Jupiter and Mars on 6 December

[Averton]

We had an interesting night trying to find gaps in the clouds.

We started early hoping to just catch the GRS on the way out but there were clouds everywhere. We waited for some time and were able to capture a few videos but suspect that there was some high cloud in all of them. This is the best we managed to capture of Jupiter at around 9.30pm local time. It was only just starting to get dark.

We went back out around midnight hoping to capture Mars. The clouds were still there and we only caught 3 short videos taken within 5 minutes of each other. We joined these together. This seems to be the best that we can extract from the data.

Taken with 6" SCT, 2x barlow, ASI178MC and ZWO ADC.

[Dave882]

Nice work between the clouds. When you say ‘joined together’ I assume you mean in Winjupos?

[Averton]

Thanks David.
No, in this case the videos are just joined in PIPP into a single longer video. No need for WinJUPOS derotation as it was less than 5 minutes in total.

[Dave882]

Ahh ok yes I see. Have you tried using an IR pass filter on planets in nights of poor seeing? I’ve found it quite interesting

[Averton]

Yes, we have tried but we purchased what we now think is the incorrect IR pass filter. Mainly because it was available, we purchased an 850nm but at this wavelength everything is pretty blurry. We have seen some great results at 642nm but that filter is from Astronomik, not so easy to source. The other one is a 742nm also from Astronomik. Unfortunately Mars will be gone until 2025 very soon. This gives us plenty of time to get organised with some new filters :)