Jupiter with a QHY5

[cybereye]

Hello!!

Well last night was the first time in a long while that I was able to get the scope out, but high cloud and a decent breeze put paid to any attempt at a DSO.

So I decided to image Jupiter, which I haven't done for a long while. As with my previous images of Saturn I turned to my trusty QHY5 and a 2X Barlow for the attached image.

Watching the avi capture on my laptop was akin to watching a violent game of Pong, with Jupiter bouncing all over the place! However after stacking the best 300 frames in Registax6 I ended up with an image that I'm fairly happy with. It's not going to set the world on fire but it is my best attempt to date!

Cheers,
Mario

[Astroman]

A pretty good effort all the same. Being your best so far, I bet your happy with that...

[Shiraz]

Nice Mario. your QHY5 is clearly a good one. regards Ray

[Clayton]

Well done Mario. Jupiter is playing hard to get this year :)

[cybereye]

Rob, Ray and Andrew,

Thanks for your kind thoughts regarding my image of Jupiter. The more I look at this image the happier I am with it and the detail I did manage to get. Focusing was a real problem due to the atmospherics so I was glad to get anything at all!!

Cheers,
Mario

[bkm2304]

Hi Mario,

Great result considering the conditions you have described. Lots of bands and patterns.

Richard