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My very first telescope arrived today so I spent some time in the backyard tonight with my new Celestron NexStar 127SLT.
Image data was captured via video on my iPhone XS (and now I reeeeaally want a dedicated telescope camera)
I used:
TLDF to turn video frames into images
Lightroom to batch-edit those images
Lynkeos to stack the images
Back to Lightroom to play with some sliders again
This was my first ever attempt to edit and stack planetary images. I'm hooked. I know this first one is quite bad, but I'm really excited to spend a lot more time with this telescope.
Slacker25
Quite bad? Are you kidding?
Vall707
I can.. bark at the moon
JohnTheFrost
There’s no better feeling than looking at another planet with your own eyes.
frogGoBragh
It really is amazing. I felt a degree of fear. Like, holy crap it's actually real. It's really really real. (please don't crash into us!)
diffractal
Super cool! How much of the banding could you see by eye?
frogGoBragh
Through the 25mm eye-piece they were surprisingly sharp. Itty bitty, but it looked like the Jupiter we all know.
ryphi
Always upvote astronomy. Especially amateur astronomy.
frogGoBragh
Always upvote Always upvote astronomy.
YoloMcSwagginsteinDaFith
Thats just a yellow orange marble with a filter on it.
frogGoBragh
It's Jupiter, I promise! >>Sent from my sound stage at Area 51<<
Thismightbemypassword
Nice! Was the seeing good for last night? I bet you’re gonna have even more sharp images in future!
frogGoBragh
clouds on clouds on clouds. though i've read that you never get clear skies the night that you get new astronomy gear lol
DPHENS
Now show us Uranus.
frogGoBragh
You know I would if I could!
twith2sugars
I did the same thing last night too! Saw Jupiter and Saturn.
frogGoBragh
awesome! I got a glimpse of Saturn and her rings before the clouds rolled in. Nothing captured with my iPhone though :(