Jupiter 1 - First Jupiter Stack

I've finally managed to get a half decent shot of the gas giant Jupiter. It's an alright shot I think, given the circumstances. I was at home, in the middle of the city when I took the video for the stack. It will be interesting to see the difference between a light polluted photo and one taken in good seeing conditions.

Still, it can only get better from here.

OTA: 120mm Achromatic Refractor with 2x Barlow + 3x ED Barlow

Camera: Nikon D3100 14.2mp

Mount: CG-4 mount with motor drives

Exposures: 1

Exposure: 18sec AVI video

ISO: 100

Jupiter and the Moon

Finally! A night of clear skies came and I rushed outside with my neighbours telescope to see what I could see. I didn't know the sky, so in moth like fashion I went straight for the brightest objects.

I was able to make out the craters on the moon quite nicely through the 70mm refractor, then I turned to the next brightest object I could see; Jupiter. More than anything else, the view I had of the gas giant made me want to know and see everything I could of the cosmos.

People do say that when you see Jupiter, with it's reddish brown bands and it's moons, or Saturn and it's rings; you're hooked! That's exactly what happened to me.

Quite inspiring stuff! And I just had to show off my new soon-to-be-hobby with two consecutive home made wallpapers for my phone.