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J3RRYLIKESCHEESE OP t1_iubcd4k wrote

Here is some of my best planetary work this year put together in this collage. They're not 1:1 scale, but this is their apparent size when viewed from Earth at 5400mm with a 10 inch telescope (except for Uranus and Neptune, I upscaled those by 200% for aesthetic purposes). From left to right: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. All imaged in RGB except for Uranus which is (R)RGB using a 610nm filter to bring out the polar cap, and Mercury and Venus used IR data as well with 807nm filter. To take these images I used my Skywatcher 10" GoTo Dobsonian, X-Cel 3x barlow, ZWO ADC, and ASI178 camera + filters. As well as a variety of software: SharpCap, AutoStakkert, Registax/AstroSurface, and GIMP.

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May-Eat-A-Pizza t1_iube0gh wrote

Perhaps one day you can travel with your telescope to a planet to add earth to your collection.

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Doobiepoo t1_iubesrv wrote

Wow, what kind of telescope is this? And do you ever see UFOs?

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hpatrick1982 t1_iubgliq wrote

Beautiful, I’m just waiting for the first person to say “Where’s Earth”😂

Edit: My wife was the first person…and she’s a doctor y’all.

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Ill_Coast9337 t1_iubkmn9 wrote

Good job, this is beautiful! Do you mind sharing your setup? I plan to do the same one day and wanted have an idea of pricing, etc.

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Florida2000 t1_iublbm6 wrote

Your presentation is spot on. I mean it would have been easy to stick it in a grid but I love what you did.......

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JimmyJazz1971 t1_iubmes8 wrote

I've never seen Uranus look so sharp. I've always found it to be very fuzzy like Neptune through the eyepiece. I've never tried to image it, though.

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mossberbb t1_iubp933 wrote

your mars shot with that 10 inch is remarkable. as is some of the farther planets. wow.

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Pura_vidas t1_iubs0dj wrote

Why do we even have nasa, when we have you?!? Amazing shots!

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[deleted] t1_iubsdcn wrote

I didn’t read the full title and I kept going along like, “that’s not Earth! Maybe this is backwards”.

I am ashamed to admit, it took an entire three minutes before I clicked. 😂

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VitorMM t1_iubuf63 wrote

In 18 years precisely, the planets will align ever so nicely...

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ChubbyWanKenobie t1_iubvh87 wrote

I can't believe what is possible with home rigs. Fantastic images. I have to keep scrolling up to see if I really saw what I thought I did.

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vendetta0311 t1_iubx09n wrote

Ah, now I see. The planets are all lined up. No wonder everything is going to shit.

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Forwraith t1_iubytqn wrote

In the 18 years precisely, the planets will align ever so nicely…

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mauser98 t1_iuc8wa5 wrote

I’ve always wanted to see them with my own eyes, must be surreal to see that.

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machines_breathe t1_iucanto wrote

All of those planets can fit inside of the space between earth and the moon’s orbit.

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Jazlen8888 t1_iuccdme wrote

So cool! Saturn looks so nice.

Years ago I took Astronomy. I had to go to 2 observatory at the time I got to look in one the telescopes saw Jupiter and it’s four moons. It was amazing. Jupiter looks awesome

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Dr_Darkroom t1_iucfpw9 wrote

Dang, they should put a mirror in orbit so people like yourself can get a shot of Earth! That would be something.

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Few_Carpenter_9185 t1_iuchgk9 wrote

Replying to hpatrick1982 (#330,082)

OP could have just pointed the telescope down at their shoes or something.

Well, probably not with a Dob. And focus would be impossible.

Just a basic smartphone pic of the shoes in grass or whatever, cropped into a circle just a smidge bigger than Venus would have been funny.

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b00r0wa t1_iucjqr7 wrote

Imagine believing in god... This if fucking beautiful

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DeezMFNutsLOL t1_iucjug8 wrote

Wow impressive how you got that close to those planets

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Few_Carpenter_9185 t1_iucjv2j wrote

Replying to VitorMM (#332,978)

If you're old enough you may remember the last big syzygy (what a weird-ass word... Greek, makes sense.) in 1982 that was supposed to cause massive earthquakes and disruption on Earth, geomagnetic storms etc.

