Jupiter + Ganymede + Io + GRS in excellent seeing (+ Animation!)

[iceman (Mike)]

Hi all

On the morning of the 19th March I had the best seeing i've had this year and captured loads of data which I've only just finished processing.

The seeing started out average when Jupiter was only 37° but improved throughout the 2 hours of the session when Jupiter rose to 60° right before dawn, and the seeing was excellent! Transparency was mostly good throughout, but dew on the mirrors reduced transparency in the last few runs and the last avis of the session had to be recorded at 15fps.

A 14-frame animation of the 2 hours can be downloaded here (1.1mb gif):
Jupiter + GRS + Ganymede + Io Animation

Attached are 4 images from the session, separated by approx 30 minutes each. Captured at 30fps with the DMK21AU04 and my 12" newt.

Thanks for looking.

[h0ughy (David)]

as usual another great result Mike, the animation it tops, the the three red spots sure do stand out in the last few frames

[Titan]

Very impressive, I love the animation!

[Matty P (Matt)]

Another excellent result Mike. The clarity of Jupiter's surface detail is amazing and you also managed to capture some surface detail on Ganymede. Love the animation.

Well done once again Mike.

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Thanks Mike, nice work!

Bird

[Lester]

Very nice, hope more good conditions are on the way.

[cyberplocos (Fabio)]

Nice sequence Mike, well done!

Fabio

[Garyh]

Really nice shots Mike!
That animation is just awesome!
cheers Gary

[Dennis]

Lovely animation, nice and smooth - the Galilean moons certainly adds a Wow factor!

Cheers

Dennis

[sheeny (Al)]

Well done as always, Mike, as we've learned to expect!:thumb sup:

Al.

[skwinty (Steve)]

Excellent animation!!!

[John K]

Fantastic images Mike, huge amounts of detail! well done! and the season is still so early.

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated.

I'm out here with Jupiter this morning but the seeing is terrible

[Ric]

Lovely images Mike and that animation is a ripper.

Very nicely done.

[Tamtarn]

Terrific images Mike. Thanks for posting the animation it's excellent

[Gendo (Justin)]

Great looking sequence Mike. The moons look nice and crisp too!!

[2020BC (Bill Christie)]

Wow, that's excellent.

[gaa_ian (Ian)]

Awesome Mike, The detail on the moons is great too !

[Phil]

Wow stunning Mike. the detail is mind blowing thanks for sharing the photos with us.
Phil

[Dietmar]

BOAHHH!!!
hey - Ice, that is really a cool animation!
Mike, you did another great job!!!