universetoday.com — This photograph of Jupiter looks like it was taken by Hubble or Voyager, but it was actually taken by Australian astronomer Mike Salway using a 10-inch telescope. Mike took 450 separate frames and then combined them on computer to produce this final image.
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eclectroMar 22, 2006
Actually the pictures of the moon are using a Nikon coolpix and is a different atronomer than submission. Still cool nonetheless.This appears to be Mike Salway's website;<a class="user" href="http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?news">http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?news</a>
deutMar 22, 2006
simply amazing - well done mate
5m0k3Mar 23, 2006
That is one professional amateur photographer.
Closed AccountMar 23, 2006
"Astronomy is a great place for amateurs"Astronomy is a place? Where is it? Maybe you mean astronomy is a great hobby, ah ha! that's it
idiggitMar 23, 2006
Wait a minute... the moon is upside down. ;)
littleoniMar 23, 2006
Very cool.
killerahMar 23, 2006
Wow, that's just incredible that some guy with a camera and a telescope can make pictures that good of Jupiter! His moon picture is amazing too.
mikesalwayMar 23, 2006
Hi guys. I'm the imager who took the shots of Jupiter in this article.Thanks for your comments.I use a run of the mill rusty tubed GSO 10" dob on top of an EQ platform, and I use a ToUcam webcam as the capture device. As the article states, the benefit of the webcam method of capturing images, is that you capture many "frames" in a short amount of time, and use software to help select the best frames - where the atmospheric turbulance was at its least, and stack those together. Seperate software is then used to sharpen the image using a "Lucy Richardson" deconvolution algorithm. The animation was made (in Jasc Animation Shop 3) of 16 separate images over an hour and half period.You can see a pic of my imaging setup here: <a class="user" href="http://www.iceinspace.com.au/images/eqplatform-imaging.jpg">http://www.iceinspace.com.au/images/eqplatform-imaging.jpg</a>It's not expensive equipment - my whole setup costs less than AU$1500. (not including the laptop). And i'm certainly not a professional. Unless you want to pay me to do this :)My other images can be found on my website, here: <a class="user" href="http://www.iceinspace.com.au/mygallery/">http://www.iceinspace.com.au/mygallery/</a>If you're interested in Astronomy, you're welcome to come and join the IceInSpace Forums, (especially if you live in Australia) and talk about astronomy, get advice about equipment, see more amateur astrophotography, etc. <a class="user" href="http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum">http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum</a>Thanks again. PS: My Jupiter image also got published on Astronomy Picture of the Day on March 18:<a class="user" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060318.html">http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060318.html</a>Thanks
sizzorMar 23, 2006
Wow. Digg sure has a lot of Astronomy fans. For those who do imaging, what do you use? Registax or some other stacking program?