Jupiter Dec 28th and earlier pics

[Sebbie (Sebastian)]

Hi everyone,

Had a go at Jupiter last night despite the altitude, here's a native f10 view near meridian transit showing GRS region plus two moons, quick animation here http://astrob.in/69883/0/ (Ganymede to the west of the planet, south on top). 90 sec capture @ 1/1000 sec with white balance adjustment prior to recording. 1150 frame AS!2 stack, Registax wavelets followed by deconvolution in Astra Image and contrast / midtones enhancements in ACDSee.

I also had some fun creating a photo collage of Jupiter, Mars (my first ever attempt) and Venus from earlier this month - all three images taken at f30 and reduced to 75% original size. That's my best Jupiter so far this opposition (with Ganymede shadow transit in view) - yes, it sure looks noisy.. Took numerous avis on the night but the seeing simply wasn't there for that elevation . Also put together a quick animation to illustrate changing atmospheric conditions http://astrob.in/69886/0/.

Thanks for looking

- Seb

[Quark (Trevor)]

Well done Sebastian, this is a particularly poor apparition of Jup (regarding the alt) for our latitude and it has been quite a challenge to get reasonable detail. Of course, from next apparition on Jup heads back in our direction.

Regards
Trevor

[Sebbie (Sebastian)]

Thanks Trevor, I've been playing with IC Capture and Astra Image settings a lot lately trying to improve my image acquisition and processing techniques. Got some reasonable Jove data at F25 over the last two nights, will try to post the results shortly.

Still learning a lot with this camera and yes I know it's an obsolete model now.. 120 fps would be nice

[astronobob (Bob)]

Nice going Sabastian, great details, dig the animation & collage too
Am hoping to get another go at Juup also, tho am usually too slack to set-up
Appreciate your post & seeing them planets like this, good show

[Sebbie (Sebastian)]

Thanks Bob, yes not having a permanent observatory poses its challenges.. 12'' LX200 is not a light beast to hurl around so I only take it out when clear skies are forecasted.

It's been pretty frustrating lately with high level cloud and jet stream down here as shown by the animations..