Jupiter and Io 22 Dec 2013

[cgarry]

This image opens my account for the current Jupiter opposition.  With the bad weather and my work commitments this was the first imaging session I have managed this opposition.

The session was a bit windy and the seeing was definitely nothing special but I was determined to get some data and work it through to an image.  Considering the quality of the data I am not too unhappy with this.

Cheers,

Chris

[Space Cowboy]

You've captured some good detail there Chris. Weather is against us at the moment, fingers crossed the new year will bring better conditions!

[neil phillips]

There is some good detail there Chris. Wanted to get out also. But my back went. Jet stream forcast was good over the intire country. When I looked I could see some twinkling though.

[cgarry]

Thanks guys.

It does seem that the weather does not want to play ball this time around, on the rare occasions that the sky is not obscured by cloud or fog the seeing seems to be terrible.  Though like all the other UK planetary imagers I shall keep waiting for the weather and seeing to give us a break.  One night maybe...

Cheers,

Chris

[stev74]

Great image Chris with loads of surface detail including some on the moon, well done! 

[si@nite]

Nicely detailed Chris even with the lousy conditions!

[Freddie]

That's a nice shot there Chris. Hope you get to have another go soon.

[theo]

Nicely done Chris. Lot of detail for not the best seeing.

Pete.

[U Cyg]

Lots of good detail captured there!  Great image.

Angie

[ScottS]

Nice. Looks like some surface detail on Io there also.

[sologuitarist61]

Lovely image with bags of detail - well done!

[cgarry]

Thanks for all your comments.  I was particularly pleased to get some detail on Io, especially since the seeing conditions were the best.

On the subject of seeing it was terrible last night.  I grabbed a few Jupiter AVIs but have been unable to get any detail out of them, even the red channel is just mush.

Cheers,

Chris

[Space Cowboy]

Seeing went worse as the night progressed. Started at 10pm and packed up at 11 lol