Damian Peach - Barbados 07 full report

[iceman (Mike)]

Damian sent this out today to his email lists..

Hi all,

Here is the full gallery at long last after months of work. Hope you enjoy it:

http://www.damianpeach.com/barbados07.htm

Best Wishes

Damian

Amazing images, well worth looking.

[matt]

Yep...I received that email earlier too...and what an absolute treat it was to open and have a gander.

He is still very much 'The Man'!!

In a totally different class.

[Dennis]

Hmm, it seems the man certainly suffered this time round, in his dedication to capturing this amazing collection of images...quite an illuminating story. The images are simply out of this world!

Cheers

Dennis

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Hi Mike & Dennis

I was hoping that you could answer my question regarding the images of

Jupiter from above and below - May 25-27th, 2007.

How are these images accomplished or is there significant tilt to capture this information?

Cheers Petra

[iceman (Mike)]

He uses a program called "WinJupos" which takes a spherical map and projects it from above and below.

There's no tilt, it's just reading the limited information available in the polar regions.

[Outbackmanyep]

WOW!

[Lee]

Why Barbados?? I would have thought an equatorial type area would be awful for the air stability needed for planetary work???
Fantastic images though - obviously conditions were good enough!
The venus images in particular

[Ric]

What a stunning array of images.

Truly amazing work.

[Nuri]

That trail of white spots in the northern hemishere of Jupiter... Are they the remains of the Shumaker-Levy comet crash?

[iceman (Mike)]

Hi Nuri
Those white spots are small storms on Jupiter. They come and go throughout the year, although some are much longer lasting. Three white spots that merged a few years ago, is what turned into "Red Jr" during the 2006 apparition.

[Outbackmanyep]

Originally Posted by Lee

Why Barbados?? I would have thought an equatorial type area would be awful for the air stability needed for planetary work???
Fantastic images though - obviously conditions were good enough!
The venus images in particular

Hey Lee!
I was wondering the same thing, but if you're a sailor you'd know that the closer you get to the equator you enter the doldrums which is an area of calm and little breeze.....i wonder if thats related to why equatorial regions are favoured!?

[davidpretorius]

yup and about 1km max in from the sea....onshore breeze usually is nice and laminar for the islands.

have a look at this link http://weather.unisys.com/gfs/6panel...panel_aus.html

see how many pink areas are near the equator!!!

[rumples riot]

The stability also relates to the differences in day and night temperatures. This means less turbulence.

Chris Go (another planetary imager) lives in Cebu City in the Phillipines. He gets good seeing in the dry season. You will note that all imaging at Barbados is done during the dry season.