Jupiter Sept 4th + 1hr 52min animation

[Quark]

Hi All,

Watched the footy last night before going out to image.
Conditions, no cloud or wind, the stars did have a bit of a twinkle about them so I didn't expect much but went ahead anyway.

In reality the seeing was not bad, starting at about 5/10 but improving through the middle of the almost 2hr session to about 6 to maybe 6 1/2 / 10 and then dropped off to 5 / 10 at about 1 am CST.

I captured 5 sets of R, G & B avi's and have posted the best two here, taken when the seeing was at its best. My aim was to image at 20 degree longitude CMII increments. I have put the 5 RGB's into an animation which is attached. This clearly demonstrates how the quality of the seeing improved mid session an dropped of again towards the end.

There is some very interesting structures in the North Equatorial Belt as it expands further North.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads/20090904JupAnim.gif

Tonight is looking even better than last night so, after posting this I am off back down to my observatory to get ready.

Thanks for looking.
Regards
Trevor

[jjjnettie]

Very cool animation Trevor.
I'm going out there soon myself.
Good luck!

[Lester]

Very nice images and animation Trevor. You are cirtainly in the pick spot for consistant conditions.

All the best for more.

[Matt Wastell]

Hi Trevor

Really nice images and animation - some of your frames are excellent - a fantastic presentation!

[Liz]

Great job Trevor - certainly so much to see on that great planet :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Rigel003]

Very nice images, Trevor. Lots of detail and smooth processing. Hope you had luck last night too.

[RB]

Trevor, lovely work.
The single shots are nice and smooth with lovely detail.
The anim is really nice too !

:thumbsup:

[Quark]

Thanks very much JJJ, yep have to make the most of every opportunity.



Thanks Lester, your turn cant be far away.



Thanks Matt, have had some good seeing of late but it has been in patches, not allowing me to put together a long high res animation.



Thanks Liz, glad you liked the images and yes, there is just so much going on in the high re images.



Thanks Graeme, yep had a most interesting night, about ready to post that data when I finish replying to this thread.



Thanks Andrew, been getting a lot of practice with Jupiter lately.