Jupiter 23-1-2007 from tassie

davidpretorius · #1 24-01-2007, 09:22 AM

Hi All,

Jupiter season for me has started. It got above the 35 degree mark, at around 5:45am local time, so with mirror nicely cooled at 12.5 degrees and ambient at 12.4, I grabbed a few frames.

Seeing obviously was very poor due to low altitiude.

Looks like red spot jnr is about to transit.

Well heres to a great Jupiter season for everyone!

I am looking forward to testing my optics to the limit now I have active cooling of my mirrors.

matt · #2 24-01-2007, 09:38 AM

Nice work DP

Yep, it's about to start for this Jupiter season.

A few brave souls like yourself and Bird are already out of the gate.

The rest of us are lining up our sights, waiting for the target to move into view

Ric · #3 24-01-2007, 11:04 AM

Nice imaging David, a very nice start to your Jupiter season

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Hopefully this long weekend I should start my Saturn season.

Cheers

RB (Andrew) · #4 24-01-2007, 12:48 PM

Very nice David.

I too am looking forward to seeing how much of a difference active cooling will make for you.

ving (David) · #5 24-01-2007, 12:53 PM

nice star dave