Seeing on the 2nd only came good just before clouds rolled in - the final red channel of Io leaving the disk was quite pretty though - pity no g or b for this one. Seeing was also a bit above average on the 3rd - images were a bit soft, but the huge swirls around the GRS were impressive. Thanks for looking. Regards ray
nice and real .Ray.
photo is what jupiter looks like from 440million miles , average , so your image is taken at 10x the moon's orbit . is about the best , as we see through our atmosphere ..
Brian.
Visual observer from the NT .
NASA would like this.
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Originally Posted by Shiraz
Seeing on the 2nd only came good just before clouds rolled in - the final red channel of Io leaving the disk was quite pretty though - pity no g or b for this one. Seeing was also a bit above average on the 3rd - images were a bit soft, but the huge swirls around the GRS were impressive. Thanks for looking. Regards ray
Thanks Daniel - very generous comment. It was great to watch Io slip off the disk, leaving it's shadow, wasn't it?
Thanks Mark. glad you liked the images.
regards Ray
Yeah it sure was Ray, its the first time I have ever seen one of the moons transit across Jupiter. A awesome moment even if it happens quite regularly, I hope to catch a double transit in the near future.
Thanks Trevor, seeing definitely is on the up, but the low altitudes are a killer.
Thanks Paul. Had a lot of easterlies on the leading edges of high pressure systems this year. they seem to aid seeing in this location - come in off the gulf water with fairly smooth flow.