Christmas day Jupiter

[Jupiterholic]

Managed to catch the big guy striking a very classic pose yesterday evening. Should write a word of thanks to my very understanding girlfriend who gave me half an hour off from xmas festivities to try out my new IR filter. Seeing wasn't great but was better than its been for most of december and look at that SEB, so near to completion!

[geordieskies]

excellent!

[oldfruit]

That looks like a keeper. Excellent image.

[lukebl]

Really nice image, particularly considering the poor conditions lately. Lot of detail showing through.

[Quatermass]

Thats a right christmas cracker nice one!

[dweller25]

Great image, you caught the SEB revival well.

[brantuk]

Oh now that's a great shot. The grs is very clear and the return of the seb is showing as well. Superb!

[jmurray01]

Nice! What moon is that in the picture ?

It looks very far away, so is it possibly Ganymede ?

[callisto]

Exellent shot.

You must have a very, very understanding partner

All the best, Mark.

[Jupiterholic]

Thanks all! I didn't actually think it was a very good shot, especially after seeing Freddies latest amazing shots in the other thread. But then he does use a C-14 and live in a place where 'average seeing' is better than 'superb seeing' for the rest of us.. I'm not jealous.. honest..

[Space Cowboy]

Love it!

[kevin321]

Fantastic pic there.

[Kerrp30]

Excellent picture,

I have the same OTA as yourself but fitted to an alt/az mount. I also have that webcam but get nowhere near that quality.

Is it just the webcam or you using barlows? if so which one? Also what are your settings for the webcam? how many images have you stacked to do this. I think my major issue is focusing so making a mask to cope with that. Once I get this cracked I will progress from the moon to Jupiter and try and get some images.

Paul

[Jupiterholic]

Excellent picture,

I have the same OTA as yourself but fitted to an alt/az mount. I also have that webcam but get nowhere near that quality.

Is it just the webcam or you using barlows? if so which one? Also what are your settings for the webcam? how many images have you stacked to do this. I think my major issue is focusing so making a mask to cope with that. Once I get this cracked I will progress from the moon to Jupiter and try and get some images.

Paul

Yeah focusing on Jupiter is a pain in the a**. I usually registax my first capture immediately to check I'm in focus, then press on. There are easier ways than that though I'm sure.

For this image I used an IR filter, but really its down to practice and luck I guess. I use sharpcap and set exposure to 1 and gain to about 18. That usually results in good contrast on the disc. Took me a while to find that combination worked for me. Plus I use photoshop in the processing stage.

Here's my latest moon mosaic through the same scope and camera, taken through a red filter and made of 33 panes.

Mare Serenitatis 24_12_10 33panes | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Cheers

[Kerrp30]

That moon pic is very good, The terminator craters really stand out as well lot of depth

[Clayton]

Nice Jupiter

[Sierra Golf Mike]

Sorry guys but what is SEB?

Steve

[Jupiterholic]

Sorry guys but what is SEB?

Steve

South Equatorial Belt. Now visible as a thin dark line above the great red spot. Its been missing for most (all?) of this year.

[Jupiterholic]

That moon pic is very good, The terminator craters really stand out as well lot of depth

Thanks mate, I almost froze to death doing that blumming mosaic!

[Sierra Golf Mike]

Thanks for that.

Steve

[beamish]

Bootiful !! Very nice capture indeed