Location: Fort Collins, CO Date: 2013-03-22 Camera: Canon XSi (modified) Lens: Canon 200mm f/2.8L Mount: Astrotrac + Still Tripod Shot: Single Shot 1x60 seconds f/4 ISO 200 Processing: Photoshop, Topaz
On January 21st, 2013, Earth's Moon appeared closer to Jupiter as it will be until the year 2026. This image is a 16 panel high resolution mosaic. In order to get Jupiter in the correct place, I started by taking an image with just my telescope (770mm). This single shot was able to give me the correct orientation and distance between Jupiter and the Moon. Then I applied a 4x Powermate to the setup and took a 16-panel mosaic (15 panels for the Moon and 1 panel for Jupiter). In Photoshop, I processed created a mosaic of the Moon, then scaled the single image of the Moon/Jupiter so the moon was the same size. Finally, in the image containing the 15=panel moon, I placed the high-res version of Jupiter (and its moons) in the correct place (according to the single shot). Beyond that, a few minor processing techniques were used (wavelet processing, select band-pass filtering, contrast enchantments, etc.). Location: Fort Collins, CO Date: 2013-01-21 Camera: Canon XSi (modified) Telescope: WO 110 FLT Mount: CGEM
Location: Fort Collins, CO Date: 2013-03-22 Camera: Canon XSi (modified) Lens: Canon 200mm f/2.8L Mount: Astrotrac + Still Tripod Shot: Stacked 10x60 seconds f/4 ISO 200 Processing: Photoshop, Topaz