Made famous by the schlock-science book "The Jupiter Effect" published in 1974.

I guess "Jupiter Effect" because it has the most mass. And sounded good as a book title.

The gravitational pull of all the planets on one side of the sun would raise storms, CME's etc. alter the weather just enough to place a tiny amount of stress on the angular momentum of Earth's rotation, and set off the San Andreas fault etc.

Made for good fodder on slow news days leading up to the big day in 1982. I guess WWIII with the Soviets breaking out on any given day wasn't good enough. Nor was the creepy Leonard Nimoy voiceover on "In Search Of:" re-runs warning about the killer bees coming up from Mexico.

Honestly, the fast and dramatic stuff like the Jupiter Effect, WWIII, and killer bee swarms seemed preferable to the more mundane slow grind of starvation through overpopulation when the world passed 5 billion, and freezing in the next ice-age that was coming, while OPEC refused to sell oil to the U.S. etc., that media and pop-culture drilled into kids heads through the decade prior.

Hell, ABC "Schoolhouse Rock" was trying to subtly prepare us kids for the inevitable post-meat futue with "Beans and Rice is Nice". At least until we hit the final wall in the terminal Soylent Green phase of industrialized second-hand cannibalism, in the far-flung futue of 2022...

Ahh... the 80's. Good times.

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JustVega t1_iuck7p0 wrote

Space is one of those things that humbles me as an insignificant life form just going about. The vastness and distances between our planet and stars or other planets is insane. There’s so much out there and for me I’d want to see it if I could. One of my favorite dreams was one that started off scary then filled me with awe and calm. Weightless in a shuttle looking out seeing the earth with that dark backdrop. One of those dreams i never wanted to end.

Oh cool pictures/collage. Sorry I got rambling lol

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tallerthannobody t1_iucnruf wrote

My dumbass was going to say: why haven’t you taken the earth in picture ?

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spiritualshorty t1_iucohey wrote

The title of this post is so wholesome - I'm going to put it on my fridge, sweetie!

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iamafraazhussain t1_iucooet wrote

Dont mind me, I'm just looking for that one comment searching for earth's pic

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kawaiismaug t1_iuctveb wrote

Great photos! Stupid me was frowning at the picture for a few second thinking why you would not include the earth lol.

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chamunks t1_iud0k70 wrote

Someone should do a post of this with James Webb just for fun.

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omnichronos t1_iud18kz wrote

When I was a kid in the early '70s, these would have rivaled the best available photos.

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kinda_hansolo t1_iud6bfm wrote

Why you didn't scope the Earth 🤣🤣 You should finish this collection asap bro.

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MedPhys90 t1_iud76ha wrote

How did you get them to all line up. 😂

Great job!

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mgerics t1_iudam76 wrote

so, no pictures of Earth...

terraphobic, are we ? : )

really cool pictures, OP! thank you for sharing.

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FutureMartian97 t1_iudgcb3 wrote

Amazing. What program did you use to stack the frames when shooting every planet?

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kiwidude4 t1_iufstg0 wrote

Man I’m 23 hours too late to making the “You didn’t get one of the earth” joke.

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StickyNode t1_iuhydhk wrote

The crescent uranus is interesting havent seen that before

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Snoo_95743 t1_iui04tt wrote

Beautiful bro. I want to get a decent scope but there are so many and I don't know enough about them. Been hooked on space since I say Hailey's comet when I was s young kid. 43 now but still only gonna see that one once in a lifetime.

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WeirdNecessary2912 t1_iuiypk6 wrote

Can you tell me exact cost for buying a telescope and camera to get such stunning photos?

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J3RRYLIKESCHEESE OP t1_iuk9twr wrote

Replying to Snoo_95743 (#383,774)

Get an apertura AD8 dobsonian or ad12 if you're looking for something bigger; they are cheap and easy to use. Using a sky chart or Stellarium app will help you locate objects. It ain't GoTo (motorized) so you'll have to point it by hand, but it will give you some unforgettable views of the planets, and under truly dark skies you can even make out spiral arms of some galaxies and some of the brighter nebula

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