Jupiter 10/11 Nov 2023

[geoflewis]

Another night here of good seeing allowed me to capture 3 different channel (RGB, IR & CH4) views of Jupiter with GRS, plus for a change a wider FOV colour image showing Jupiter with 2 of it's moons, which are Europa to the left and Ganymede, showing some surface features, to the right..

Usual equipment - C14, ASI462MC and ADC.

I'm still learning how to capture and process CH4 data, this one being a derotated stack of TIFFS for best 60% from each of 7x2m SERs at 100ms (10fps).

Thanks for looking.

[Kon]

These look fantastic. Ganymede looks excellent. A lot of details all around and excellent processing.

The current CH4 settings seem to be working and you start pulling nice details rather than just banding. Which filter are you using?

[geoflewis]

43 minutes ago, Kon said:

These look fantastic. Ganymede looks excellent. A lot of details all around and excellent processing.

The current CH4 settings seem to be working and you start pulling nice details rather than just banding. Which filter are you using?

Thanks Kostas, I am using the ZWO CH4 filter that came with the camera - not sure what bandwidth that is. EDIT: it looks like it has a bandwidth of 20nm centred on 890nm.

Edited November 11, 2023 by geoflewis
added CH4 bandwith

[Ibbo!]

Very nice.

[geoflewis]

3 minutes ago, Ibbo! said:

Very nice.

Thanks Steve

[yelsac]

Geof love the detail especially on the ir, methane looks interesting to,really nice 👍

[geoflewis]

1 hour ago, yelsac said:

Geof love the detail especially on the ir, methane looks interesting to,really nice 👍

Thanks. Yes, the IR was so sharp that I had to dial back my normal processing a couple of times. As you say, the methane band is interesting, but I'm still learning that filter.

[Pete Presland]

Terrific set of images

[geoflewis]

2 hours ago, Pete Presland said:

Terrific set of images

Thanks Pete.

[Space Cowboy]

Fantastic detail Geof! That colour shot with the moons is an absolute beauty!

[geoflewis]

1 minute ago, Space Cowboy said:

Fantastic detail Geof! That colour shot with the moons is an absolute beauty!

Thanks Stuart, I don't usually do Jupiter's moons wide FOV, but decided that I should give them a try. That's not far off as wide FOV as I can get with the C14.