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Pleiades
I finally had another clear night, and observed the Pleiades for the first time. Seeing was good for Jupiter as well, with all four moons out. Mars was tricky, I think I may have noticed a darker area and for a moment maybe the northern ice cap, but I’m not confident. The Pleiades cluster was…
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My current setup
So far I’m working with a pretty bare-bones setup. My primary telescope is a Orion Observer, a 70mm f/10 refractor. My wife found it for free online a few years ago. Piggy-backed on it (with bungie cords) is a Gsyker 70mm f/5.7 that I got on Amazon for $80. It came with the focuser and…
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The moon through a Lego webcam
I’ve been wanting to try prime-focus imaging, but don’t have the equipment. But I did have a Lego webcam from 2000 sitting around. So I took out the sensor and put it in the tube from a bad Barlow lens and tried it out. I was pretty impressed with the results! I had to use…
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Io Shadow Transit
I observed Io’s shadow transiting Jupiter for the first time today! It was barely resolvable on my 70mm refractor, but it was there!
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Jupiter with my cell phone
This is the best cell phone picture I’ve taken of Jupiter yet. I love that you can see the different colors of the moons. I could clearly make out cloud bands on Jupiter, but they ended up overexposed no matter how I tweaked the camera settings.
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Cellphone picture of the moon
Taken afocally by my cell phone through a 10mm eyepiece on my 70mm f/10 refractor
