Jupiter Dec 20th in reasonable seeing.

[Quark (Trevor)]

Hi All,

Imaged Jupiter last night in quite reasonable seeing, there was a shadow transit of Ganymede and the SEB revival has a most distinct red & green tinge to it. The GRS looks great and there is some nice structure in the EZ. There are also some well defined red barges in the NTrZ.

Have attached my first RGB & 807nm IR data set of the night which had Jup at its highest alt for the session and provided the best data set of the night.

Thanks for looking.
Regards
Trevor

[h0ughy (David)]

well done mate - given the weather of late you have done well

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Great stuff, weather has been a killer not only cloud but the atmosphere has been a bit hectic too.

[higginsdj]

Truely great imaging.

As an aside, when imaging Jupiter, do you continuously image Jupiter after dark whilst it is above the horizon or just do what it takes for a single great image?

Cheers

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Great one Trevor - the SEB has come along way!

[Troy]

Good detail in these Trevor and good to see a late Jupiter

[Quark (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

well done mate - given the weather of late you have done well

Thanks very much Houghy, yes, the weather has been very problematic for planetary imaging of late.

Originally Posted by mswhin63

Great stuff, weather has been a killer not only cloud but the atmosphere has been a bit hectic too.

Thanks very much Malcolm, it was nice to capture data without a cloud in the sky for a change.

Originally Posted by higginsdj

Truely great imaging.

As an aside, when imaging Jupiter, do you continuously image Jupiter after dark whilst it is above the horizon or just do what it takes for a single great image?

Cheers

Thanks David, all of the planetary imaging that I do is for various pro/am collaborations or groups such as JUPOS, the BAA or ALPO. To provide the coverage that they are looking for I usually capture RGB & IR data sets at approx 30 to 40 min intervals.

Depending on the position of the planet my sessions can go for up to 5 hrs, with Jupiter getting ever lower in the west at the moment and with the local limitations that I have with my westerly horizon I only have a window of about 90 min's to get my data.

The data set that I posted here was the first of three over that 90 min's, this was at the highest alt and was the best data set but even the other two data sets, although of lesser esthetic quality, have measurable detail that is of scientific interest.

Originally Posted by Matt Wastell

Great one Trevor - the SEB has come along way!

Thanks very much Matt, the SEB certainly has come a long way since Nov 9th and I was pretty pleased to get conditions good enough to get a reasonable image of it on this face of Jupiter.

[Quark (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by Troy

Good detail in these Trevor and good to see a late Jupiter

Thanks very much Troy, I think I only have another couple of weeks before I lose it behind a palm tree.

[asimov (John)]

Want to borrow my chainsaw mate?

Nice image for so late in the season, just as well you have active cooling on your 16" I reckon.

[Quark (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by asimov

Want to borrow my chainsaw mate?

Nice image for so late in the season, just as well you have active cooling on your 16" I reckon.

No thanks John I already have one

Spot on with the Peltier, in crook seeing it doesn't make any difference but when it is reasonable it makes a significant difference.

[Clayton]

Truely lovely images Trevor.
Nice way to end your season (not suggesting that you won't do better before the tree gets in the way)

[Paul Haese]

Nice work Trevor. Lots of splendid detail present. Clear here tonight but cross winds, so no imaging.

[michaellxv (Michael)]

Great work Trevor. Has the SEB revival gone full circumference now?

[Shiraz (Ray)]

bottler of an image Trevor. Very interesting and very fine detail.
regards Ray

[DarkRevenge (Luis)]

Excellent work as always, Trevor. Thanks a lot for sharing.

[Quark (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by Clayton

Truely lovely images Trevor.
Nice way to end your season (not suggesting that you won't do better before the tree gets in the way)

Thanks very much Clayton, think I might have trumped it with an image from the next night (Dec 21st).

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Nice work Trevor. Lots of splendid detail present. Clear here tonight but cross winds, so no imaging.

Thanks very much Paul, the predictions for this night looked to be no better than average but turned out quite reasonable. The predictions for Dec 21st looked good and for a change lived up to the prediction.

Originally Posted by michaellxv

Great work Trevor. Has the SEB revival gone full circumference now?

Thanks Michaell, reckon there is now some semblance of the SEB revival all the way round.

Originally Posted by Shiraz

bottler of an image Trevor. Very interesting and very fine detail.
regards Ray

Thanks very much Ray.

Originally Posted by DarkRevenge

Excellent work as always, Trevor. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Thanks very much Luis.

Originally Posted by Jenni_Barker

Hi Quark,
Does planet Jupiter existing? Thanks much!

Regards,
Jenni_Barker
www.nokian8.com.au/

Hi Jenni welcome to IIS.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by Quark

Thanks very much Troy, I think I only have another couple of weeks before I lose it behind a palm tree.

Do us all a favour and lose the palm tree!
What are we going to do without our Jupiter fix?