On June 21st, 2020 in Santa Pola, Alicante, Spain, I decided to give it a first real try on Jupiter. It was not the first time I tested, but it certainly was the first time I was going to process it from top to bottom. I used my Canon T5 camera along with my Skywatcher Black Diamond 150/750 telescope attached using a T-Ring. I knew from previous experiences that I was not going to be able to get much detail with this configuration, but I tried to do something different this time.
I managed to attached the 1.25'' to 2'' converter into the T-Ring, but inverted. This means that the converter would be inside the 2'' tube instead of at the end. Then, I put the 10mm eyepiece in the 1.25'' to 2'' converter facing the camera. That means that the camera sensor would look into the eyepiece. Finally, I attached the T-Ring to the 2'' extensor that goes into the telescope. This weird configuration allows me to give it an extra augmentation that could show extra details. The problem is that the optical aberration of the eyepiece is quite evident, however, since the object observed was so small, it was not noticeable at all.
I recorded a 60 seconds video and stacked the best 1200 frames, using PIPP to convert it into an AVI file, and the Registax 6.1 to stack and post-processing.
I managed to attached the 1.25'' to 2'' converter into the T-Ring, but inverted. This means that the converter would be inside the 2'' tube instead of at the end. Then, I put the 10mm eyepiece in the 1.25'' to 2'' converter facing the camera. That means that the camera sensor would look into the eyepiece. Finally, I attached the T-Ring to the 2'' extensor that goes into the telescope. This weird configuration allows me to give it an extra augmentation that could show extra details. The problem is that the optical aberration of the eyepiece is quite evident, however, since the object observed was so small, it was not noticeable at all.
I recorded a 60 seconds video and stacked the best 1200 frames, using PIPP to convert it into an AVI file, and the Registax 6.1 to stack and post-processing.
I am quite happy with this first attempt. The atmospheric lines are quite evident, and the four Galilean Moons are visible. I will retry this again with Jupiter in a higher position in the sky, with more and longer videos, and I will make sure that the Great Red Spot is facing Earth at that moment.
After collimating my newtonian telescope and retrying this target, I managed to get better result using the same technique.