I don't usually operate from my tree blocked, light polluted patio. However this particular evening there was a short clear sky window where Jupiter was clear of trees. Over a period of about 20 minutes I acquired eleven stills that I stitched into the Jupiter rotation video below. Celestron 8 and Meade 2X barlow were used for acquisition.
Each still was averaged from 2000 frame videos processed with Autostakkert! and Paintshop Pro. Seeing was mediocre. None the less details of Jupiter's dynamic atmosphere could be brought out using un-sharp mask scripts I have been experimenting with.
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| Jupiter+Io 10/23/2020 @ 19:08 EDT |
The skimpy postings to this blog prompted me to go back and review my past trove of lunar and planetary images of which there are many. It's embarrassing so few have been posted. Many of these are superior to images posted more recently.
So, over the next few weeks I will post a few of the better images each day or two with a little commentary on how the images were acquired and processed in cases when available. Perusal of my deep sky images suggests I should also do this for my Rick's Deep Sky Imaging blog which I plan to merge with this blog in the near future.
