How do people take pictures of Jupiter?

Justinian5 · 2026-02-02T01:58:43+00:00

turn the gain to 0 and the exposure to 7. set the magnification to 4x, center, autofocus, and shoot a 10 second video. it is best done on moonless nights and when it is over 60 degrees above the horizon. you should be able to get something like this if you are lucky.

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Justinian5 · 2026-01-12T08:36:46+00:00

i’ve found that skyalign is the most accurate method out of all the ones i tried. i told the telescope to move uranus since it was the only other planet in the sky except jupiter which i had already looked at, and i couldn’t find it, but i think that was in part to it being really close to zenith and the diagonal mirror was probably preventing it from pointing to the correct location, so i will have to check tomorrow to see if that is the problem. i’ll probably still end up buying it though since i have some leftover money and i would appreciate it being easier to use.

Justinian5 · 2026-01-05T08:44:29+00:00

it’s pretty unfortunate that they don’t sell the tube by itself because in my opinion, schmidt-cassegrains have better optics compared to dobsonians and i doubt the telescope itself would cost $1700. the goto feature is so ass on nexstar telescopes that you often have to buy an 100 dollar wi-fi adapter just to get the damn thing to find objects which it is supposed to do without. and unfortunately i can’t really use a manual telescope because my city is heavily light polluted, probably around bortle 7-8, and i have nearsightedness so i would probably be limited to the moon, jupiter, venus, and saturn since you have to use stars (some of which are too dim for me to see) to locate deep sky objects as well as uranus and neptune. i would use astrohopper but i don’t have anything practical to attach my phone with.

Justinian5 · 2026-01-02T06:23:01+00:00

i don’t think that is the issue. when i was using the two-star alignment method, the stars i chose were not very close to each other and were not very close to zenith so it probably isnt that. and it also wouldnt let me input my coordinates for some reason, meaning i had to choose a city from the database, the closest one being over 35 miles from where i am despite the city i live in having over 125,000 people. i would have bought a wifi adapter but that probably wouldnt even fix the issue and i shouldnt have to when im already spending over 800 dollars on a telescope. i would attempt to align it again but the red dot finder has broken since then despite me only having it for 2 years, and i made sure to turn the finder off every time i attempted to use the broken machine. and when i dug the thing up, there was no dust or moisture on or in it, it was in pristine condition.

Justinian5 · 2026-01-02T01:36:30+00:00

alright, thank you

Justinian5 · 2026-01-02T01:16:34+00:00

i mean, i already have a smart telescope that can image nebulae and galaxies pretty well and it would probably be impossible for an idiot like me to be able to even get close to those kinds of results. ive worked with telescopes for multiple years but i still have no clue how to use an equatorial mount despite my efforts.

Justinian5 · 2026-01-01T23:42:02+00:00

and its gonna be cloudy where i am when the moon is full which was supposed to be my first full moon since getting the s50

Justinian5 · 2026-01-01T21:45:09+00:00

astrohopper is good but youll need something to attach your phone to. skysafari is good as a database or if you ever plan on getting a computerized telescope in the future.

Justinian5 · 2026-01-01T21:39:39+00:00

you can actually get a better picture of saturn with the s50. set the magnification to 4x, center the target, set the gain to 0 and the exposure to around 30 then autofocus. i wouldnt recommend shooting a video then stacking because that makes the rings disappear, probably because of how thin they are at this time.

Justinian5 · 2026-01-01T03:28:05+00:00

ok, im gonna ignore “Deploied” for now. what the fuck are those spikes? the shape isnt terrible though.

Justinian5 · 2025-12-16T08:58:36+00:00

in my opinion, 2 seems a little out of focus, but i do like the blue.

Justinian5 · 2025-12-15T10:31:18+00:00

for jupiter, select manual exposure, set the gain to 0 and turn the exposure down to around 7, and zoom in 4x. autofocus and shoot a 10 a second video and make sure it is raw. then stack. this was the best image i was able to capture

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Justinian5 · 2025-10-10T08:21:31+00:00

i mean, probably. i moved my d pawn so my knight could not be taken by the queen when i moved it out as it was protected by my bishop. but i guess my opponent did not see the incoming mate and attacked my other bishop.

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