Posted on 08/14/2020 4:50:59 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: What planets are those behind that unusual rock spire? Saturn (lower left) and Jupiter. This month, after sunset, the bright planetary duo are quite prominent toward the southeast. Now your view of our Solar System's largest planets might not include a picturesque hoodoo in the foreground, nor the spectacular central band of our Milky Way Galaxy across the background, but should be quite eye-catching anyway. The featured image is a composite of consecutive foreground and background exposures all taken in late May with the same camera and from the same location -- the badlands of the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico, USA. The rock spire, informally dubbed 'Alien Throne', stands about 3 meters tall. Saturn and Jupiter will remain visible together after sunset for several months.
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I captured this image of Jupiter and one of it's moons last week.
This was 1400 frames of video data from a DSLR, at about 30 frames per second, and ended up with about 700 frames calibrated and stacked for the final image after processing the data. The next camera I'll use is capable of 60 frames per second and will capture much better atmospheric detail with better resolution etc. One can also use cheap webcams for planetary/lunar stuff.
More like Salvador Dali to me
Here are some snapshots of Jupiter taken with my cellphone.
Pretty good I’d say. I emailed Nasa the pics : )
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2008/JupiterChurning_JunoGill_3279.jpg
http://images.spaceref.com/news/2018/oopia21973.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/53/ee/70/53ee7040224c6b0195ecf1a4b7644133.jpg
https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.500993717.3477/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg
I’ve seen them. Very impressive. It must be fun to have a budget of billions and able to send spacecraft to venues like Jupiter. Great stuff.
Cosmic man! Cosmic!
*APOD ping*
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Yes. Please include me.
OK, I added you to the ping list.
Much appreciated!
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