Jupiter

Batsy

Jupiter may look impressive but it'll be nothing compared to Betelgeuse when that goes up. When Betelgeuse goes supernova it'll be brighter than the Moon and will be visible during the daytime.

osnola ibax

Batsy wrote: »

Jupiter may look impressive but it'll be nothing compared to Betelgeuse when that goes up. When Betelgeuse goes supernova it'll be brighter than the Moon and will be visible during the daytime.

What?

namloc1980

Batsy wrote: »

Jupiter may look impressive but it'll be nothing compared to Betelgeuse when that goes up. When Betelgeuse goes supernova it'll be brighter than the Moon and will be visible during the daytime.

Most scientists estimate Betelgeuse will go supernova sometime over the next 1 million years. Unlikely something any of us will see.

Plug

osnola ivax wrote: »

What?

Its a bright star ready to explode. It has shrunk 14% in the last ten years(or something like that I heard). No one knows when but you will see it with the naked eye even in the day time! If your unfamiliar with the night sky look for the three stars in the straight line then look up from them you will see a bright red one. Well thats it.

peterako

Very quick capture and processing from tonight (1st Dec).



I have some longer captures at lower magnifiaction I'll try to get to later....

Waiting to see Orion now......

Brrr....it's cold!!

But lovely and clear

Peter

Plug

Very nice pic! Going to head out in a half hour, just letting her cool down so hopefully it will be good;)

peterako

Just average seeing tonight Plug.

You should be able to do a star test but maybe not at very high mag.

Clouds begining to form here, lots of moisture in the cold air, and Orion is low on my horizon so, while it was visible, the Great Nebula was less than impressive.

BUT....beggars...choosers etc Nice to be out and about!

Let me know how you get on with the tweaking/checking!

Peter

CO19

Is Jupiter at a higher position in space above the Earth or is it the same level but just looks like it's higher ? or are all the planets at different levels in the solar system ?

tuxy

CO19 wrote: »

Is Jupiter at a higher position in space above the Earth or is it the same level but just looks like it's higher ? or are all the planets at different levels in the solar system ?

What do you mean by higher? There is no up and down in space. Here in the Northern Hemisphere it appears above our horizon(at night) for some of the year and sometimes it's below where we can't see it.

Cú Giobach

CO19 wrote: »

Is Jupiter at a higher position in space above the Earth or is it the same level but just looks like it's higher ? or are all the planets at different levels in the solar system ?

All the planets orbit in a flat disc, the height above the horizon they appear at, depends on where on Earth you are standing.
If you were to view Jupiter today from The North pole it would appear down close to the horizon, from the Equator it would be high overhead, and from the mid-latitudes halfway between. Remember we are looking at things while standing on a sphere.

CO19

tuxy wrote: »

What do you mean by higher? There is no up and down in space. Here in the Northern Hemisphere it appears above our horizon(at night) for some of the year and sometimes it's below where we can't see it.

Cú Giobach wrote: »

All the planets orbit in a flat disc, the height above the horizon they appear at, depends on where on Earth you are standing.
If you were to view Jupiter today from The North pole it would appear down close to the horizon, from the Equator it would be high overhead, and from the mid-latitudes halfway between. Remember we are looking at things while standing on a sphere.

Thanks for that,it's just confusing when looking up and trying to work out why some planets seem higher up than others.

From that link showing the planets there are some that seem much higher above the Earth than others

Cú Giobach

CO19 wrote: »

Thanks for that,it's just confusing when looking up and trying to work out why some planets seem higher up than others.

From that link showing the planets there are some that seem much higher above the Earth than others

It's not a photo. Just a quick link of an artists impression to help you visualise, here try this one.

Mountainsandh

Hi everyone, pure newbie here, and got my Christmas pressie early : the Lidl Bresser telescope ! I know you're going to be plagued by newbies like myself after Christmas so I'm getting in early .

Tried it out just now (about half an hour ago) for an hour or so, and I think I saw the Orion constellation (a real clear V shape, not quite W but kind of half a W), with to its right some kind of blurry cluster I didn't manage to view properly (Taurus ?), that was looking South, and then South West of me, Jupiter and its moons ? (not sure I saw 4, maybe 3, I was too shaky). Can someone confirm if this makes sense ? the thing that I thought was Jupiter had the 3/4 little thingies going down slightly to its right I think, kind of like a Q, but I'm looking at the picture above and the moons are to its left ? does it change depending on when you view it ? I think possibly as well I was looking at a reversed image ?

I'm sorry, I'm such an ignoramus, but with the telescope Mr Mountain got me a book, and I promise to study .
I'm in a very isolated place in the South East, close to Dungarvan, ideal viewing location, our skies are breathtaking at times.

edit : reading previous pages of thread and just saw Calabi Yau post #38 pic, that's what I saw ! Yup Yup ! I was only trying the 20mm eye piece tonight, will have to try the other ones, no idea if they'll make a difference.

greedygoblin

Hi Mountainsandh

It's possible that the V-shape you saw was the constellation Cassiopeia, it has a kind of elongated W shape to it. The cluster of stars to the right was probably the Pleiades, you are correct in saying these are a part of the Taurus constellation. Though I'm not sure Jupiter would be in the southwest area of the sky that early in the night...

