We finally received the filter and eyepiece kit and attempted another viewing of Jupiter. The orange and yellow filters enhanced details of the Jovian belts and general atmospheric structure, while the extra eyepieces provided some much needed magnification options.
Unfortunately, without the SLR kit (still waiting on it) we couldn't attempt any real astrophotography. Relegated to using the Samsung S3's camera again, the 25mm Plossol coupled with a 2x Barlow, and a Moon filter (the orange and yellow filters didn't seem to agree with the cellphone camera) managed to provide us a reasonable picture of Jupiter (below).
Equipment list: Celestron NexStar 6SE - (25mm Plossl eyepiece & 2x Barlow) // Imaging - Samsung Galaxy S3
Who: Ayushi/Rajat/Kashif
When: 20:59 hrs, 29th Dec, 2012
Unfortunately, without the SLR kit (still waiting on it) we couldn't attempt any real astrophotography. Relegated to using the Samsung S3's camera again, the 25mm Plossol coupled with a 2x Barlow, and a Moon filter (the orange and yellow filters didn't seem to agree with the cellphone camera) managed to provide us a reasonable picture of Jupiter (below).
Who: Ayushi/Rajat/Kashif
When: 20:59 hrs, 29th Dec, 2012
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