Photo of Jupiter taken 02/07/2015, a little after midnight. Closer moon to the left of Jupiter is Io. The moon to the left of Io is Europa. This is about the best detail I can get with my current setup and considering my skills with image-manipulation software (virtually nil). If you squint really hard you may be able to see detail in the brighter bands. Considering Jupiter’s distance (650 million kilometers or about 400 million miles) I find it astonishing that one can get this sort of detail from one’s driveway setup in just a matter of minutes. The light-travel time from Jupiter to Earth is much longer (about 36 minutes) than the time it took me to acquire the 600 exposures I used to assemble this image.
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On Feb 7, 2015, at 11:15 AM, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
Photo of Jupiter taken 02/07/2015, a little after midnight. Closer moon to the left of Jupiter is Io. The moon to the left of Io is Europa. This is about the best detail I can get with my current setup and considering my skills with image-manipulation software (virtually nil). If you squint really hard you may be able to see detail in the brighter bands. Considering Jupiter’s distance (650 million kilometers or about 400 million miles) I find it astonishing that one can get this sort of detail from one’s driveway setup in just a matter of minutes. The light-travel time from Jupiter to Earth is much longer (about 36 minutes) than the time it took me to acquire the 600 exposures I used to assemble this image.
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Thanks, Mark. Tonight (weather permitting) I hope to get another shot of Comet Lovejoy. It’s moved into the northwestern part of the sky at this time. I looked at it last night, but didn’t take any photos. I haven’t seen 15P Finlay, yet. Maybe tonight. Dave
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On Feb 7, 2015, at 11:15 AM, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
Photo of Jupiter taken 02/07/2015, a little after midnight. Closer moon to the left of Jupiter is Io. The moon to the left of Io is Europa. This is about the best detail I can get with my current setup and considering my skills with image-manipulation software (virtually nil). If you squint really hard you may be able to see detail in the brighter bands. Considering Jupiter’s distance (650 million kilometers or about 400 million miles) I find it astonishing that one can get this sort of detail from one’s driveway setup in just a matter of minutes. The light-travel time from Jupiter to Earth is much longer (about 36 minutes) than the time it took me to acquire the 600 exposures I used to assemble this image.
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Very nice! From: Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com>; Dallas Christensen <christensen.dallas@hotmail.com>; Farand Smith <Farand.Smith@hsc.utah.edu>; Jeffrey Krstyen <Jeffrey.Krstyen@hsc.utah.edu>; Stuart Baack <Stuart.Baack@hsc.utah.edu> Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2015 11:15 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Jupiter 02/07/2015 ~00:23 Photo of Jupiter taken 02/07/2015, a little after midnight. Closer moon to the left of Jupiter is Io. The moon to the left of Io is Europa. This is about the best detail I can get with my current setup and considering my skills with image-manipulation software (virtually nil). If you squint really hard you may be able to see detail in the brighter bands. Considering Jupiter’s distance (650 million kilometers or about 400 million miles) I find it astonishing that one can get this sort of detail from one’s driveway setup in just a matter of minutes. The light-travel time from Jupiter to Earth is much longer (about 36 minutes) than the time it took me to acquire the 600 exposures I used to assemble this image.
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Very nice detail Dave! Did you see the comet last night? It's between Almach and Mirfak. Last night, I got a good view through my 15 X 70 binoculars. May be in a good position for a wide-field shot. Debbie On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Richard Tenney via Utah-Astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Very nice! From: Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com>; Dallas Christensen <christensen.dallas@hotmail.com>; Farand Smith < Farand.Smith@hsc.utah.edu>; Jeffrey Krstyen <Jeffrey.Krstyen@hsc.utah.edu>; Stuart Baack <Stuart.Baack@hsc.utah.edu> Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2015 11:15 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Jupiter 02/07/2015 ~00:23
Photo of Jupiter taken 02/07/2015, a little after midnight. Closer moon to the left of Jupiter is Io. The moon to the left of Io is Europa. This is about the best detail I can get with my current setup and considering my skills with image-manipulation software (virtually nil). If you squint really hard you may be able to see detail in the brighter bands. Considering Jupiter’s distance (650 million kilometers or about 400 million miles) I find it astonishing that one can get this sort of detail from one’s driveway setup in just a matter of minutes. The light-travel time from Jupiter to Earth is much longer (about 36 minutes) than the time it took me to acquire the 600 exposures I used to assemble this image.
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Yes, I saw it last night. I couldn't 15P-Finlay at all. I guess I missed the window for that one. I didn't photograph Lovejoy last night. I will try that tonight with the 81mm scope. I can focus it better and the polar alignment is much easier to do (the mount has a polar scope built in, very handy). Last night I was trying various polar alignment routines (for the LX200 using various software) and spent most of my time last night doing that sort of thing. I didn't seem to get much better polar alignment than the iterative routines I normally use. I know I should do drift alignment and that is what I've decided I'll have to do from now on if I want good polar alignment using the LX200. I'll have to work out a routine for that. Also, I found out that my RTGUI scripts don't work in Windoze 7. I found out that, starting with Windoze 7, Microsoft is using a new command line protocol named Windoze Powershell. I got a book ordered to learn that protocol so I can get my RTGUI batch file scripts to run in Windoze 7. It's always something. Problem is, it seems to always involve learning something new. It would be nice every now and again to just say, "Hey, I already know how to do that." Seems to never happen. Dave
Thanks, Richard. The weather is great down here right now. Plan on doing some imaging tonight. We'll see how it goes. Dave
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