Jupiter 18/04/05

[Comet Hunter]

Finally managed to get around to grabbing Jupiter using the 3x TeleVue Barlow. Not the best shot but a nice first attempt with the Barlow. Saturation was 75%, brightness 50%, 1/33 (I think) shutter, gain up around 50%, 5 fps, 75sec avi..
http://comethunter.com/images/180405jup.jpg

This is a reduced version (50%) of above:
http://comethunter.com/images/180405jup50.jpg

[rumples riot]

Very good first attempt with a barlow. It might have been a little underexposed given that you have some onion ringing in the image. Still a good shot and keep it up.

[iceman]

Really nice shot Andrew, great image scale and great detail.. Gain at 50% and still got the onion ringing? Was the transparency bad last night?

Anyway looks like you got the nice seeing, compared to my dud attempt :P

[Comet Hunter]

Yeah, I've been having alot of trouble with overexposing the center core of Jupiter - mainly why I hadn't tried the barlow up until last night...just a matter of finding a middle ground now :) Transparency was average, fair bit of turbulance, slight ground breeze - the stars were twinkling quiet a bit.... Going by the location of GRS looks like it was a little earlier in the evening then Ice's attempts :)

[Comet Hunter]

Here's another avi from the same time, cloud detail stands out a bit more but is a little more grainy..

http://comethunter.com/images/180405jup2.jpg

50% version:
http://comethunter.com/images/180405jup250.jpg