Jupiter 20th, one of my best

[davidpretorius]

Clouds departed at 4am and i was treated to some nice seeing.

Jupiter is getting bright enough that my dimmest filter (red) was still able to operate at 30fps and have 60 - 75% histogram filled

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

Absolutely beautiful detail in the clouds.

I found myself looking at the image for quite a while, just enjoying the detail.
Well done and keep up the good work.

Geoffro.

[TV John]

Hi David
Fantastic shot. I'm relatively new to Tasmania (JUl 07) and to imaging with some basic gear (6" Newt on EQ3 and NexImage 'webcam'). I too was about around 3-4am with PeteMo from Perth WA taking shots of Jupiter. My questions are what set-up are you using to get this result and the 'wart' on Jup to the lower right - is that Ganymede/ Ganymede shadow as we picked up a spot in the same area but couldn't resolve a moon? The spot appeared to be oval suggesting it may have been both moon and shadow.
Cheers
John

[edwardsdj (Doug)]

Very nice Jupiter David

That detail on Ganymede is awesome!

Have fun,
Doug

[davidpretorius]

Originally Posted by TV John

Hi David
My questions are what set-up are you using to get this result and the 'wart' on Jup to the lower right

Hi John

My scope is a custom made 10" x f6 newt on a heavily cut and shut dob base to allow for a Dob Driver II.

The wart is the actual moon ganymede. As we are still a few months before opposition, the moon shadow preceded the moon itself by a few hours. Which is probably the dark spot you saw earlier.

I hope we have a Tassie catchup soon again at Ross and we can catch up

[iceman (Mike)]

Great stuff Dave, I love the wart

Very nice image, and agree one of your best. Excellent colour. I know it must be killing you not to resample 3/2 but I much prefer the native scale presented here unless the seeing is exceptional

One day i'll get some clear skies again to beta-test your ninox batcher. Have you got a new beta that I should install first?

[Dennis]

Hi Dave,

A great image Dave nicely captured and processed. The detail on Ganymede and its position make this extra special.

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy (David)]

Well done Dave!! How dare Mike comment on your Wart!! LOL as for clear skies - i have forgotten what they look like.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Great work Mr.P.

[Garyh]

Very nice David, love the dark limb on Ganymede silhouetted against jup.
Lovely detail!

cheers Gary

[davidpretorius]

Originally Posted by iceman

I know it must be killing you not to resample 3/2 but I much prefer the native scale presented here unless the seeing is exceptional

One day i'll get some clear skies again to beta-test your ninox batcher. Have you got a new beta that I should install first?

I have nearly sorted davesplanets.com and will post the final beta for winninox hopefully today.

It has handled everything I have thrown at it recently.

thanks for comments guys

[AlexN]

great shot! Great to see ganymede in such detail, and so well defined.

[Matty P (Matt)]

A great capture Dave.

So much detail!

[John K]

Excellent work Davo! Great detail and Ganymede adds a 3D dimension to your excellent shot.

[matt]

Very nice, David Getting better and better.

I agree that the native size is definitely working for you.