It is possible to take pictures of JWST's target using a home telescope in the city, this is my Stephan's quintet taken with an 8-inch telescope compare with JWST's image.k2qogir OP t1_iqqfmfb wrote
This is cropped from a wide field image I took in September, a total of 8 hours of exposure using a mono camera with RGB filters, the less-cropped version is here.
I live downtown in a big city with severe light pollution, I was convinced broad band astrophotography is nearly impossible in a big city like mine, but apparently, with modern technology (hardware and software) it is possible to gather enough light in one night and separate them from light pollution to create an acceptable deep sky image, although it won't be as detailed as the image taken under a dark sky, but it's somewhat doable with a reasonable budget.
Equipment:
- Scope: Celestron RASA 8
- Mount: Ioptron cem40
- Camera: ZWO ASI183mm pro
- Filter: Optolong 2'' LRGB filter set
- Guide scope: ZWO mini120mm
- Guide Camera: ZWO ASI224mc
Stacked and processed in Pixinsight.
More of my astrophotography works on Instagram.
I also have a small youtube channel featuring some of my astrophotography projects.
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