Smaller Joop + 2 moons - 11/02/2006

iceman (Mike) · #1 13-02-2006, 07:40 AM

Hi.

I took this image on Saturday morning with the 3x barlow, as the transparency was so bad I couldn't get the 5x to come to focus.

Jupiter was about 65-70° altitude when it was captured, and you can see the difference when you need to align the RGB channels - there is very little shift required when the planet is captured at high altitudes.

Not the greatest images, but got 2 moons and the GRS.. Only had a small number of frames to work with and clouds kept passing over, making the change in brightness difficult to work with.

Anyway here it is.

Robby · #2 13-02-2006, 08:02 AM

100 points for determination Mike... Yes, not one of your best, but a grand effort none-the-less considering the conditions!
Me, I would have given up straight away and gone to bed..... \
Cheers

davidpretorius · #3 13-02-2006, 08:29 AM

love the shape of ganymede!!!

he is going to be a imaging target in his own right soon, i reckon

a lovlely shot!

ving (David) · #4 13-02-2006, 10:28 AM

how do you know ganymede is male dave?

great shot mike

2 moons and still heaps of detail in less than favourable conditions.

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #5 13-02-2006, 10:37 AM

Ganymede is a nice disk in this image. It is one of the targets I want to revisit sometime soon ... the one and only time I got a good image of it last year was a total fluke.

Bird

davidpretorius · #6 13-02-2006, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ving

how do you know ganymede is male dave?

great shot mike

2 moons and still heaps of detail in less than favourable conditions.

can't you see the single bump???

dunno, i think of saturn as her, jupiter mars neptune uranus as him, sun as him, moon as her, telescope as her, my pink frilly dress as her???

i am still contemplating the 2.4 barlow in the 5x powermate on the moons of jupiter, seeing better be good i reckon

ving (David) · #7 13-02-2006, 11:35 AM

is the powermate a her?
I'd love to see someone try and image ganymede

Robert_T · #8 13-02-2006, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidpretorius

i am still contemplating the 2.4 barlow in the 5x powermate on the moons of jupiter, seeing better be good i reckon

seeing will want to be 10/10 for that escapade DP... though I have thought of stacking my 2.5 and 4x powermates just to see what happens of course

Great image Mike, lovely though soft detail on Jupiter with the disc of Ganymede make for an inspiring view.

cheers,