Io transit - 7th December 2011

[lukebl]

Here's a little animation of last night's Io transit. Disappointed at the lack of sharpness, hence the small size. It was lovely to watch, though.

13 images at 5 min intervals (apart from a gap in the middle when I got distracted), c 1200 frames per image, starting at 20:35. SPC900 webcam, 3x TV Barlow, 250mm f/4.7 Newt.

[oldfruit]

Nice animation Luke. I too was observing this last night though the wind was not helping as the image was moving quita a lot and the image was in and out of focus. I also struggled to get a sharp image last night. But as you say it certainly was a nice event to watch.

Just out of interest, which software did you use to make your animation?

[Telrad]

Luke, brilliant animation. Excellent to see Io so clearly and the detail on Jupiter is splendid. Well done!

[Stu]

That's very nice. Was observing too last night and it's good to see verification of what I saw. Seeing was generally ok for me, took a bit of a dip later on but on the whole not bad.

Interesting to see how Io suddenly pops in to view when it gets over the darker region towards the limb. I didn't manage to pick it up at all last night when it was over the surface, although I didn't see it start the transit so naturally it was harder. Shadow was jet black and very clear though.

Very nice animation, thanks very much for posting

Stu

[Clayton]

Nice animation Luke

[lukebl]

Many thanks, gents!

....Just out of interest, which software did you use to make your animation?

I used Photoshop CS3.

[oldfruit]

I used Photoshop CS3.

Is that free software or do you need to buy it? as you know we all love free software if it is available .

I had read in a post a week or 2 ago that windows movie maker on windows 7 will also produce a similar result.

[26Left]

Fantastic Luke. I live animations like that. They really highlight out the dynamic nature of the solar system.

Tom.

[DMouse]

Very well done, thanks for posting

[Space Cowboy]

Nicely done Sir!

[Olorin]

Wow that is fantastic!

[Doug]

Well done Luke Nice animation I zoomed this to 200% looks great

Thank you for posting ,Please if you do more post them for us

new get tired of seeing the planets

Clear skies

Doug

[callisto]

Very nice, well done

[mdstuart]

Really nice. I wanted to see this but came in too early!

Mark