- This image was captured Oct. 30, 2005. The Meade LPI was used to combine and stack 100 images before techical difficulties shut the image session down.
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is commonly referred to as the Red Planet. The rocks, soil and sky have a red or pink hue. The distinct red color was observed by stargazers throughout history. It was given its name by the Romans in honor of their god of war. Other civilizations have had similar names. The ancient Egyptians named the planet Her Descher meaning the red one.
- Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and is the largest one in the solar system. If Jupiter were hollow, more than one thousand Earths could fit inside. It also contains more matter than all of the other planets combined. It has a mass of 1.9 x 1027 kg and is 142,800 kilometers (88,736 miles) across the equator. Jupiter possesses 28 know satellites, four of which - Callisto, Europa, Ganymede and Io - were observed by Galileo as long ago as 1610. Another 12 satellites have been recently discovered and given provisional designators until they are officially confirmed and named. There is a ring system, but it is very faint and is totally invisible from the Earth. (The rings were discovered in 1979 by Voyager 1.)
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Jupiter and her 4 Moons
2 images taken with LPI and ETX-90 Scope processed and combined in Photoshop
Image 1 - 15 images tracked and aligned in Autostarsuite - exposure set for planet
Image 2 - 15 images tracked and aligned in Autostarsuite - exposure set for moons
Jun 11, 2004 11:05 pm EST
42.23N, 83.5W
Jupiter's Giant Red Spot
- The image was captured 04/12/05 using the Mead Deep Space Imager unguided through an LX-90. I was dissappointed with the focus of this image but was elated that I had finally captured an image that showed the Giant Red Spot.
- This shot of Venus was taken during the day on July 3, 2004. I used a modified Toucam with my LX-90 to acquire the image. This is a one image from a series of 50. There was quite a bit of turbulence during the day and eventually high clouds moved in and ended the viewing for the day.
