Jupiter and Resolving Power
SEP 19, 2010
On August 31st, I took a new picture of Jupiter---best one so far with
my little 3.5" reflector.
On the linked page, I show both the raw unsharpened image, which is
roughly how Jupiter looks visually through an eyepiece, and the
same image after applying a "wavelet sharpening" technique. The result
is an amazing improvement. Traditional definitions of resolution don't
take into account "digital enhancement". Using the traditional
definition, my image's resolution should be 1.5 arcseconds. With
enhancement, the resolution improves to almost 0.5 arcseconds. (For
reference, the Moon is 1800 arcseconds across.)
  --Bob