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Originally Posted by h0ughy
well done mate - given the weather of late you have done well
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Thanks very much Houghy, yes, the weather has been very problematic for planetary imaging of late.
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Originally Posted by mswhin63
Great stuff, weather has been a killer not only cloud but the atmosphere has been a bit hectic too.
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Thanks very much Malcolm, it was nice to capture data without a cloud in the sky for a change.
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Originally Posted by higginsdj
Truely great imaging.
As an aside, when imaging Jupiter, do you continuously image Jupiter after dark whilst it is above the horizon or just do what it takes for a single great image?
Cheers
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Thanks David, all of the planetary imaging that I do is for various pro/am collaborations or groups such as JUPOS, the BAA or ALPO. To provide the coverage that they are looking for I usually capture RGB & IR data sets at approx 30 to 40 min intervals.
Depending on the position of the planet my sessions can go for up to 5 hrs, with Jupiter getting ever lower in the west at the moment and with the local limitations that I have with my westerly horizon I only have a window of about 90 min's to get my data.
The data set that I posted here was the first of three over that 90 min's, this was at the highest alt and was the best data set but even the other two data sets, although of lesser esthetic quality, have measurable detail that is of scientific interest.
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Originally Posted by Matt Wastell
Great one Trevor - the SEB has come along way!
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Thanks very much Matt, the SEB certainly has come a long way since Nov 9th and I was pretty pleased to get conditions good enough to get a reasonable image of it on this face of Jupiter.