Jupiter 25th Aug (now with featureless natural light Venus)
hi all,
finally have produced a good jupiter not sure why i had managed to get nice Saturns pretty well a lot of the time but not jupiter, perhaps it needed the extra fps of my new zwo 224mc. anyway, i was sweating on the clouds as i was eyeing off the jetstream predictions from last week, the forecast was for cloud but it stayed clear til about midnight.
All on the 12" dob with a 5x TV powermate, zwo 224mc, sharpcap, Pipp, AS3.
the transit was fairly low in the sky.
Cheers
Russ
Last edited by rustigsmed; 27-08-2021 at 12:57 PM.
These look great Russell. As others have mentioned, the first Jupiter obviously had the best seeing during capture. That's a nice camera you've got there, that one of Saturn is so smooth and clean. Colours are good too. Combined with your big aperture, you'll be having a lot of fun with the new camera, well done!
Great shots Russell. Saturn is perfect and good to see Venus getting some attention- well captured.
Anthony
thanks Anthony - I agree nice to nab Venus even though it is quite featureless.
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Originally Posted by multiweb
Nice sharp Saturn. So you Victorians are hogging the seeing as well as QLDers now.
Thanks Marc - yeah I know i was keeping an eye on the jetstream for ages waiting for good conditions - a 48 hour window opened up, luckily the clouds stayed away (they weren't forecast to...). Looks like Wednesday night you will have good jetstream conditions (fingers crossed for clouds to stay away) - touch and go if it will be ok down here.
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Originally Posted by Mickoid
These look great Russell. As others have mentioned, the first Jupiter obviously had the best seeing during capture. That's a nice camera you've got there, that one of Saturn is so smooth and clean. Colours are good too. Combined with your big aperture, you'll be having a lot of fun with the new camera, well done!
Thanks Mick yep happy with the camera it does a great job.
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Originally Posted by Startrek
Russell,
Lovely images
Nice to see Venus too
Well done !!
Martin
not sure why i had managed to get nice Saturns pretty well a lot of the time but not jupiter, perhaps it needed the extra fps of my new zwo 224mc. anyway, i was sweating on the clouds as i was eyeing off the jetstream predictions from last week, the forecast was for cloud but it stayed clear til about midnight. 
