> http://www.psiaz.com/polakis/planets_digital/jupiter_010802a.jpg
> http://www.psiaz.com/polakis/planets_digital/saturn_010802a.jpg
>
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Andrew Cooper
Tucson, AZ
mailto:acooper@xxxxxxxxx
http://whitethorn.house.home.att.net
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