Jupiter 24.02.16 - First of the year finally!!

[theo]

I think most people on here would agree that capturing decent data on Jupiter this year has so far been almost impossible due to the seemingly endless poor seeing conditions. Even on this night the seeing was still tricky, far from being steady but better that the usual we've been used to. This is the best result from the captured data, should have had more runs but the clouds rolled in around 30 mins after this image was taken. This is also my first go with the ASI224mc camera so first impressions are very good, but now I really want some decent steady seeing to get a true sense of what it's capable of...fingers crossed as time is running out for us in the northern hemisphere!!

Pete

 

[mikeyj1]

Great shot!

[si@nite]

That looks great pete some nice detail comming through, yet to get some decent data worth processing, my last few outings i have been struggling with the new set up, the meade & new skyris 236m producing really big resolution with 2x, maybe time to resort back to C11 - C 9.25 in this period of poor seeing!

Ps. would be intrested to Know what your typical planetary setup is, with the meade in mono mode cheers!

[Grotemobile]

Wow. That has got to be one of

the best shots, I have seen this

year.

 

Steve.

[astroman001]

Great image Pete. You did well, last decent night here was 11th Feb. The ZWO ASI224MC + ADC is a great combo.

regards

Peter

[Space Cowboy]

Crackerjack capture Pete! Did you use an ADC?

[neil phillips]

Excellent detail there Pete. I expect this combo to really excel if better conditions arise. Hopefully in the next few weeks before Jupiter starts declining in size considerably, as we move away from opposition.

Well done under the variable seeing.

[theo]

2 hours ago, si@nite said:

That looks great pete some nice detail comming through, yet to get some decent data worth processing, my last few outings i have been struggling with the new set up, the meade & new skyris 236m producing really big resolution with 2x, maybe time to resort back to C11 - C 9.25 in this period of poor seeing!

Ps. would be intrested to Know what your typical planetary setup is, with the meade in mono mode cheers!

Cheers Simon,

My set up for planetary consists of a Baader Planetarium Steeltrack Crayford focuser to which I attach a Starlight Express filter wheel followed by barlow / ADC and then camera in that order. There's also a few spacers involved in order to get the correct distance from the camera to the barlow lens. When I say correct distance, this is to give the nominal 2x or 3x depending on which camera i'm using. Of course additional spacing in front of the camera can be used to increase FL as required.

Pete

[theo]

43 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said:

Crackerjack capture Pete! Did you use an ADC?

Thanks Stuart. For this capture I did use my Pierro Astro ADC.

Pete

[theo]

31 minutes ago, neil phillips said:

Excellent detail there Pete. I expect this combo to really excel if better conditions arise. Hopefully in the next few weeks before Jupiter starts declining in size considerably, as we move away from opposition.

Well done under the variable seeing.

Cheers Neil. I think it will do very well, really hope we get the chance to find out!!

Pete

[theo]

Many thanks also Mikeyj1, Steve and Peter.

Pete

 

[Barv]

Great image there Pete under these trying conditions. Colours look lovely.  I was out too on the 24th but you must have had better conditions over to the west.

Good to see you finally got out there!

Regards

Harvey

[theo]

Cheers Harvey!

Pete

[laudropb]

Very nice image. Lovely detail captured and natural looking colours.

[Pete Presland]

Superbly detailed image, very natural looking! 

[Aussie Dave]

That's very nice Pete, you must be happy with that considering the conditions. Most of us are still waiting for that one good night, who knows if we'll get it this time around.

[PeterCPC]

Lovely image Pete. Do you think that the ADC makes a big difference? I have been toying with getting the ZWO ADC.

Peter

[theo]

Thanks chaps, appreciate the feedback.

Peter, the ADC probably doesn't make a big difference at the current elevation although without it in place or with the levers set in the neutral position some colour fringing can be seen so at least I know it's having a worthwhile effect. The lower the target gets then the more influence the ADC will have so from next season onwards the ADC will be essential in order to maximize the chances of getting a reasonable result.

 

Pete

[Virgoman]

A superb image Pete but by heck it has been a long wait. Lovely rich detail coming through!  Interested to read about the ADC also. Hopefully...seemed to have said this a lot this season......we will get a prolonged period of settled conditions for us all to get a good harvest of images. Jupiter now 3 days from opposition as I type and as you allude to, heading ever further south for us Northern hemisphere imagers...along with Mars, Saturn....oh dear?

                    Ralph