Jupiter in 2013-2014
Imaging Setup: C9,25 SCT@ f/31.3 & DBK21
08 February 2014
Acceptable seeing early on in the night with the GRS rotating into view and Io also visible.
17 November 2013
Good seeing originally but gradually deteriorating towards dawn. A lovely appearance of the OvalBA with the interesting white spot within it. Also some fantastic festoons within the tropical region. Marvelous!
01:04 UT - The white spot inside OvalBA is prominent
00:24 UT - A nice array of white ovals above OvalBA
02:31 UT - Seeing deteriorated. Interesting festoons rotating into view
23:37 UT - A plethora of activity on the gas Giant
32-frame animation using the aligned and stacked frames with no post processing. Autostakker & Registax only - Alternative presentation
Changes in the Jovian Atmosphere
A three-frame animation using images taken on October 31 by fellow amateur astronomer Philippe Cambre of France and my own images from November 10 and 17 showing just how dynamic Jupiter is. You can see various formations rotating to the East or West independently, storm systems merging and separating as well as storm systems who remain virtually unchanged.
Live view video capture of Jupiter and Europa
17 November 2013
Telescope: C9,25 SCT
Camera: TIS DBK21(AU.O4AS)
17 November 2013
Telescope: C9,25 SCT
Camera: TIS DBK21(AU.O4AS)
13 November, 2013
Fair to good seeing conditions on this attempt. Io and its shadow are visible followed by the shadow of Europa and the moon itself later on. The GRS is well placed followed by the turbulent region. Hints of surface detail are visible on Io.
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17-frame animation of stacked and wavelet-applied images with no post-processing.
10 November, 2013
Very good seeing conditions on this marathon night which allowed coverage of nearly 4 hours of the Jovian surface.
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The animation presented here uses all 45 of the resulted captures with no post processing beyond stacking (AS!2) and wavelets (Registax5.1) and covers nearly a 4 hour time-span. I hope to be able to produce the post-processed version but it will take a while!
Live view video capture of Jupiter
10 November 2013
Telescope: C9,25 SCT
Camera: TIS DBK21(AU.O4AS)
10 November 2013
Telescope: C9,25 SCT
Camera: TIS DBK21(AU.O4AS)
02 November, 2013
Quite a lot of data on this night but only average seeing conditions. I am having trouble judging the correct color balance lately so I'm uploading variations.
14 October, 2013
Average to poor seeing conditions for these images but Jupiter is climbing higher into darker skies and growing larger. Io and Europa are also visible in the frames.
6 September, 2013
The new season "opener". Finally returning to the Giant, this time shooting through the new observatory!
18 January, 2013
Despite unfavorable predictions, some steadier pockets of air provided an acceptable result.
