Jupiter and 4 of its Jovian moons 26/2/15 (mono)

[dazzauk83]

Hi all

First real attempt of jupiter for me. Seeing was pretty good for a change. Taken from my back garden in Rubery,Birmingham.

I used a Skywatcher 200p with a 2.5 barlow.

QHY5L-II mono 

Firecapture with Jupiter profile selected.

1500 frames captured  at resolution 640 x 480.

Gain=13

Exposure 24.00

Processed in registax and coral paint pro 7.

[DrRobin]

Nicely caught, great to get all four moons and so much detail on Jupiter.  Colour filters next, perhaps? 

Due to atmospheric dispersion the different colours focus to a slightly different position on the camera, causing colour blur.  With a colour cam Registax can correct for this, but you need to use colour filters for a mono.

Robin

[Grotemobile]

Nicely caught, great to get all four moons and so much detail on Jupiter.  Colour filters next, perhaps? 

Due to atmospheric dispersion the different colours focus to a slightly different position on the camera, causing colour blur.  With a colour cam Registax can correct for this, but you need to use colour filters for a mono.

Robin

Would a I/R cut filter, correct for  this, on a mono cam.

[dazzauk83]

I take it the standard RGB filters for viewing are no good?

[Pete Presland]

Excellent capture!

[Dr Hamzonian]

Really nice detail. I see a filter wheel in your future

[Stargazer33]

Really nice capture. Well done.

grotemobile: I believe an IR pass filter or a red CCD filter is what people are using with mono cameras to help with poor seeing. The longer wavelengths of light are less affected by our atmosphere.