Jupiter and moons on New Years Eve

[Barv]

We finally got some half decent seeing here last night so thought I'd have a go at some imaging as I was getting withdrawal symptoms.

Hope you like it.  (The moons have been pulled in a bit to enhance the image. Please click on image for full size view!

Happy New Year to all!

Regards

Harvey

[mitchelln]

Very nice indeed!

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[catman161]

That is fantastic. Great focus and really nicely processed. Best I've seen for a while

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[laudropb]

Very nice image. I love the detail and colours.

[Pete Presland]

Pretty the view I had early on new years day morning the moons really  do add a nice feel to an already very good image. how did you stack the moons?

[DRT]

Very nice, Harvey.

I was looking at this through my 16" Dob at around the same time and there was a 14.5 Mag star just above the two moons that were close together. Did you filter that out in the processing?

Derek

[mikeskor]

An impressive image. Excellent detail.

[Barv]

Pretty the view I had early on new years day morning the moons really  do add a nice feel to an already very good image. how did you stack the moons?

I captured the 3 moons separately from the planet, then an image of the edge of the planet with moon positions. All moons were processed individually too and pasted back in to the image. Moons were captured for 5 minutes, (should have been longer) and stacked in AS2.

Kind regards

Harvey

[Barv]

Very nice, Harvey.

I was looking at this through my 16" Dob at around the same time and there was a 14.5 Mag star just above the two moons that were close together. Did you filter that out in the processing?

Derek

Well spotted Derek. Yes, extensive processing lost the star! Oops!

Regards

Harvey

[Freddie]

Nice clean pic there also with a touch or detail within the GRS. Good work.

[Pete Presland]

I captured the 3 moons separately from the planet, then an image of the edge of the planet with moon positions. All moons were processed individually too and pasted back in to the image. Moons were captured for 5 minutes, (should have been longer) and stacked in AS2.

Kind regards

Harvey

Did you just put an align box around each moon in A/S to align them?

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[DRT]

Very nice, Harvey.

I was looking at this through my 16" Dob at around the same time and there was a 14.5 Mag star just above the two moons that were close together. Did you filter that out in the processing?

Derek

Well spotted Derek. Yes, extensive processing lost the star! Oops!

Regards

Harvey

I just read my post again and thought "how on earth did I see a 14.5 mag star that easily?" Explanation is poor memory! It was 9.5 mag. Here it is...

Pity it dropped out as it looked very interesting in the FOV.

Great image of Jupiter

[Space Cowboy]

Thats a very impressive image Harvey!

[Barv]

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Did you just put an align box around each moon in A/S to align them?

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No, just put a single alignment point in. I'm not totally happy with the moons tbh, I should have done longer captures as their rotation is predominantly slower than Jupiters.  (I was up all night and by this time was freezing my nuts off)! I have other data so a repro may be in order.

Regards

Harvey

[Barv]

Thats a very impressive image Harvey!

Many thanks Stuart. - Means a lot from one of the masters!

Regards

Harvey

[Montana]

Wow!! 

Alexandra

[bottletopburly]

absolouteley stunning very nice

[astroman001]

Superb image, love the detail and natural colours.

Well processed.

Peter

[theo]

What a great image Harvey!! Really liking the processing here and lovely framing along with the moons. Well done.

Pete.

[Barv]

I just read my post again and thought "how on earth did I see a 14.5 mag star that easily?" Explanation is poor memory! It was 9.5 mag. Here it is...

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Pity it dropped out as it looked very interesting in the FOV.

Great image of Jupiter

Actually thinking about it, I don't think it actually was on the sensor, I think it was just outside. Very small fov in these C14's at nearly 10 metres focal length. 

Thanks Derek.

Regards

Harvey

[SnakeyJ]

Cracking shots Harvey and very nicely processed - stunning at this point in the season. :-)

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[Barv]

Ch

What a great image Harvey!! Really liking the processing here and lovely framing along with the moons. Well done.

Pete.

Cheers Pete. Especially glad you liked it!

Regards

Harvey

[Barv]

Cracking shots Harvey and very nicely processed - stunning at this point in the season. :-)

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Many thanks Jake. I finally got that cooling sorted. It's a pity Celestron don't warn you of these issues when you buy one. - It's taken 2 years to sort out!

Regards

Harvey

[Grotemobile]

Very ,very good.

Impressed.

Steve.

[JimFR]

We finally got some half decent seeing here last night so thought I'd have a go at some imaging as I was getting withdrawal symptoms.

Hope you like it. (The moons have been pulled in a bit to enhance the image. Please click on image for full size view!

Happy New Year to all!

Regards

Harvey

That is incredible!

Big aperture?

I had to be at a family gathering, but did see Jupiter on the walk home.

Excellent work!