Moon and Jupiter - Now

[Eric Mc]

Following on from the Moon and Venus thread, the Moon and Jupiter are now nicely placed together - if anyone wants to stick their head out the window now for a quick look.

[nellyleelephant]

Just clouds for me

[Robscim]

Looks fantastic down here!

Venus looks good too!

Thanks!

Rob

[SystemParanoia]

moon looks great through my binoculars.. but jupiters still just a dot.. guess i need more power!

[nellyleelephant]

Where are you all! I've just got thick cloud.

[carmonk]

Very clear right now, cool.

[Elderly]

Thanks Eric; easy to see Ganymead too but the other three moons are very close to Jupiter.

[jmorgan]

Oh fer gawds sake, not had me scope out this year.... clouds again.

[Eric Mc]

Elderly said:

Thanks Eric; easy to see Ganymead too but the other three moons are very close to Jupiter.

Gany Mead sounds like our local shopping centre (King's Mead, Queen's Mead, Prince's Mead)
It's actually spelled Ganymede.

[PD9]

Well Eric your post prompted me to dust off the telescope tonight.

Here is a crappy photo of the Moon, Jupiter & Venus to the bottom right for those of you who have cloud cover:



I was then inspired to try and photograph the moon for the first time amateurishly with a digital camera down the eye piece:



As I analysed the results on big screen I stumbled upon this - I surprised even myself! It took me 20mins of trying and a sore back! Not bad and I have a smile upon my face! Only editing is flipped to give correct view

[vladcjelli]

My six year old is (currently) fascinated with being able to see Jupiter & Venus with the naked eye. Google sky map app on my phone has been very helpful too.

What should I be looking for in order to see them (and the Moon) in more detail, on the ever decreasing budget?

Is a telescope a realistic proposition for a childs (potential) fad? Are there budget telescopes that can be used to take photographs to record our findings for posterity?

[SystemParanoia]

i got some cheap binoculors from the petrol station .. great for looking at the moon, lots of detail ill go and look at saturn see if its any help there.. but useless for seeing jupiter and her daughters

[nellyleelephant]

vladcjelli said:

My six year old is (currently) fascinated with being able to see Jupiter & Venus with the naked eye. Google sky map app on my phone has been very helpful too.

What should I be looking for in order to see them (and the Moon) in more detail, on the ever decreasing budget?

Is a telescope a realistic proposition for a childs (potential) fad? Are there budget telescopes that can be used to take photographs to record our findings for posterity?

What would be the budget?

[don4l]

PD9 said:

Well done.

I'd like to see more like this.

Don
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[M5 Russ]

vladcjelli said:

My six year old is (currently) fascinated with being able to see Jupiter & Venus with the naked eye. Google sky map app on my phone has been very helpful too.

What should I be looking for in order to see them (and the Moon) in more detail, on the ever decreasing budget?

Is a telescope a realistic proposition for a childs (potential) fad? Are there budget telescopes that can be used to take photographs to record our findings for posterity?

Something like this will be ideal for a first telescope.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Skywatcher-Heritage-76-m...

[uktrailmonster]

PD9 said:

Nice one. I think half moon shots are nicer than full moons in that you get to see much more crater detail at the light/dark transition. You can do pretty well taking photos with a decent camera on a tripod. Here's one I took with my Canon DSLR with a 300 mm lens tripod mounted

[Lizardking]

A few of mine from last night of the moon, taken with a Finepix S3200 and different shutter speeds,

[Nuclearsquash]

This was taken through my 6" dobsonian telescope last year


Sepia Moon by Nuclearsquash, on Flickr

[PD9]

uktrailmonster said:

PD9 said:

Nice one. I think half moon shots are nicer than full moons in that you get to see much more crater detail at the light/dark transition. You can do pretty well taking photos with a decent camera on a tripod. Here's one I took with my Canon DSLR with a 300 mm lens tripod mounted

Excellent picture! Comparing the two you're correct about the crater detail.

Thanks for the feedback UKTM / Don.

[nellyleelephant]

Have one from early Jan!



..and in the spirit of the thread, Jupiter, the Moon and a Winter visitor too!

Edited by nellyleelephant on Tuesday 31st January 17:50