Jupiter 17th Feb

[bird]

The seeing was not that great, maybe 5/10, but I wanted to image this morning and catch the GRS transit.

It was entertaining last night watching a large thunderstorm about 10k south of where I was set up - cloud to ground lightning strikes every few seconds for about an hour... I was watching nervously in case I had to pack up and hide...

Here's a composite of three images - due to the size (1200 pixels across) I'll give a link to the image. It's about 100k in size.

http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/jupiter/20070217-1709/large.jpg

Scope: http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/lexx.html
capture details: 45 seconds each of R,G,B @ 35fps

cheers, bird

[iceman]

Excellent series, Anthony! Gee they'd be stunning if the seeing was better - you can see the potential.

Great stuff.

[davidpretorius]

pretty low still for that time i also would calculate.

Great to see a great flurry of great images hitting the forums....I think it has started :D

Excellent Stuff Bird

[matt]

Good stuff, Anthony.

Yeah. Those lightning strikes were pretty impressive last night.

They appeared to the NW of us, which would have been as you say to the S of you.

Wouldn't have been the best night for a get-together with the seeing also being so naff.

[bird]

Just on 45 degrees altitude at 5am this morning (1800UTC)

Bird

[Dennis]

Excellent work there Anthony. A lot of interesting stuff to see, not to mention the more local electrical disturbances!

Cheers

Dennis