Second Planetary Astrophoto, Saturn

Saturn, taken 2019, July 25 at (PDT) 12:10:07 am through my Dynamax 8, 2110mm f/10, telescope with a 20mm eyepiece projecting the image into my Olympus Pen-F camera at ISO 2000 and 1/30 sec. exposure. My telescope's RA drive clutch no longer engages, thus this photo was taken without tracking and hence the high ISO leaving the image quite noisy.

Saturn currently sits low in my southern sky in the constellation Sagittarius, so this view is through a lot of coastal atmosphere on a clear moonless night. Click on the image itself to see it in its full-sized glory. This is a telescope's view, inverted; I have not turned it to an upright normal view.

E. David Hopkins own Don't Dwown, Fly

E. David Hopkins: JS Bach Minuets I and II in D minor and D major respectively

E. David Hopkins: Telemann Viola Concerto in G major, TWV 51:G9

First Attempt at Planetary Astrophotography, Jupiter

Jupiter, taken 2019, July 15 at (PDT) 11:20:20 pm through my Dynamax 8, 2110mm f/10, telescope with a 20mm eyepiece projecting the image into my Olympus Pen-F camera at ISO 2500 and 1/30 sec. exposure. My telescope's RA drive clutch no longer engages, thus this photo was taken without tracking and hence the high ISO leaving the image a bit noisy.

Jupiter currently sits low in my southern sky in the constellation Ophiuchus, so this view is through a lot of coastal atmosphere on a clear moonlit night. Click on the image itself to see it in its full-sized glory. This is a telescope's view, inverted; I have not turned it to an upright normal view.   Io, barely visible two-thirds of the way to the margin off to the left, and Europa, also barely visible close against the right margin one-third of the way up from the bottom of the photo, are the only Gallilaian moons in this photo. A pinpoint faint background star, just over one Jupiter diameter towards a "7:00 o'clock" position, demonstrates that the photo is sharply in focus. The Great Red Spot shows at mid-upper left on Jupiter's disk and some of the atmospheric bandings stands out.