Jupiter with 130mm of Aperture

[Jerry_Lodriguss (Jerry Lodriguss)]

I know I can't really compete with the incredible work that most of you folks do here on the planets, but I thought I would post this image if Jupiter and Io and the great Red Spot that I took with my 130mm refractor.

It's a stack of the best 250 frames out of 5,000 taken with a DSLR capturing the Live View and running the frames through AutoStakkert! 2.

I don't think it's too bad, considering it wasn't shot with a high-end planetary camera, and the seeing was average at best, and it's only 0.13 meters of aperture.

There's a larger version with all of the technical details here:

http://www.astropix.com/latest.html

[UniPol]

5,000 frames great effort Jerry.

[Quark (Trevor)]

Thats very impressive work there Jerry, well done.

Cheers
Trevor

[RobF (Rob)]

Really shows what care, perseverance and modern software can deliver, even at that focal length/aperture. Top shot!

[Regulus (Trevor)]

That's a nice photo Jerry. Well done.

Trev

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Stunning detail from modest aperture. Very well done!