I took a picture of #jupiter this morning and I think it's my best one yet! The conditions were the best I've ever seen in my backyard in #purmerend, the Netherlands. Gear: Skywatcher Skymax 180 and ZWO asi 224MC-s. #astrodon #astrophotography
@estherhanko Super. I was amazed this morning to see Jupiter, so bright on top of the sky, with my eyes only.
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That is quite good. Shows a lot of detail when zoomed in .
@estherhanko Wow, that looks amazing! 🀩 🌌 πŸ“·βœ¨"
@estherhanko very cool! How many frames are stacked here? I have no practical experience with astrophotography beyond the moon, so I'm not sure this question even makes sense :D
@posiputt It makes a lot of sense! For planetaruy astrophotography you take videos with the shortest possible exposure times (and as many frames as possible) and get software to combine the sharpest frames into one. You then sharpen that one frame. I did that 14 times and then used some other software to combine those stacks into one. I'm too lazy to check exactly but each of those 14 stacks was 25% of about 15k frames.
@estherhanko Heel veel detail - knap gedaan πŸ‘

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Amateur astronomer, outreacher @ University of Amsterdam, crazy cat lady, edible garden enthuisast.

How are you an "amateur"? This photo is incredible! What is your gear/exposure?

@tio Thank you :) Professonal astronomers do research, and that's something I cannot do. The telescope is a Skywatcher Skymax 180. Planetary imaging is a bit different from deepsky: You make videos with the shortest possible exposure times and then you use software to combine the sharpest frames into one sharpened image. I did that 14 times, combined those 14 stacks as we call them and did a little bit of tweaking.

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Stunning!

My inner 12yo in the backyard with her brand new telescope looking up at the night sky is very, very impressed. And, TBH, more than a wee bit envious.

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An incredible image!
And you even managed to avoid having any Starlink sats in the shot...πŸ‘
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/spacex-starlinks-astronomy-1.7334803
Starlink satellites cause light pollution and disrupt radio frequencies. And it's getting worse | CBC News

In 2020, SpaceX agreed to work with the international astronomical community, which was facing research problems due to the brightness of the company's Starlink satellites. But the problems just keep mounting, frustrating astronomers.

CBC
@estherhanko great image πŸ‘πŸ‘
@estherhanko wow! This is fantastic!

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Incredibly impressive