Jupiter 22/03 from Bembridge

[SnakeyJ]

Looks like it may still be a fair night tonight and hoping for a little Mars and possibly Saturn later on - but for the time being, here's my first run on Jupiter tonight:

RGB vs LRGB:

  

SW Exp 200P, QHY5L-IIM @ F19, WJ Derotation and quick Gimp PP.   Best 40% of 80s capture.    Had to switch back to the Baader x2.25 zoom barlow as insufficient infocus to bring the Rev x2.5 to focus beyond the filter wheel.

Sky still clear, so fingers crossed for later on

[JamesF]

Very nice images, Jake.  I hope your evening is more successful than mine...

James

[SnakeyJ]

Thanks James - hope yours clears and is not a right off.   It's a lot of trouble (and heartache) to get everything out and setup, only to get rained or clouded out.    Fingers crossed!

[RAC]

Those are really nice, great detail and something i will never get from NZ for a few years to come.

[boulderbelly]

Looks like it may still be a fair night tonight and hoping for a little Mars and possibly Saturn later on - but for the time being, here's my first run on Jupiter tonight:

RGB vs LRGB:

2014-03-22-1918_1-JGR-RGB-SGL.png   2014-03-22-1913_8-JGR-LRGB-SGL.png

SW Exp 200P, QHY5L-IIM @ F19, WJ Derotation and quick Gimp PP.   Best 40% of 80s capture.    Had to switch back to the Baader x2.25 zoom barlow as insufficient infocus to bring the Rev x2.5 to focus beyond the filter wheel.

Sky still clear, so fingers crossed for later o

Nice images Jake!..have not had much luck up in Ayrshire.. the usual ...rained off.

BB

[SnakeyJ]

Thanks RAC and BB - We're certainly lucky with Jupiter in the Northern Hemisphere, though have had pretty torrid weather through opposition.   We have many years wait for decent elevations on Mars and Saturn.

Just shot 4 sequences on Mars at around 26deg elevation in reasonable seeing - holding out to catch a little bit of Saturn (currently around 16 deg), but peaking at 24deg if I can hold on until 03:45hrs!

[Space Cowboy]

Very good Jake!

[U Cyg]

Nice one Jake, getting better all the time!

Angie

[sologuitarist61]

Cracking images!

[todd8137]

Looks brill

Pat

[SnakeyJ]

Thanks Stuart, Angie, Richard and Todd - just want some really good seeing now!

Tried last night, but definitely not so good!       I also discovered that my transformer is generating a bit of a heat plume, that does at times effect the seeing - I shall re-route the power so that this is located further away from the mount.