Stargazing season starts

[Andy Resnick]

First decent weekend of the year- 4 clear nights in a row. Took these of the waxing moon:

The moon was really close to Jupiter on Sunday night:

4 consecutive nights to show the motion of Jupiter's inner moons:

one night I could make out Jupiter's red spot, not bad for a 6" refractor:

And a couple images of M51 and neighboring galaxies: 1 hour total integration time @ ISO 2500

Off to a good start!

 

[Drakkith]

Very nice!

 

[Borg]

Yes, very nice pics. The M51 picture is awesome and reminds me why I really want to invest in a good scope that can track for long exposures.

 

[davenn]

nice work Andy, thanks for sharing :)

 

[LadyAkatosh]

Gorgeous! I can't wait to finish fixing up my first telescope and do the same! Beautiful pictures!

 

[Drakkith]

Yes, very nice pics. The M51 picture is awesome and reminds me why I really want to invest in a good scope that can track for long exposures.

I too want a scope that can track. But I'm stuck with this silly tracking mount instead!

 

[1oldman2]

4 consecutive nights to show the motion of Jupiter's inner moons:

This is an awesome photo, do you plan on submitting any of these to https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/planning ?

 

[Andy Resnick]

This is an awesome photo,

Thanks!