If you get the opportunity I would recommend you download the Stellarium planetarium package for Windows. Before you head out with the scope, take a look at this, it will show you the location of the most prominent stars visible at that exact time. Whether you're a newbie or more experienced, it's exceptionally handy for identifying what your seeing through the scope.

Drake66

Mountainsandh wrote: »

Hi everyone, pure newbie here, and got my Christmas pressie early : the Lidl Bresser telescope ! I know you're going to be plagued by newbies like myself after Christmas so I'm getting in early .

Tried it out just now (about half an hour ago) for an hour or so, and I think I saw the Orion constellation (a real clear V shape, not quite W but kind of half a W), with to its right some kind of blurry cluster I didn't manage to view properly (Taurus ?), that was looking South, and then South West of me, Jupiter and its moons ? (not sure I saw 4, maybe 3, I was too shaky). Can someone confirm if this makes sense ? the thing that I thought was Jupiter had the 3/4 little thingies going down slightly to its right I think, kind of like a Q, but I'm looking at the picture above and the moons are to its left ? does it change depending on when you view it ? I think possibly as well I was looking at a reversed image ?

I'm sorry, I'm such an ignoramus, but with the telescope Mr Mountain got me a book, and I promise to study .
I'm in a very isolated place in the South East, close to Dungarvan, ideal viewing location, our skies are breathtaking at times.

edit : reading previous pages of thread and just saw Calabi Yau post #38 pic, that's what I saw ! Yup Yup ! I was only trying the 20mm eye piece tonight, will have to try the other ones, no idea if they'll make a difference.

Yeah that was the V or horns of Taurus. The bright orange component is aldebaran. The star to the right of aldebaran is actually a cluster of stars called the Hyades; I can't really see it clearly with the naked eye in my light polluted skies but it looks fantastic in a pair of binos. The cluster of stars above and to the right of the V, which sort of looks like a milk pan, is the Pleiades. Which is absolutely fantastic in a pair of binos or a wide FOV eyepiece in my small scope.Here is a pic from stellarium.

Dungarvan is a great spot for looking at the night sky. When I go down to An Rinn I always take my binoculars.

tuxy

I think when new to astronomy finding your way around with a telescope is a bit of a nightmare. A cheap pair of 50x10 binoculars is a better starting point, it's much easier to find your way around with its wider viewing angle. Learn where the main constellations and stars are with binos, then start investigating further with a telescope.
I haven't even got a telescope yet because I keep finding new things to look at with binoculars.

Mountainsandh

Thanks all, I downloaded Stellarium, that will really help. Tuxy I know what you're saying, I had read the thread on here about starting out, and was thinking of getting a pair of binoculars, but since husband is a tad impulsive and bought the Bressler, well... I'll learn to use it though, I like learning new things, and it's fun to look, even if I might not always know what I'm looking at !
I'm very lucky with the location I am at, and I can use some landmarks (hill and shed roof) as a starting point to anchor myself from. It will probably take me ages to move from the moon and Jupiter to spotting other things, but what harm ?

No luck with the weather tonight, so I might do a bit of online learning.

tuxy

Good attitude. With dark skys you can probably see stuff with the naked eye that the rest of use need binoculars to see.
Nothing but cloud cover for me at the moment.

Popoutman

Here's a Jupiter image that I finally got around to processing. Taken with an 8" newtonian, 2x TV barlow, and a Canon 600D in 3x movie mode. Stacked in Registax 5.
Taken on December 19th.


From left to right, the satellites are Ganymede, Europa and Io. Callisto can just barely be seen above and left of Jupiter. Pic is linked to the original size.

Kersh

Brilliant pic Popoutman, fair play

ceejay

Finally got a good clear night to try out my new eyepieces on my Celestron NexStar 4SE. Jupiter looked great, the 4 Gallilean moons were really clear, and the higher power eyepieces really gave a great view.

I also got a 2x barlow, so I used it with my NexImage to get this image of Jupiter:



Registax amazes me with the detail it brings out with the wavelet processing - it's like black magic!

Popoutman

Ooh. Impressive results with a 4".

Try the RGB alignment - the upper left and lower right are slightly fringed. Should help that *little* bit..

peterako

Excellent image!!

Peter

ceejay

Popoutman wrote: »

Ooh. Impressive results with a 4".

Try the RGB alignment - the upper left and lower right are slightly fringed. Should help that *little* bit..

I'll have to give that a go. It's something I've noticed in my images before. I put it down to chromatic aberration in the lenses somewhere, but maybe it's in the CCD sensor somehow? In any case, I'll see what additional magic I can get Registax to perform