Jupiter 2003-2004 Opposition

 

 Jupiter F30

Captured 5/6/04 2:10 GMT, Dia. 39.8"

LX200GPS 12" + 3xBarlow + ToUcam Pro CCD

Seeing was Good (7/10). The best AVI was input into Registax, the best 1200 frames selected, aligned, and wavelet processed. Final contrast and color saturation done in PhotoShop. The resulting image has been reduced here to 75% of its original size. Click on the image to see the full resolution image.

 

 Jupiter, Io & GRS F30

Captured 2/27/04 6:40 GMT, Dia. 44.5"

LX200GPS 12" + 3xBarlow + ToUcam Pro CCD

Seeing was Good (7/10). The best AVI was input into Registax where the best 1500 frames were selected, aligned, wavelet processed. Final contrast and color saturation done in PhotoShop. The resulting image has been reduced here to 75% of its original size. If you look closely just to the left of Io's shadow you can see the 1.13 arc sec. disk of Io. Go here to see the full resolution image.

 

  Jupiter, Io & Europa F30

Captured 2/27/04 5:40 GMT, Dia. 44.5"

LX200GPS 12" + 3xBarlow + ToUcam Pro CCD

Seeing was Good (7/10). The AVI was input into Registax where the best 1000 frames were selected, aligned, wavelet processed. Final contrast and color saturation done in PhotoShop. The resulting image has been reduced to 75% of its original size. Io on the left is 1.13" diameter and Europa on the right is 0.97".

  Jupiter F30

Captured 12/24/03 12:30 GMT, Dia. 38.7"

LX200GPS 12" + 3xBarlow + ToUcam Pro CCD

Seeing was Good (6/10). The best AVI was input into IRIS where the frames were selected, aligned, wavelet processed. GRGB combine and final contrast and color saturation done in PhotoShop. The resulting image has been reduced to 75% of its original size. Go here to see the full resolution image.