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Jupiter image with the Orion XT6

Oct.07, 2009 in Planets 2 Comments

Jupiter finally moved far enough for me to take a picture. To do that, I’m using the Phillips SPC900NC webcam I purchased a while back attached to my Orion XT6. Here is the video of my first attempt.
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Tags: dobsonian, Jupiter, SPC900NC, xt6

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. - Genesis 1:16

Unfortunately God also made chromatic aberration, angular magnification distortion, rectilinear distortion, wavelength transmission anomalies, vignetting, light loss, wavefront aberrations, coma, astigmatism, spherical aberrations, thermal issues, dirty mirrors, bad collimation, Earth rotation, humidity, bad focus, light pollution, wobbly mounts and back pains.

Confessions of a Frustrated Amateur Astronomer

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Jupiter image with the Orion XT6

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. - Genesis 1:16

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