13th May Jupiter

Lester · #1 13-05-2009, 07:06 AM

Hi all,

Had some fun with the cooling of my scope, ended up 5 degrees below ambient and after only 3 avis the primary became covered in dew. The seeing was only about 6/10, with some wind from the north off of the land.

Got the GRS just before it dissapeared. Because the primary dewed up, I wasn't able to get Io and Europa at 6A.M. in very close proximity, without eclipsing.

iceman (Mike) · #2 13-05-2009, 07:10 AM

Nice result Lester, looks about the seeing I got this morning before it turned to rubbish.

Anthony was reporting very good seeing at his house! Hopefully he's got something nice!

Lester · #3 13-05-2009, 07:40 AM

Thanks Mike.

Here is the second avi processed and in slightly better conditions.

iceman (Mike) · #4 13-05-2009, 07:53 AM

Nice, that is better!

Quark (Trevor) · #5 13-05-2009, 09:46 AM

Lovely job Lester,

Love the depth of detail in both images, keep up the good work.

Regards
Trevor

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #6 13-05-2009, 10:55 AM

Nice work Lester, those small dark spots are interesting, aren't they? I could see them this morning, they were a good indicator of the seeing, they disappear whenever it turned to rubbish.

Got the Europa/Io occultation, but it was pretty much at sunrise so the seeing wasn't so great. Will see how it turns out...

cheers, Bird

Lester · #7 13-05-2009, 11:33 AM

Thanks Mike, Trevor and Anthony.

Yes I have not noticed the small dark spots before.

So Io and Europa did occult; the Jupiter2 program showed them just missing. Looking forward to your images.

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #8 13-05-2009, 03:58 PM

Yeah, looked like they merged, but I can't really know much more until I look at the video more closely. Most of the data was bad due to the seeing.

cheers, Bird

Paul Haese · #9 14-05-2009, 10:47 PM

Lester the second one is the best, some nice detail showing through the slight blur. pity the seeing was not better for you.

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #10 15-05-2009, 01:13 AM

Nice shot Lester