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This is a website of my voyage into photographing the night sky (hence the domain SeeingAfterDark.com). For those who are thinking of discovering the evening sky with their own camera, I will display some of the very first images I captured along with my best. This way you may better realize that with a bit of perseverance, truly beautiful images can be captured, even with a very modest budget.

July 19, 2009, Anthony Wesley discovered that a comet or asteroid hit Jupiter, and left a large impact scar almost the size of the Earth.  Two days later I was able to image that impact scar with my 4" refracting telescope and a $50 Phillips webcam.

 

Jupiter w/ Impact Scar 7-21-09 11:47 PM  (transit was 11:38)
Altitude: 21 Deg
Mt. Laurel, NJ
Stellarvue 102ED, Televue 3x Barlow, Philips SPC 9000 webcam
1200 Frames stacked and processed in Registax
Further processing in PS CS2

(South is up in these images)
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Times to view the Impact scar over the next week are as follows (EDT):
(2-3 hour window of oppurtunity)

2009 Jul 24 01:16 AM
2009 Jul 26 02:54 AM  (best viewing, Jupiter is highest in sky)
2009 Jul 26 10:45 PM  (more difficult as Jupiter is low in the horizon)
2009 Jul 28 04:32 AM
2009 Jul 29 12:23 AM
2009 Jul 31 02:01 AM (best viewing, but spot may be dissipating by now)

 

Movement of the Impact Spot due to Jupiter's Rotation.
Left Image 11:47 PM                       Right Image  12:39 AM

 

 


M16 Eagle Nebula