{"id":1338,"date":"2011-09-15T23:46:07","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T23:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2018-10-04T12:04:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T11:04:48","slug":"mission-control-this-is-jupiter-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkd.co.uk\/blog\/mission-control-this-is-jupiter-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission control, this is Jupiter 1, the Robinson’s are all tucked in"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a brief bit of mucking around with a lens reducer which didn’t seem to work properly a new one arrived today (yesterday by the time I’m writing this) and it was a loverly clear night to give it a try. The main point of it was to try and fit a bit more of the moon in when using the webcam and I’m really pleased to say this one works and a big thanks to Lee Sproats at Green Witch<\/a> for his patience with dealing with me over the lens reducer.<\/p>\n

This is with the lens reducer in:
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And this is without:
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The difference is really noticeable and if it wasn’t for the fact I was freezing out there (no i didn’t have a coat on, i was too damn busy) I would have tried to get a sharper focus.<\/p>\n

Trotting along behind the moon was that little git I tried to get at the start of the year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This is a much better shot than in March and shows Callisto, Ganymede, Europa, Jupiter and Io. I was using a filter to cut down the glare but theres no details to be seen, so either I need a better filter or something to help clean it up.<\/p>\n

And this is the original video that came from:
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Dammmmmit after nearly an hour indoors i’m still freezing. BEDTIME!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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