Jupiter from 5/29/06

I finally had the chance to take some videos of Jupiter. Shot this with a C11 and a Toucam 740. Transparancy and seeing were average. Stacked about 700 frames in Registax 2.0. Used an IR block filter and a 2.5X powermate. 10fps. Still can't seem to get a sharp focus. Visually, Jupiter shows lots of features and low contrast detail, so I don't think it's the scope. But when I use the webcam, the image always looks a little mushy.

John

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Hi John -

That is a very nice image of Jupiter with your ToUcam. Not sure where you are located, but Jupiter is looking pretty "mushy" from most mid-northern locations this year. The eye is very good at averaging a pulsating image into a sharp impression at the eyepiece - the camera is not as good at this magic.

When Jupiter is low there is an advantage to using a monochrome camera and capturing images separately in IR, R, G, B rather than across the full visible spectrum.

Thanks for posting -
Alan