Finally, here it is! Jupiter + animation - 25th Feb 2006

[iceman (Mike)]

Hi all.

On Saturday morning, I had the best seeing I've ever had! As soon as I looked through the eyepiece and saw the big fat shadow of Europa, jet black and still against the backdrop of a detailed Jupiter, I knew the seeing was well above average.

I couldn't wait to get the ToUcam fired up. I captured 12 avi's leading into day break, and the seeing deteriorated after that. At first, I was meticulous in capturing every 2 minutes so I could create a smooth animation, but I got bored after a while and the last few frames were 20 minutes apart

The first image here is almost exactly the same face I captured last week on the 18th, and while I thought that was my best image, side by side with this image you can see the extra detail in this latest one thanks to the improved seeing.

As I said in the teaser thread, I had the gain at about 15% because the transparency was so good, but it seems to have contributed to some onion ringing that's evident mainly on the left side. I had to go softer on the processing so as not to exaggerate the effect too much.

Anyway, here's the stuff..
- Captured @ 5fps, 1/25s exposure, 40% gamma, 15% gain
- Usual processing routine, split into R/G/B, 100 frames (out of 450) stacked in registax, LR deconvolution (7/1.2) in AstraImage, and final USM and colour balance/curves in Photoshop.
- I used Jasc Software Animation Shop 3 to create the animation.

Download the animation here:
- Windows AVI (DivX 6 codec) (132k)
- Animated GIF (414k)

And below are 3 of the better images.

Comments/feedback welcome.

[acropolite (Phil)]

Oops! Something went terribly wrong. Animated isn't working Mikee...

[iceman (Mike)]

Fixed Phil.

[Robert_T]

Excellents shots Mike, must be close to if not your actual best

It's a beautiful thing to see Europa sliding over the planet's disk - brings it all to life!

cheers,

[ving (David)]

great stuff mike

[RB (Andrew)]

Oh my gosh Mike, that's unreal.....
ving took the animotion smilie right out of my mouth.......

[Striker (Tony)]

Great presentation Mike.

Well done.

[DougAdams]

Classy stuff.

[davidpretorius]

i think these are your best, well done mike, the seeing finally came your way!!!

well worth the wait for me without destroying your other thread too much in anticipation!!

[Dennis]

Hey Mike

These Jupiter's most strongly give me the impression that I am in a space station orbiting the planet - they are so rich in colour, texture, and detail.

Great job in capture, processing, and presentation.

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy (David)]

very ordinary Mike, boring old jupiter and some rocky satellite. OK OK its absolutely gobsmakingly brilliant! I am in awe of what you have achieved, full credit to you for your excelent efforts.

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Great stuff Mike!

Bird

[danielsun]

Awesome shots!!!!!!

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

[venus (Lydia)]

I like the pic Mike, rivals these taken too......
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/image13.html

[asimov (John)]

Gee-wilikers! How much did you pay to get your remote toucam into orbit around Jupiter!?

Fantastic stuff!

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

well done Mike, that was well worth getting up at 4 30 am for eh?

[beren]

Extraordinary work well done stunning work being turned out

[RAJAH235]

Nice avi Mike.....pics not too bad either.... .....very good, well done.. L.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Mike,

Absolutely splendid.

Well done!

Regards,
Humayun