Jupiter, with Io and Europa: 3x
My view from South Huntsville on August 15, 2020, just before midnight. Jupiter is prominent in Alabama skies now, easily found in the Southeastern sky during late evenings. Around 10 PM it reaches its highest point in our sky, to the South. As a Southern state, Alabama sees Jupiter rise high in our skies, affording us a view those farther to the North do not get. As a bonus, Saturn is nearby, bright, a little farther to the East. Mars rises in the East about the time Jupiter shines highest in the South; by October Mars will appear brighter in the sky than Jupiter.
Celestron EdgeHD8 telescope
Celestron Advanced VX mount.
ZWO 224MC camera
Explore Scientific 3x Focal Extender
F/30, 203.2mm aperture, 6096mm focal length
Preprocessing with PIPP
Stacking with AutoStakkert!3, best 60% of 4944 video frames used,
Registax wavelets processing applied
Final processing in Photoshop CC 2020: Image cropped to 8x10 ratio.
Jupiter, with Io and Europa: 3x
My view from South Huntsville on August 15, 2020, just before midnight. Jupiter is prominent in Alabama skies now, easily found in the Southeastern sky during late evenings. Around 10 PM it reaches its highest point in our sky, to the South. As a Southern state, Alabama sees Jupiter rise high in our skies, affording us a view those farther to the North do not get. As a bonus, Saturn is nearby, bright, a little farther to the East. Mars rises in the East about the time Jupiter shines highest in the South; by October Mars will appear brighter in the sky than Jupiter.
Celestron EdgeHD8 telescope
Celestron Advanced VX mount.
ZWO 224MC camera
Explore Scientific 3x Focal Extender
F/30, 203.2mm aperture, 6096mm focal length
Preprocessing with PIPP
Stacking with AutoStakkert!3, best 60% of 4944 video frames used,
Registax wavelets processing applied
Final processing in Photoshop CC 2020: Image cropped to 8x10 ratio.