Jupiter last night

Hi everyone,

I imaged Jupiter last night under average conditions. It was not what I had hoped for, but I'll take what I can get. These past 6 weeks have been a disapointment with terrible weather and seeing conditions. What makes it tough to take is that after this year, half a decade will have passed by the time Jupiter is in a favorable position again. I'm hoping for one good night before the end of this apparition.

Meade LX90 8" SCT @ f/35
Phillips ToUcam Pro 840
Seeing 4-5/10
Transparency 2/5
Frames= 722/1204 @ 10fps
Image Taken at 2:29 UT on June 5, 2005

Thanks,

Ed Roach

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Hi Ed,

That's a good effort. I tried myself, but the turbulence was just too high (but I haven't given up yet- some AVIs are still cranking). The weather patterns this Spring have not been in our favor this year, especially when compared to last year at this time. Guess we can all just keep trying.

Eric

Hi Edward,

Thats a nice image and well processed. That area of Jupiter is always fascinating, with new bright spots errupting every week.

Damian

Hi Ed,

Nice Jupiter good processing and color, well at least we have Mars to look forward too.

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

I know what you mean Ed. Clear Sky Clock says the seeing is good tonight but it is totally clouded over. I like your image of Jupiter. It's very nice.

Jim Phillips

Hi Ed -

A good result despite the conditions. The forcast here was for good seeing Saturday night but I had scheduled a public night viewing of Jupiter at our Science Museum. We had hundreds of folks turn out - I never got a long enough look to see whether the seeing was good or not!

Alan

I like it Ed! Very nice. The phase effect is really impressive.

Jim Phillips

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback. This week looks to have a couple of decent days in the middle of the week, I hope I get lucky.

Clear & steady skies,

Ed Roach