^ great planetary shots considering you're using just a spotting scope (as opposed to using one that's designed specifically for looking to the heavens)
Thanks, I'm really pleased with how they came out. The C90 is a great little grab and go telescope (or a first telescope in my case). I use it on a standard camera tripod which isn't ideal but it works okay enough. Learning to use all the different processing software is the hard part!
Edit:
I took another shot at Jupiter since the Great Red Spot was visible tonight. Also stacked about three times more exposures than last time.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot & Galilean Moons
My Celestron C90 is threaded in the back. All I have to do is remove the diagonal and screw on a <$10 T-ring adapter. My DSLR attaches to the T-ring like a camera lens.Hey man how are you taking pictures of your scope's view?
What and where is that?
Those aren't bad! Mars is especially difficult.
The trick with planets is to take multiple photos and "stack" them in software. I stacked 80-100 exposures for each of those photos and it was a massive improvement over any single frame. It takes time and there's a learning curve but planets come out much better. Here's a guide if you're interested. Some folks have tracking mounts and specialized planetary webcam-like devices that shoot video and stack thousands of individual frames.
It sounds like you could use a better tripod, what do you have? Collapsing the legs to their shortest may help and/or hanging a weight from it if there's a hook available.
Neat I thought of trying out stacking but never realized it was actually a thing.
The tripod I have is a mid range Dynex one. I bought it from someone who does photography at a somewhat pro level and he would never buy something that's crap, so it may not be top of the line but it's decent.
I find it's not so much the tripod itself that shakes, but the lens at the point of mounting. So even if I hold or weigh down the actual tripod, the lens/camera is actually what moves. Though I imagine a heavier duty tripod may solve that. perhaps something that mounts the lens and camera. I can always try to rig something myself too.