bored reworked data from 2008

[Paul Haese]

Not much seeing here at present except for clouds. I have done a bit of work on data from several years ago and added some images that I had not included on my site until now. Funny how one leaves images that could have well be worth looking over.

I also have included my recent award from the David Malin awards. There is an award in each gallery from 2008-2010 now.

So each image below is new to the site. Feel free to look through and let me know what you think. Until some decent seeing comes along I will be review data from other years.


9 May 2008 1732UT (http://paulhaese.net/9May20081732.html)

9 May 2008 1850UT (http://paulhaese.net/9May20081850.html)

9 May 2008 1908UT (http://paulhaese.net/9May20081908.html)

9 May 2008 2035UT (http://paulhaese.net/9may20082035.html)

David Malin award winner 2010 (http://paulhaese.net/DavidMalinAwardWinner2010.html)

Feel free to comment, on the sampling. Sorry John for accidently putting this in your thread. Was being absent minded.

[iceman]

Very fine images Paul!

[Quark]

Very nice Paul, the weekend and into next week is looking promising.
Be nice to get some similar seeing to what you experienced with these images.

Cheers
Trevor

[Moon]

The weather is driving me mad too.
Why don't you put one of those fine images on your home page? I've always wondered why it has that empty space on there.
That will give you something to do;)
James

[Paul Haese]

Was talking to Anthony about this very idea this morning. He said he had been in contact with you about the possibility of some seeing. I am sure that with the high pressures dropping down the continent now there should be some good seeing in the coming months. More importantly that the skies are clear to actually determine the seeing.



Yes I might just do that. I have often looked at this myself and could never find the right image for that spot. Thanks for the imput James.

[John Hothersall]

Fantastic images from when Jupiter was overhead in Oz while back in UK I could not see it as it was only 10 degrees off the horizon. Lovely moon detail too, my results have been poor owing to JetStream so do hope it moves away.

John.

[asimov]

Outstanding Paul!

[Paul Haese]

That sort of brings me to my next idea. I wanted to show people what we as planetary imagers see at each apparition. In particular I wanted to demonstrate how this apparition is important because the distance between the Earth and Jupiter is at its closest since 1963. The image in the link below was taken over 2 years ago when Jupiter had an apparent angle size of 42.5 arc seconds. It reached a peak of 47 arc seconds later in the year. Images taken now are 3" larger than in 2008 at its peak. That means that fine detail that can be imaged now could not be seen before. A good example is that of the detail on the moons that is almost common place now. If you look down the page in the link you will see the actual size of the planet at capture. Resampling rates are determined by seeing, distance from the Earth, resolution of equipment and of course personal taste.

Click here (http://paulhaese.net/Jupiter%2010%20may.html)for 2008 image.

Now consider that data taken in the next two weeks is important because very fine detail now is not simply at the edge of resolution of our equipment but it can now be seen easily. That makes gaining images in the next two years all the more important as each opposition after this Jupiter appears smaller until it peaks again in 2022. That is a long wait for getting fine detail. Something to contemplate. Do we get larger apertures to compensate?

[bird]

Excellent image there Paul, that last post shows some great detail. I'm sure we'll all have both larger scopes and more sensitive cameras by 2018, our magic year for planetary imaging :-)

Now we just need a 4000m high mountain... I reckon we better start shovelling if we want that ready in time...

cheers, Bird

[Paul Haese]

Yeah I am sure that we will have different equipment. I am looking for a 20" 400RCX to replace the C14. :)

I have been digging a lot around home lately (jobs that need doing), does that count for the contribution the mountain?

Here is another piece of data reworked and resampled.

Click here (http://paulhaese.net/21%20June%202008%201619.html)for image.

[beren]

:) Excellent portfolio of images Paul