jupiter

Opposition 2005

diam. 41.4"

05h17 (GMT)

05h42 (GMT)

April 9th 2005

Meade LX90, F/D 27, TouCam pro II + IRB filter. Staking (Skeye) of 400 out of 1200 frames, 1/25sec each. Processing: wavelets (Registax, Iris).
North is up.

Excellent seeing conditions ... my best images of the planet so far.

Note the North Equatorial Belt filled with dark red spots and white spots. Very nice blue festoons in the Equatorial Zone.

diam. 39.1"

May 18th 2005

Meade LX90, F/D 27, TouCam pro II + IRB filter. Staking (Registax3) of 400 out of 1200 frames, 1/25sec each. Processing: wavelets (Registax3, Iris). North is up.

My goal tonight was to produce an animation of jupiter by imaging the planet at 6-7 minute intervals. However, as night progressed, seeing gradually degraded ... and the batteries of my laptop finally crashed ! I will do better next time.

See the (short !) time-lapse animation

03h15 (GMT)

04h26 (GMT)

diam. 41.3"

April 16th 2005

Meade LX90, F/D 27, TouCam pro II + IRB filter. Staking (Registax3) of 400 out of 1200 frames, 1/25sec each. Processing: wavelets (Registax3, Iris). North is up.

Clouds knots and blue festoons galore !! Considered the "boring" side of jupiter, this was anything but boring tonight !

The seeing was fair tonight.

diam. 41.5"

April 5th 2005, 03h22 (GMT)

Meade LX90, F/D 27, TouCam pro II + IRB filter. Staking (Skeye) of 400 out of 1200 frames, 1/25sec each. Processing: wavelets (Registax, Iris)

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