Jupiter in good seeing

[Paul Haese]

Got my first good capture of Jupiter tonight with Ganymede transiting. Seeing was around 6.5-7.0 at times. Good detail can be seeing through the image but of interest is that Red spot Jupiter is now a tan colour rather than the red it was last year and the year before. There is a great spot on the northern polar region that looks pretty interesting too.

Click Here (http://paulhaese.net/16june2009.html)

Comments welcome:)

[iceman]

That's a keeper! Lovely image.

[Dennis]

My goodness me – that is a cracker of an image, rich in fine detail and subtle tones. There appears to be some nice detail on Ganymede too, which surprises me as I expected the glare of Jupiter might well have washed this out.

Cheers

Dennis

[Lester]

O Gosh, now that is a cracker, a welcome back to Jupiter imaging Paul.

All the best.

[Quark]

A very fine image Paul,

Exceptionally fine detail and most delicate structure. Love just how well defined Ganymede is, it does have that 3D look about it.

The limb of the planet is exceptionally sharp. Each time I come back to this image of yours I seem to pick out more detail than on my previous visit.

Very well captured and superbly processed.

This high pressure system looks like there may be good seeing right through to the weekend.

Well done
Definitely worth the wait
Regards
Trevor

[RB]

Oh my goodness, that is Stunning !!

Top result Paul.

[h0ughy]

fantastic image Paul

[Paul Haese]

thanks all for the comments.

[desler]

Wow Paul,

That really is quite freaky!!!!
A truly spectacular image!

Darren

[bird]

Nicely done Rumples, that's a great image.

cheers, Bird

[Paul Haese]

Thanks guys,

Bird, looks like Jupiter season has now started. With any luck we will get some good seeing in the next month or so.

[Matty P]

Very nice indeed. A wonderful image. :)

Great work Paul. :thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

added an image of Ganymede and the detail captured. Might be interesting to see one of Bird's image close up too, to confirm if the detail is real.

[JD2439975]

WOW guys!! :eyepop:

That extra resolving power of a large scope sure makes all the difference in detail.

Awesome images.:thumbsup:

JD

[Rob_K]

It's real alright Paul, amazing. Check here:

http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/

I inputted Ganymede, from Earth, FOV 0.01 degrees, 16 June 17:00 UT (guess at time, but G didn't change).

Cheers -

[Paul Haese]

Wow thanks Rob, how cool is that to capture real detail not just something that looks like detail. Man I want some really nice seeing now and Ganymede to roll past again.

[Peter Ward]

Paul!......Maaaaaate!.... Very cool. I rarely ever get seeing like that in my neck of the woods (and one of the reasons I rarely do planets).

Award winning stuff. Very nicely done :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

I live in hope mate. :rofl:Oh to win an award.

We get about 10 seeing events per year I guess in Adelaide that are above 7/10. Some years more some less.

Clayton is where I am hedging my betts. Seeing is often good there, but I have had such a busy time this year, I have not had the chance to really test out the place.

[AlexN]

Looks stunning Paul... Good to see you've finally got yourself a good image of Jupiter for the season! And what an image!

Top work..

[strongmanmike]

Yeh that's where you belong!... Mr Paul Jupiter :D

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/102105394/original

Mik

[Paul Haese]

Your a funny guy Mike. Great of you to have my images on your site like this, but that is quite funny.:lol:

Thanks Alex, yeah took a while but got the first good image of the season. Actually this is almost true to form. Each yeah my good images come about 2 months from opposition, where many other guys start imaging months before I am reluctant to get out there for average seeing.

[AlexN]

I hope for you that you can get some images like your ones from May 9th/10th last season during opposition this year mate.. They are by far the best images of Jupiter I've ever seen from a land based scope...

Fingers crossed for you mate!

[Virgs]

Sublime!! - cant wait to for you to give this a crack from Clayton - maybe Thursday night will be fine..

[Chippy]

It's a cracker alright!! Ganymede details are a treat.

[John K]

Awesome start Paul - looks like your C14 cooled scope is delivering super results - cant wait to see more

[Jen]

:eyepop::eyepop: thats a stunning pic Paul :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Very very nice I love your work cheers :)