Conjunction of Moon & Jupiter - and transit of Io & its shadow
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Tonight (12/1/2022) there was a nice conjunction of Jupiter and the Moon, they were about 2 degrees apart in the sky. At the same time Jupiter's moon Io was transiting across Jupiter, and its shadow was visible on Jupiter.
I shot the conjunction with the full-spectrum M200 and modded EF-S 55-250 IS STM with Kenko 1.5x SHQ teleconverter. I shot the Moon alone with a Meade ETX-125 telescope, the M200, and a Viltrox 0.71x speed booster to fit the whole Moon in the frame.
Jupiter was shot with the full-spectrum M200, Tiffen Hotmirror filter, Meade ETX-125, Kiron 2x MC7 teleconverter. For each final image of Jupiter, I took 3 minutes of 4k video (M200 crops the video), used the 'best' 1,600 video frames, stacked them in Autostakkert, the TIFF result wavelet-sharpened in Registax, and final processing in DxO PL.
Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter at 11 PM on 12/1/2022. Full-spectrum Canon M200, Canon EF-S 55-250 IS STM, 1.5x teleconverter, 375mm, f8, 1/80s, ISO 100
First quarter Moon on 12/1/2022, Full-spectrum Canon M200 with Meade ETX-125 telescope, Viltrox 0.71x speed booster, 1/60s, ISO 100
Closeup of the Appenine Mountains (3.9 billion years old) and their shadows on the First quarter Moon on 12/1/2022, Full-spectrum Canon M200 with Meade ETX-125 telescope, Viltrox 0.71x speed booster, 1/60s, ISO 100
Jupiter and its Moon Io. Io and its shadow are 'transiting' across Jupiter. Full-spectrum Canon M200, Meade ETX-125 telescope, 2x teleconverter, Tiffen Hotmirror filter. Each image was made from 1,600 individual 4k video frames stacked and wavelet-processed in astrophotography software, each frame at 1/100s, ISO 800