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

M16 Eagle Nebula
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