Jupiter in excellent seeing, 18th Feb

[andyc (Andy)]

I think the C14/ASI290MM combo may be hitting the straps at last , am really happy with data quality and processing on this one, enough to show it in the full 1.5x drizzle version. Perfect seeing encouraged me to get up, even though I was getting on a plane to Europe later that day. I've still got some more Jupier & Mars images to process from that morning. 9min RGB.

Full size view and more info in the album here

Edit: added another RGB, plus IR & methane images, the last two were through thin cloud and not quite so good.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Wow, excellent Andy!

Mike

[Atmos (Colin)]

The detail you’ve captured is amazing!

[batema (Mark)]

Magnificent. The detail is stunning.

[multiweb (Marc)]

+1 Terrific!

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Beautiful Andy, well done

[RickS (Rick)]

It's a beauty, Andy

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

When the seeing is that good do you get a chance to view it visually through an eyepiece..? The idea of viewing a planet in 10/10 seeing is a dream Viewing through a scope under the typical seeing experienced at the best sites in the World (Chile, La Palma etc) around 0.5" would surely be a revelation

Mike

[SkyWatch (Dean)]

Top effort Andy. The GRS seems a lot brighter than it has been for many years.
I'll have to have a look when Jupiter is rising at a more appealing hour!
Keep up the good work!

- Dean

[Dennis]

Wow - it was great good fortune that I opened this on my 2560x1440 monitor - Jupiter is just so BIG and detailed to boot.

Nice work.

Cheers

Dennis

[John K]

Nice going Andy! great work.

John K.

[blinky (Leigh)]

Wow and congrats. What a great reward for pushing yourself to image when you could have easily said " naahh I've got too much on today"

[h0ughy (David)]

Top shelf effort, wonderful results

[DavidU (Dave)]

Awesome image

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

These images.. process the rest

Ganymede Transit coming up Sunday 4th March 1.32am AEST ...33.6° Altitude from Sydney region for those interested... Ganymede always worth a look at 1.5" plus diameter for albedo features.

bigjoe.

[Troy]

good image

[Ross G]

Amazing photo Andy!

Ross.

[andyc (Andy)]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the friendly comments! Glad you liked them, and I hope I get the chance to do a few more like this. It's odd processing them from the UK where Jupiter is <20deg above the horizon!

Mike, you're right, it probably would've been brilliant through the eyepiece, but with clouds lurking I didn't dare back off from imaging. If I get another night like that, I'll try and report back

I've added another RGB that was as good as the first one, and an IR & methane that were limited by approaching clouds. The RGB is the 67% version, view the 100% version in the gallery here alongside the others

[Rkonrad (Richard)]

That is amazing thanks for sharing