Europa emerging from Jupiter's shadow (16/08/23)

[Kon]

I was looking forward to the weather this morning but somehow it was not good seeing. The captures were stable but I could not get focus. I tried to derotate 20min of data but it was not good. These are the best two captures at 431 and 459; in the second image Europa (the few pixels on the right) comes out of Jupiter's shadow  and a few minutes later it will be behind the planet. 8" Dob, asi462mc, uv/ir cut filter and 2.5xTV powermate.

Edited August 16, 2023 by Kon

[si@nite]

Nice shots despite the conditions!

[Mark2022]

Kon, you're lucky you're getting any 'seeing' at all! For me: Set  up, polar align, clouds, pack away.

[morimarty]

Kostas as Simon as said they are descent images despite the conditions.

9 minutes ago, Mark2022 said:

Kon, you're lucky you're getting any 'seeing' at all! For me: Set  up, polar align, clouds, pack away.

Mark and when you've done all that guess what? Yep the clouds go away again.

[Mark2022]

15 minutes ago, morimarty said:

Kostas as Simon as said they are descent images despite the conditions.

Mark and when you've done all that guess what? Yep the clouds go away again.

True...... sometimes. It goes clear again at 3am!

[Kon]

5 hours ago, si@nite said:

Nice shots despite the conditions!

Thanks, but a bit disappointed as I had high hopes for a good seeing.

[Kon]

5 hours ago, Mark2022 said:

Kon, you're lucky you're getting any 'seeing' at all! For me: Set  up, polar align, clouds, pack away.

I am sorry to hear. I thought it was a UK wide decent weather the last couple of days. I hope you get a break.

[Space Cowboy]

That's a shame the seeing was off, colours look nice.

Clear sky didn't turn up here the last 2 mornings. 🙄

Edited August 17, 2023 by Space Cowboy

[Maurizio83]

The colors in these pictures are gorgeous!

[Kon]

18 minutes ago, Maurizio83 said:

The colors in these pictures are gorgeous!

Thanks. Quite pleased with the colour balance but a bit disappointed with the lack of details due to the seeing.

[Space Cowboy]

On 16/08/2023 at 17:54, Kon said:

I was looking forward to the weather this morning but somehow it was not good seeing. The captures were stable but I could not get focus. I tried to derotate 20min of data but it was not good. These are the best two captures at 431 and 459; in the second image Europa (the few pixels on the right) comes out of Jupiter's shadow  and a few minutes later it will be behind the planet. 8" Dob, asi462mc, uv/ir cut filter and 2.5xTV powermate.

How was your collimation?

[Kon]

3 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said:

How was your collimation?

Collimation (star test) was spot on before starting. We had similar experience with Neil last summer with good seeing but hard to focus. It was much better this morning but ruined by clouds.

[Pete Presland]

Good looking image, despite the conditions