Archives for 7 May 2005
Atmospheric Prismatic Dispersion
Published on 7 May 2005 at 12:03 pm.
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After looking more critically at the D460 image I took of Jupiter last night I noticed the red and blue “fringes” on the planet. I discovered this is a phenomenon known as Atmospheric Prismatic Dispersion. I don’t see it in any of the webcam images so it could possible be something about the optical coupling [...]
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Jupiter Tonight
Published on 7 May 2005 at 1:10 am.
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I took the scope out tonight as it was a clear sky and moderately humid (which is less than the usual VERY humid). I tried some different shots of Jupiter tonight with both the Olympus D460 and the Meade LPI. My results were pretty much what they’ve been. I’m either at the limit of my [...]
