Jupiter...I give up

Ok, I give up on this one. After many months of trying to get a good image of Jupiter I guess my local seeing conditions just won't let me get the detail. I know the drill, collmination, focus and time all of which I have spent a great deal of time on. I wonder why all the rest of my images are much better, not perfect, but pretty good. All but Jupiter. Well, one out of a hudred million objects to image isn't bad.

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It may, indeed, be the seeing in your area.

I live in an area near Seattle, WA called the Convergance Zone where all the Pacific Ocean weather split by the Olympic Mountain range, meets back up to cause havoc with seeing, power lines and you name it.

Attached is my best effort ever and I've been trying for several years now.

I do have a C8 OTA to use but I took this one with a Tuocam-740k, Sky90/ExtenderQ/Shorty Barlow(rated at 1.75x),640 frames assembled in registax and finished in PaintShop Pro.

Without applying some kind of geographical handicap, a guy living down in the Gulf States will top me every time, any time, all night long.

Don't get discouraged. Do what I do and simply compete against yourself. I know that as long as I keep seeing improvement in my shots, I am right up there with the best - because that's exactly what they do. I've sat beside some of the best imagers in the country as they tweak their stuff and, trust me, they aren't comparing themselves to others - it may be ego :-) but they consider themselves to be their only competition.

It's one of those "Winner's Tricks" that works no matter where you find yourself in life and it works for just about anything.

-Paul S. Walsh

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What are you imaging with Bryan?