Pablo González de Prado Salas
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Saturn through the years 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016
Saturn in 2012, 13, 15 and 16
Please note! Weebly has some resolution trouble which may affect these images. Does the image above look worse than this version? If not, then you are affected. ​Open images on a new tab on the images for better-quality images if needed.

Taking pictures of the planets may not be as hard as you may think, even with relatively small telescopes.
All of the pictures here have been taken from videos, stacking frames with a program called RegiStax. The following picture shows how this technique can improve the results:
The Moon. Processed image and single video frame.
Final picture versus single video frame
The quality of the pictures is… modest. The main reason for this is that I no longer have lots of access to telescopes, and planets offer a good display only from time to time. This is specially true for Mars, which may be seen decently only every two years. And the difference will be dramatic! (Around x4 or x5 difference in size!)
This pictures show about the detail you could capture with the naked eye (or should, if Weebly behaved), a few of them a tad better than that.
Jupiter. Processed video. Slightly over naked-eye detail.
Modest picture of a gorgeous planet.
This is Mars! I am prouder of this picture than you would guess for its apparent quality. The night was so bad that we had to take the video protecting the telescope from the wind with a stretched blanket!
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Venus, Pablo González de Prado Salas.
This is Venus, looking spectacular given how bad it looked through the eyepiece!
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