iceman
29-07-2008, 08:48 AM
Hi all
It seems to be a rule for me that the more average the seeing is, the longer it takes to process the images. At least, that was the case for these images.
These 4 images (plus an animation) are from 3 sessions at Nambucca Heads, NSW, where Anthony Wesley and I spent a week at the end of June/early July. We were there for a planetary imaging camp, but the seeing never reached the peaks we were hoping it would, despite a week of absolutely fantastic weather and clear, cloudless skies - which was very disappointing as it was the perfect time to get some high-res images of the LRS/GRS encounter.
The most promising seeing was my last night, 3rd July when the seeing was very good even when Jupiter was still very low and the GRS was just starting to transit - however clouds came and spoiled any chance of a great image to finish the week off nicely :(.
#1 - 28th June
#2 and #3 - 29th June
#4 - 3rd July
An 8-frame animation from the 29th June, spanning 3 hours of Jovian rotation June can be found here:
8-frame animation (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/downloads/20080629-jupiter_anim.gif)
I had captured 27 images that night and could've used them all to create a smoother animation, but I only used the sharpest, cleanest images from the session so it's a bit jerky as there's a large (time) gap between the frames.
Glad to finally finish processing these so I can archive them and not have to look at them again!
Thanks for looking.
It seems to be a rule for me that the more average the seeing is, the longer it takes to process the images. At least, that was the case for these images.
These 4 images (plus an animation) are from 3 sessions at Nambucca Heads, NSW, where Anthony Wesley and I spent a week at the end of June/early July. We were there for a planetary imaging camp, but the seeing never reached the peaks we were hoping it would, despite a week of absolutely fantastic weather and clear, cloudless skies - which was very disappointing as it was the perfect time to get some high-res images of the LRS/GRS encounter.
The most promising seeing was my last night, 3rd July when the seeing was very good even when Jupiter was still very low and the GRS was just starting to transit - however clouds came and spoiled any chance of a great image to finish the week off nicely :(.
#1 - 28th June
#2 and #3 - 29th June
#4 - 3rd July
An 8-frame animation from the 29th June, spanning 3 hours of Jovian rotation June can be found here:
8-frame animation (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/downloads/20080629-jupiter_anim.gif)
I had captured 27 images that night and could've used them all to create a smoother animation, but I only used the sharpest, cleanest images from the session so it's a bit jerky as there's a large (time) gap between the frames.
Glad to finally finish processing these so I can archive them and not have to look at them again!
Thanks for looking.