Europa, Ganymede, Jupiter (showing GRS) and Io - 02/11/2022

[NenoVento]

Hi all, 

On Wednesday I was tinkering with my planetary setup (changing a flimsy visual back for something more robust) when I noticed that the wind had dropped and the night was rather clear (with a seeing of about 1") and decided to take a quick look at Jupiter and got utterly surprised by the view:

Here you can see Europa (left up), Ganymede (left down) and Io (right), together with the GRS.

Here you have the relevant data gathered by Firecapture:

• Camera=ZWO ASI224MC
• Filter=Svbony UV/IR cut filter
• Profile=Jupiter
• Diameter=47.33"
• Magnitude=-2.79
• CMI=348.5° CMII=40.3° CMIII=340.7°  (during mid of capture)
• FocalLength=5300mm (F/22)
• Resolution=0.15"
• Frames captured=11780
• FPS (avg.)=98
• Binning=1x1
• Bit depth=8bit
• ROI=400x448
• Shutter=10.00ms
• Gain=360 (60%)
• Limit=120 Segundos
   

 

The gear:

• Celestron C8 XLT
• Sky-Watcher HEQ5
• Svbony UV/IR cut filter
• Baader Q-Barlow 2.25x
• ZWO ASI224MC

The software:

• CDC
• EQMOD
• Firecapture
• Autostakkert (15% best frames)
• Registax
• WinJUPOS
• Fitswork
• The gimp

Thanks for looking,

NV

Edited November 4, 2022 by NenoVento
I forgot to add WinJUPOS

[orion25]

Awesome image, NV. Thanks for sharing!

Reggie

[Avocette]

Some distance away from Tenerife I was busy capturing Jupiter and these three Galilean moons at the same time. Here is a GIF of the transit and occultation event…

SkyMax 150 Pro Maksutov-Cassegrain operating with a 2x ED Barlow with shortened spacer at focal length of 2762mm (f19.7). ASI533MC ROI 300x300 pixels. FireCapture 2.7.10, AutoStakkert!3 & Registax 6.

The twenty or so still images which make up this GIF were 25% stacks of 10000 frames from one minute of captures every second minute. So the original 20GB of captured files were squashed into a 600kB GIF - with some inevitable quality loss of course.

Edited November 4, 2022 by Avocette

[Kon]

Excellent image and processing. I love the three moons there.

[Kon]

18 minutes ago, Avocette said:

Some distance away from Tenerife I was busy capturing Jupiter and these three Galilean moons at the same time. Here is a GIF of the transit and occultation event…

SkyMax 150 Pro Maksutov-Cassegrain operating with a 2x ED Barlow with shortened spacer at focal length of 2762mm (f19.7). ASI533MC ROI 300x300 pixels. FireCapture 2.7.10, AutoStakkert!3 & Registax 6.

The twenty or so still images which make up this GIF were 25% stacks of 10000 frames from one minute of captures every second minute. So the original 20GB of captured files were squashed into a 600kB GIF - with some inevitable quality loss of course.

Fantastic animation. You should probably put it on its own thread to get visibility.

[NenoVento]

Just now, Kon said:

Fantastic animation. You should probably put it on its own thread to get visibility.

I agree with @Kon. Fantastic work @Avocette

[TheThing]

Some excellent images.  Thanks for sharing.

[geoflewis]

Excellent image NV. I was clouded out for this event and travelling for the similar transit the previous week, so good to see your high quality version.

[geoflewis]

17 hours ago, Avocette said:

Some distance away from Tenerife I was busy capturing Jupiter and these three Galilean moons at the same time. Here is a GIF of the transit and occultation event…

SkyMax 150 Pro Maksutov-Cassegrain operating with a 2x ED Barlow with shortened spacer at focal length of 2762mm (f19.7). ASI533MC ROI 300x300 pixels. FireCapture 2.7.10, AutoStakkert!3 & Registax 6.

The twenty or so still images which make up this GIF were 25% stacks of 10000 frames from one minute of captures every second minute. So the original 20GB of captured files were squashed into a 600kB GIF - with some inevitable quality loss of course.

Excellent animation and as others commented, it really deserves its own thread.