Last Jupiter from this apparition (18/01/24)

[Kon]

This is my first Jupiter for 2024 but also the last from this apparition. I said on an earlier post that my planetary season is over but I wanted one last go on Jupiter as it is drifting away now. I managed 2x120s captures before the jetstream made imaging awful. Some details are coming through. Jupiter is much smaller in comparison to a few months ago. 8" Dob, manual, asi462mc, 2.5x TV powermate.

 

[bosun21]

Lovely image Kostas. I was also out last night and discovered the same thing. I think I managed 4 x 60 second captures and like a light switch the quality became terrible. I thought the focus had slipped or something but no amount of tweaking the focuser made any difference. I'll process them this afternoon/evening.

[Kon]

2 minutes ago, bosun21 said:

Lovely image Kostas. I was also out last night and discovered the same thing. I think I managed 4 x 60 second captures and like a light switch the quality became terrible. I thought the focus had slipped or something but no amount of tweaking the focuser made any difference. I'll process them this afternoon/evening.

Thanks Ian. Exact same thing happened to me. I was out around 553 and went downhill after that.

Looking forward to your post.

[dweller25]

What a shame this is your last Jup image, I for one look forward to them 👍

[Kon]

33 minutes ago, dweller25 said:

What a shame this is your last Jup image, I for one look forward to them 👍

Thank you. I am afraid seeing is not helping and Jupiter getting further away it's hard to get nice details. 

[Space Cowboy]

Nice way to finish your Jupiter season Kostas. 👍

[geoflewis]

A very nice Jupiter swansong for this apparition Kostas

[JeremyS]

What? Last one??? Nice way to end tho 👍🏻

[Kon]

2 hours ago, JeremyS said:

What? Last one??? Nice way to end tho 👍🏻

It's only temporary until summer again 😉. As it is getting further and further away it is hard to pull nice details and the seeing is being awful to get any decent seeing.  But we will be for planetary treat 2024/2025.

[orion25]

Beautiful image, Kostas! Thanks for sharing with us

Reggie