Jupiter + Callisto transit (3 hour rotation animation) - 31st May

[iceman]

Hi all

Finally got around to processing all of the data from last Saturday morning, 30th May UT. Seeing was variable (mostly just above average) but for about 30 minutes it really steadied and I was able to capture probably my best image for the year so far.

Callisto is shown transiting across the face of Jupiter - it's very very dark!

Captured with 12" newt, DMK21AU04. Processed in Registax v5 (beta).

An 18-frame animation covering over 3 hours of rotation can be downloaded here (2.5 meg gif)
Jupiter + Callisto animation (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/downloads/20080531-jupiter_anim.gif)


4 frames from the animation are attached.

Thanks for looking.

[jakob]

:thumbsup:Fantastic result Mike!
I just love the animation.

I think I would be better off giving the scope away and just watch your images:eyepop:

[Lester]

Very good sequence of images there Mike. Number 3 with the seeing at 8/10 is outstanding.

[AlexN]

great images... You must really work up a backlog! :) I've still got a few from a week or so ago to edit up, but the resulting image from each AVI usually turns out around abouts identical, so I hardly bother digging through the backlog....

[Dennis]

Beautiful animation Mike, with some stunning frames in the sequence. I like the smoothness of the sequence and the auto, reverse play; it really gives the viewer time to appreciate this astonishing planetary drama.

Cheers

Dennis

[matt]

Very nice, Mike.

Number 3 is certainly the pick of the four...but they're all very nice:thumbsup:

[iceman]

Thanks guys - there's about 3, maybe 4 frames from the animation that were about as good as #3 (#3 is one of them).

Runs 12 through to 16 out of the 18 were the best.

I almost packed up after #9 when the seeing deteriorated for a while. A number of the images were much worse than they could've been by having 1 great channel but 2 really bad ones.

It was frustrating seeing!

[Alchemy]

Amazing how quickly the quality of seeing can change.... lots of work there.

[Bloodbean]

Great animation! Where can you get a copy of Registax v5 beta from though? I can't seem to find it on their website.

Thanks,

Troy

[iceman]

Hi Troy

I'm on the R5 beta-testing programme so it's not publicly available yet. It's still very flaky in terms of stability at the moment and production release looks to be quite a long way off still.

[h0ughy]

gee your getting good at this animation stuff Mike

[Garyh]

very nice stuff Mike!
yep, the third image is a stunner!
cheers

[Deeno]

Some lovely images Mike.
Hope you've been catching up on some shuteye thanks to the dodgy weather. Doesn't look like it though

[Eminem2Ppac]

wow Iceman GREAT shots! I would love to get a 1/5 of ur beautiful work! Thanks for sharing! Ciaoo

[Robert_T]

Simply beautiful Mike:thumbsup: Looks like seeing peaked twice during your imaging run.

You've inspired me to pull my head out of my current deep sky fetish and try for Joop again:)

[Ric]

Wonderful stuff Mike, just love those Jupiter animations.

cheers