Last night I aimed the 16" telescope on Jupiter and Saturn. These are the pictures I took with my cellphone at 72 power.
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| This is Jupiter. From left to right, the moons are Callisto, Europa, Io, (Jupiter), and Ganymede |
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| Saturn over-exposed to show two moons. Titan is at the lower left and Rhea is just below. |
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| A wavy Saturn. The air was turbulent and the mirror hadn't reached ambient temperature yet. But hey, at least we can see rings. |
My future plans include collecting multiple images of the planets over a month or more and using those images to chart the orbits of the moons. Also, I'd like to shoot raw images and then try photo-processing them.
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