Jupiter 2 Jan 2015

[Sebbie]

Happy New Year to all!

Thought I share this effort with the ASI MC120.. Finally some detail begins to show through after many nights of ordinary seeing. Imaged in wee hours of Saturday morning around meridian crossing time ( 4am here in Canberra ). WinJupos derotated image, three individual 90 second exposures of best 2000 frames ( South at top ). Deconvolved, gamma and colour corrected with Astra Image.

Full res image: http://astrob.in/full/145735/0/

Thanks for looking,
Seb

[rustigsmed]

nice one Sebbie, you've got some detail coming through, am looking forward to having a go in the coming weeks.

russ

[John Hothersall]

You are making my mouth water, this apparition will be a little better this year.

John.

[Sebbie]

Thanks Russel and John, it's certainly looking promising.. Here's slightly better quality stack later in the morning.

Full res image and animation:

http://astrob.in/full/146059/0/
http://astrob.in/full/146061/0/

[astronobob]

Inspiring Captures & animation there Sebastian.
Im looking forward to this Juup season and tackle the Planet imaging side of things with my recent addition 12" Meade acf. Have use the 'ol C8 upto now which worked reasonably well with good seeing :thumbsup:
I had the 12 out just for a quick practice run the other night, Mind you - the Seeing was totally Shock Horror 1/5 :rofl:

[Quark]

Well done Sebie, persistence is the key, sometimes the actual conditions vary considerably from the predictions.

Regards
Trevor

[Sebbie]

Thanks Bob. Yeah.. seeing is definitely king. I just set the FireCapture to auto mode and hope for that elusive atmospheric hole to roll in he he ;-) Focusing is always a challenge in variable conditions - I found that locking of the mirror does not always stop flops and focus shifts from occurring. Looking forward to your ACF efforts!

Thanks Trevor, wishing for more settled weather soon.

[John K]

Great work Sebbie, very nice for such low alt.

[Sebbie]

Thanks John, it would be nice to image more interesting side of the planet as well.. the incredible shrinking GRS and surrounds :)

[EricB]

Lovely capture given the altitude. Well done!

Eric