ALWAYS TRYING TO PUSH FILM TO THE RESOLUTION OF DIGITAL CAMERAS I SHOT THIS PIC OF SATURN ON 13 FEB 2003 ON FUJI 800 FILM ABOUT TWO SECONDS EXPOSURE, EYEPIECE PROJECTION WITH A 10 MM PLOSSL YIELDING AN EFFECTIVE FOCAL LENGTH OF ABOUT 30,000 MM AND AN F RATIO OF ABOUT F150 - CELESTRON CLASSIC 8.
THE FIRST PIC WAS WITH FUJI 800 FILM ON THE NIGHT OF 13/14 FEB 2003, AND THE SHADOW OF GANYMEDE CAN BE SEEN ON THE NORTHERN EQUATORIAL BELT (THE BOTTOM BELT AS SOUTH IS AT THE TOP) JUST TO THE LEFT OF CENTER. STARE REAL HARD AT THE PICTURE AND YOU WILL SEE THE LITTLE DARK DOT. THE SECOND SHOT WAS SHOT WITH MY SONY MAVICA FD5 LOW RESOLUTION DIGITAL CAMERA ABOUT AN HOUR LATER WITH AN AFOCAL SET UP USING A 3X BARLOW AND A 7 MM ORTHO YIELDING A POWER OF ABOUT 850X. THE SHADOW OF GANYMEDE IS FURTHER TO THE LEFT AND THE GREAT RED SPOT IS BEGINNING TO ROTATE INTO VIEW AT THE UPPER RIGHT. THE THIRD PHOTO WAS TAKEN ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THE SECOND WITH THE SONY MAVICA FD5. THE SHADOW OF GANYMEDE HAS MOVED OFF THE DISK OF JUPITER AND THE GREAT RED SPOT IS NOW CENTRALLY LOCATED ON THE SEB (SOUTHERN EQUATORIAL BELT).
CLOSEUP VIEW OF THE 180 MILE WIDE MOON CRATER BAILEY TAKEN WITH A SONY MAVICA FD5, C8 AFOCAL 600 POWER
FIRST PHOTO IS FROM THE ELONGATED FORMATION KNOWN AS SCHILLER AT THE UPPER LEFT TO THE GREAT FLAT FLOORED 134 MILE WIDE CRATER SCHIKARD. THE SECOND PIC IS FROM SCHIKARD TO THE CRATER GASSENDI AT THE LOWER LEFT. C8 AND EYEPIECE PROJECTION WITH TMAX 400 FILM. SOUTH IS AT THE TOP.
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