Jupiter April 29, 2006

If I wait for Good Seeing I may never get to image Jupiter again!
Imaged from about 11:30 PM until 2:30 AM.

Jupiter
TMB 8" F/9
4.8X barlow
5:01- 5:04 UT April 29, 2006
Seeing Fair.

Jim Phillips

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Good shot for fair seeing.

Joel Falk in Kansas

Very nice Jim, considering the conditions we have for Juoter here in the north! At least you can see it :C We've been having so much rain lately that it is hard to remember the way the sky at night looks > >

Ciao Jim

Luca

Jim, I was imaging Jupiter at the exact same time early Sat morning! My seeing was better although there was still a slight visible haze around the planet when viewing with the naked eye. According the clear sky clock, I had above average seeing. Surprisingly my usual 1/25sec exposure on my Toucam was too much and I had to back down to 1/33sec and ease up 10% gain. Unfortunately by doing this Jupiter appeared browner than usual but I could not tweak any setting to get the right color. Also I used 5fps since my web cam seems to have some trouble with compression at 10fps on Jupiter. This shot was taken at 1:09AM, just before Jupiter reached it peak in the sky. C11, 2.5X powermate, 1/33 toucam + IR, 40% Br, 0% Gam, 100% Sat, 10% Gain, Auto on, 5fsp, best 150frames of 450 total. Io is almost ready to go behind Jupiter from the left (details pulled out in photoshop).

Seeing is definitely at a premium this season. However, the season isn't done yet...

Regards,
Steve

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