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Old 03-08-2008, 03:35 AM
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Jupiter 7/31/2008 - first post

Hello all,

This is my first post here, I just aquired a DMK 21AF04.AS and after reading the articles here to help with capture and processing, I am pretty pleased with this second light acquisition.
Aquired with IC Capture
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Old 03-08-2008, 06:35 AM
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Not bad Jim,
Almost looks like a 3-D image with that moon in tricolor.
Well done and welcome to IIS.
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Old 03-08-2008, 07:03 AM
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Very nice indeed, Jim! Lots of detail there. What altitude does Jupiter reach for you in Texas?

That's a really good second light, I look forward to seeing more from you.

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Old 03-08-2008, 07:12 AM
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Very nice image Jim.

All the best.
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Old 03-08-2008, 09:58 AM
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thanks!

Thanks all,

I'm near Houston, so I'm in the SE part of Texas. I took these pics when Jupiter was about at 33 degrees (at least according to my planitarium program).
I'm going to try to image the GRS tonight, weather is looking good.
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Old 03-08-2008, 01:52 PM
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Same here Jim, unfortunately there's a rotten jetstream over me at the moment.

Excellent results for 33deg!
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Old 03-08-2008, 02:35 PM
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Nice job fellow Texan. I've seen some very nice planetary pics from this area. I'm a little south of the city but the sky is still pretty bright at night. Is your location sort of dark at all (at least not towards Houston)?
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Old 03-08-2008, 02:49 PM
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Great result Jim. Lots of fine detail and nice colour.

Well done and I'm looking forward to more.
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Old 03-08-2008, 08:30 PM
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Nice result with lots of sharp detail, Jim. Excellent for an 8" and low altitude. Have you tried processing again, aligning on the moon? It clearly moved significantly between the R & B exposures.
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Old 03-08-2008, 10:39 PM
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Nice effort for your first Jim, plenty of detail, welcome to the forum.
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Old 04-08-2008, 04:17 AM
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Phil, Matt, Dave, Mike and Graeme -Thanks for the warm welcome!

Dave - I'm north of Houston about 45 miles and have pretty good skies, some light pollution and trees, but I'm far enough from Houston to escape the light dome.

Graeme - I read a bit in the two articles here about processing the moons seperately, but I was working hard to get the workflow down and skipped that step. I will go back and realign on Io and then recombine. The 3D effect of the misaligned moon makes me dizzy.
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