Hi everyone,
Had a go at Jupiter last night despite the altitude, here's a native f10 view near meridian transit showing GRS region plus two moons, quick animation here
http://astrob.in/69883/0/ (Ganymede to the west of the planet, south on top). 90 sec capture @ 1/1000 sec with white balance adjustment prior to recording. 1150 frame AS!2 stack, Registax wavelets followed by deconvolution in Astra Image and contrast / midtones enhancements in ACDSee.
I also had some fun creating a photo collage of Jupiter, Mars (my first ever attempt) and Venus from earlier this month - all three images taken at f30 and reduced to 75% original size. That's my best Jupiter so far this opposition (with Ganymede shadow transit in view) - yes, it sure looks noisy..
Took numerous avis on the night but the seeing simply wasn't there for that elevation
. Also put together a quick animation to illustrate changing atmospheric conditions
http://astrob.in/69886/0/.
Thanks for looking
- Seb