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Old 29-07-2008, 08:48 AM
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4x Jupiter images from Nambucca Heads, NSW

Hi all

It seems to be a rule for me that the more average the seeing is, the longer it takes to process the images. At least, that was the case for these images.

These 4 images (plus an animation) are from 3 sessions at Nambucca Heads, NSW, where Anthony Wesley and I spent a week at the end of June/early July. We were there for a planetary imaging camp, but the seeing never reached the peaks we were hoping it would, despite a week of absolutely fantastic weather and clear, cloudless skies - which was very disappointing as it was the perfect time to get some high-res images of the LRS/GRS encounter.

The most promising seeing was my last night, 3rd July when the seeing was very good even when Jupiter was still very low and the GRS was just starting to transit - however clouds came and spoiled any chance of a great image to finish the week off nicely .

#1 - 28th June
#2 and #3 - 29th June
#4 - 3rd July

An 8-frame animation from the 29th June, spanning 3 hours of Jovian rotation June can be found here:
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I had captured 27 images that night and could've used them all to create a smoother animation, but I only used the sharpest, cleanest images from the session so it's a bit jerky as there's a large (time) gap between the frames.

Glad to finally finish processing these so I can archive them and not have to look at them again!

Thanks for looking.
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Old 29-07-2008, 09:14 AM
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Well done, Mike.

Shame the seeing didn't play out better, but what can you do...

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Old 29-07-2008, 09:19 AM
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Also, here's Ganymede and Europa from the 29th.
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Old 29-07-2008, 01:35 PM
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Nice work Mike, thanks for posting.

You can see how the average seeing affected these images.

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Old 29-07-2008, 01:39 PM
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I fogot to add,

The detail on Ganymede is amazing and I can make out some slight shadings on Europa as well.

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Old 29-07-2008, 07:11 PM
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shame about the seeing mate...

Seems you made good of an average situation in any case.
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Old 29-07-2008, 10:56 PM
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Well done Mike for such conditions. The Jupiter images look very nice and Ganymede with detail.

I always thought Io was the smallest moon till I read today that Europa is smaller.
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Old 30-07-2008, 03:07 PM
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Wow. I say wow in my posts a lot simply because I say "wow" out loud while I'm looking at them. Very nice. I mean wow. Loved the detail in Ganymede!
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Old 30-07-2008, 06:02 PM
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Wow. I say wow in my posts a lot simply because I say "wow" out loud while I'm looking at them. Very nice. I mean wow. Loved the detail in Ganymede!

Yep,.... what Dave just said
Nice pics Mike
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