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The Planetary pages

These pages are all for planetary imaging using a variety of the equipment you can see on the equipment page. My latest attempts include looking at the webcam idea and multiple image stacking to improve resolution. There's nothing so disheartening as taking 10 yearsa to take pictures and finding someone else using a webcam can do much, much better by aquiring a 1000 frames and stacking them to avoid atmospheric image blur . THen again , if a technique works, join them.

Table of the better planetary images..."

	Jupiter		Taken either with a 24" refractor belonging to the University of London at Mill Hill, London or a 6" Cookje refractor from Blackpool. Details unknown apart from Kodak TP2415 25 ASA film developed in HD-11. This picture is from the mid-80's and shows what might be possible to capture but I'm assuming I used the 24" for this. Compare with images below on the 8" to see the difference.
			Scanned negative from the same session as above.
			28 October 2001 - 8" f/10 Vixen vc200L - using 2 secs exposure on Kodak Royal Gold 100 with 5 secs top-hat to calm telescope and camera vibrations before and after exposure. Altitude of Jupiter is about 45 degrees. Takne using eyepiece projection using 12mm e.p to f/90. What do I have to do to get the resolution I need ?
			Same night, another picture.
			Saturn from the same night as aove, using the same methods and film. Even using a top-hat and the high altitude of Saturn - where is the detail ?

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