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Jupiter this morning.... been a while!

Started by IGastaldo, 07/23/2009 07:04PM
Posted 07/23/2009 07:04PM Opening Post
Hello all! boy, did I feel rusty this morning... it has been a while for sure! wink
My old & trusty Philips 675K webcam finally died, after 8+ years of good labor... (I just got a Philips SPC900, which I bought used, here on AMart)

Taken this morning (07/23/09, around 2:30-3:00am).
You'll see the famous GRS (Great Red Spot), multiple bands & storms, plus a Satellite shadow transit (Callisto's).

Equipment used was: 10" Meade LX-200GPS, 2x barlow (f/20) & a Philips SPC900 webcam. (1200 frames, stacked with Registax 5, and processed with Photoshop CS2)

Seeing conditions were very steady. (South Florida weather)
Image has been reduced to 75% of the original.

Hope you'll like it...


Clear skies to all! 8)

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Ivan Gastaldo 8)
Coconut Creek, FL

Ivan's Observatory
Lat 26N 16' 48" Long 80W 10' 48"
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Posted 07/23/2009 09:37PM #1
Ivan Gastaldo said:

Hello all! boy, did I feel rusty this morning... it has been a while for sure! wink
My old & trusty Philips 675K webcam finally died, after 8+ years of good labor... (I just got a Philips SPC900, which I bought used, here on AMart)

Taken this morning (07/23/09, around 2:30-3:00am).
You'll see the famous GRS (Great Red Spot), multiple bands & storms, plus a Satellite shadow transit (Callisto's).

Equipment used was: 10" Meade LX-200GPS, 2x barlow (f/20) & a Philips SPC900 webcam. (1200 frames, stacked with Registax 5, and processed with Photoshop CS2)

Seeing conditions were very steady. (South Florida weather)
Image has been reduced to 75% of the original.

Hope you'll like it...


Clear skies to all! 8)
Ivan,
If this is what you can do when you're "rusty", I can't wait to see what you can do when you're back in your stride!
Nice image!
Posted 07/24/2009 12:21PM #2
Beautiful shot! Great detail. Joe
Posted 07/24/2009 01:16PM #3
Ivan, excellent image! Congradulations on capturing the GRS + transit in good seeing, that's rare. Next time out try an eyepiece extension between the barlow & web cam, you should be able to image directly at f30 which could pull even more detail out. It's great to see images from you again. Thanks for posting it

Regards,
Steve

Posted 07/24/2009 10:16PM #4
Seems like it might be time to retire my ToUcam. Nicely done.

Peter
Posted 07/25/2009 08:46PM #5
Super shot Ivan and nice capture of a couple events there.

Kevin