Another Jupiter from 15/02/14 with Ganymede surface details (I think)

[kyokugaisha]

Another few hours with perfect seeing, this time coinciding with a GRS transit and Ganymede nearby. My new Tele Vue 3x barlow has, I think, got my set up to the sweet spot between too much focal length and too little.

I used 11 avis stacked and wavelets in Registax. Then derotated Jupiter in WinJupos. Have to admit when I saw there was something unusual about Ganymede in the final image I had to have a bit of a fiddle. I'm pretty sure the markings are actually on the disk itself and not just noise. They are visible on the raw stacked files and I tried a different stacking technique (AS!2) which showed the same sort of albedo variation.

So I'm 95% sure I photographed the surface of a moon 670,000,000 km away... from my back garden! Sometimes this hobby does make you sit back and think.

Jupiter, Io & Ganymede 2014-02-15-2041 by kyokugaisha1, on Flickr

Thanks for looking.

[dweller25]

Phenomenal

[knobby]

Cosmic !

[Clockwork_Orange]

Superb capture 

[Space Cowboy]

Very good image! Well done capturing detail on Ganymede!

[U Cyg]

Certainly some detail on Ganymede.  Great image!

Angie

[sologuitarist61]

Excellent, well done!

[Astronomical]

For what my newbie opinion is worth-this is a great image! Love it!

[jambouk]

Well done. The surface detail on the moon looks similar to that shown by Damian Peach here:

http://astrobob.areavoices.com/files/2013/02/Jupiter-Jan3_2013-Damian-Peachv2.jpg

James

[richmk3]

Really great image, its pics like this that spur me on to get my kit sorted and have a go myself.

Was this taken using the SW 200p in your sig?

Rich.

[kyokugaisha]

Thank you for all the comments.

richmk3 - Yup, it was taken with the 200P. I have to say the two main factors are the 3x barlow and the very steady atmosphere. Most of my Jupiter images don't come close to this!

[richmk3]

Thanks for the reply Marc, good things come to those who wait for the right conditions.

Think this has made my mind up with scope choice at least