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Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars on Nov. 11-12
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Jupiter on Oct 31
Here is a movie of Jupiter made from 49 images taken October 31 between 8:11 pm to 10:42 pm. I noticed there was an opportunity get Europa and Io being occulted and then a GRS crossing. Unfortunately the set screw on the focuser came loose so I was 20 minutes late — just barely caught…
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Jupiter and Mars on Oct 28 – 29
Image of Jupiter from last evening at 10:43 pm. Clear sky, temp high 30s; turbulence about 6/10. Equipment: C14EdgeHD, Mx+ mount; no Barlow; UV/IR cut filter; Zwo ASI 462mc camera; Used Sharpcap 4 to capture for 3 minutes at an average of 143 fps; gain 218; exposure 4.67 msec; total of 25,711 frames. Used AutoStakkert…
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Jupiter and Mars on Sept 26
Images of Jupiter and Mars from early this morning. I was playing with the hyperstar until midnight so I didn’t do Saturn. Clear, temps in 60s around one; down to the 50s in twilight hours. Seeing was about 5/10, it improved somewhat nearer to sunrise. Same setup C14Edge UV/IR cut filter, Zwo ADC and Zwo…
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Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars Sept 18-19
Turbulence was about average for this area last night say 5/10. Images aquired with C14EdgeHD, Zwo ADC, Zwo ASI 462MC camera. Thin clouds caused problems imaging Saturn 50 msec exposure, gain 300, 2 minute capture. Jupiter at 11:13 pm was in clear sky. 6.5 msec exposure, gain 158, 2 min capture, 143 fps. Mars on…
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Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars on Sept 5-6
Turbulence last evening was good, 6/10 ; sky most clear but occasional thin clouds. Equipment: C14 EdgeHD, Zwo ADC and ASI 462 camera,. Aligned and stacked with AutoStakkert! 3.14, wavelet sharpened with Registax 6, resized, color balanced, and denoised with Photoshop 23.5. Saturn on Sept. 5 at 10:58 pm. Two minute capture, Gain 309, Exposure…
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Jupiter on July 30
I was lured into the backyard by the somewhat clear skies last night. High humidity made the effort wet and miserable; dew covered everything. Saturn was in the clouds most of the time but I got a few shots. Found that there were bad dust motes so that effort was for naught. Jupiter was in…
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Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars on July 9-10
I’m still struggling getting a reasonable work flow with the new equipment, I’m unnecessary wasting lots of time. Even so here is Saturn at 4:13 am this morning. Mostly clear, transparency very good, turbulence fair, 5/10, temperature 70F. Equipment: Mx+ mount, C14 Edge, Zwo ASI 462MC camera, approx. 100 fps, 2 min capture. Aligned and…
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Jupiter on Sept 21
Jupiter, GRS, and Europa (to left of Jupiter) from last evening. Usual setup Celestron Nexstar11 and Zwo ASI-224MC camera. Mostly clear, no wind, turbence about 5/10.
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Jupiter and Saturn on Sept 4
Saturn at 9:32 pm. Usual setup Celestron Nexstar11, Televue 2x Barlow, Zwo ASI224-mc camera. Aligned and stacked with AstroStakkert3, wavelet sharpened with Registax6. Color and brightness adjusted and resized with PhotoShop. Some haze, a few clouds; temperature in low 70s; fair seeing about 5/10 but deteriorated. I stopped about 10:15 as turbulence became poor. Jupiter…