Details
- Camera: Player One Uranus-M
- Scope: Stellalyra Classical Cassegrain 150mm
- Lens: Televue Powermate 2.5x
- Mount: Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
- Software: Autostakkert, Registax, PixInsight, Photoshop
- Filters: Astronomik RGB
Jupiter showing the transit of Europa (near the limb on left of the South Equatorial Band) on the night of 6th April 2026 at 22.57 UTC. The Great Red Spot also made a welcome appearance.
This image employs a 2.5x Powermate to improve reach and resolution and gives an overall focal length of 4560mm. Interestingly plate-solving worked much better with the Uranus-M thanks to its sensitivity allowing the target to be found at the native focal length of 1836mm before adding the Powermate to the imaging train. Achieving focus is challenging with this rig. Additionally, the inherent dimness of the CC at f12 combined with the lght-reducing nature of the Powermate resulted in relative long exposures of 0.5s notwithstanding the use of the fast planetary camera.
Integration time: Lucky imaging: best 50% frames from 600 video frames (200 of each RGB).
