Jupiter
From the author of Sizing Up The Universe
Click on the play button for audio accompaniment by Holst...
Jupiter in 3D. View splay-eyed. Click on image to see cross-eyed version.
Thanksgiving Jupiter!
10:55 EST, November 22, 2012
From Clear Sky Clock:
Opportunities to observe at: (Clouds/Trans/Seeing)
11-22 @ Hour 18 for 5 hours (0%/Average/Good)
11-23 @ Hour 02 for 5 hours (0%/Average/Excellent)
Partially resolved Io on right.
Canon XSi (450D) on 10" RC, 4x-Powermate
Video acquired with EOS_movrec ("1/20" second exposures, ISO=1600)
60 seconds, 20 frames per second
Stacked in AutoStakkert!2. Destriped w/ Matlab.
Sharpened in Photoshop.
Jupiter with Moons (left to right): Calisto, Io, Ganymede, Europa
02:12 EST, February 6, 2016
Trius-SX694 on 10" RC
R = 0.5 sec, G = 0.69 sec, B = 0.5 sec (in 0.01 sec exposures)
Jupiter with Io and Io's shadow
03:50 EDT, September 14, 2012
Canon XSi (450D) on 10" RC, 4x-Powermate
Video acquired with EOS_movrec ("1/10" second exposures, ISO=1600)
30 seconds, 20 frames per second
Aligned, stacked, and sharpened with Registax6
Same setup as above but taken "full-frame"
04:05 EDT, September 14, 2012
Mouse over image for moon annotations.
Jupiter and Io
05:00 EDT, September 13, 2012
Canon XSi (450D) on 10" RC, 4x-Powermate
Video acquired with EOS_movrec ("1/10" second exposures, ISO=1600)
26 seconds, 20 frames per second
Aligned, stacked, and sharpened with Registax6
Same setup as above but taken "full-frame"
05:00 EDT, September 13, 2012
Moons are, left to right: Io, Callisto, Europa, and Ganymede.
Jupiter
23:59 EDT, October 23, 2011
Canon XSi (450D) on 10" RC, 4x-Powermate
Video acquired with EOS_movrec ("1/6" second exposures)
4.00 minutes, 20 frames per second
Aligned, stacked, and sharpened with Registax6 and Topaz Sharpen AI
Jupiter and its moons (left to right): Europa, Ganymede, and Io.
23:43 EDT, October 23, 2011
Same setup as above but taken "full-frame".
Click on image to see a 3D version (viewed cross-eyed).
Jupiter
04:28 EDT, August 24, 2011
Canon XSi (450D) on 10" RC, 4x-Powermate
2.25 minutes, 20 frames per second
Stacked in 15 second increments, derotated, and stacked
Click here for a short video sequence (avi file).
Click here for same video in mp4 format
(much smaller file).
Or, watch the whole thing on
YouTube
(greatly reduced quality).
Using a second video taken 16 minutes earlier, I rotated them so that they can be
viewed side-by-side in 3D.
Here's the one for cross-eyed viewers
Here's the one for splay-eyed viewers
Jupiter with Io's shadow transit
05:19 EDT, July 25, 2008
JUST BEFORE SUNRISE (5:49 EDT)
Note: Jupiter's Moon Ganymede in Lower Left
ToUcam on 4" Takahashi FSQ, 4x-Powermate
15 seconds, 10 frames per second, 1/1000 sec exposures
23:40 EDT, April 17, 2005
ToUcam on 10" RCOS w/ 2x and 1.5x Barlows