3 GREAT nights on Jupiter Nov 7-9, 2011

We finally got a break and some nice seeing from November 7th to the 9th.  I got a shot of Uranus on the 2nd night which I'll post later.

As always click to get full size and here is the rest of this season!

Night one's 2 shots:

and the seeing deteriorated later

2nd and BEST night!

Moons with reference:

and monochrome channels:

I knew the progress of the High Pressure moving overhead meant peak on the 2nd night, but the forecast for the 3rd was good.  I knew it couldn't be as good as the 2nd night and I only stayed out for 1.5hrs on the 3rd night.  Managed one nice shot:

Jupiter with Ganymede Eclipse

Main site

This was night 4 of 4 and the current longest consecutive stretch of nights in a row.  I set out to capture Io emerging from transit at nearly the same time as a eclipse of Ganymede.  

One of the best RGBs that started the night off before the seeing really fell apart. (click image for high res)

One of the better red channels (click image for high res)

Here is the animation, which consists of 57 sub images.  Each frame is a separate 10s capture at 50fps.  I tried to set the frame rate in the animation at 25ms.  The capture duration is from 05:36 UT to 05:51 UT. 

http://maphilli14.webs.com/Astronomy/8-Webs/SolarSystem/Jupiter/2010/20100831/j2010-08-31_r_mp-flash-25ms.gif

Enjoy!

Mike

Jupiter Oct 23/24

BE SURE TO CLICK EACH PHOTO FOR HIGH-RES views!!!

Two nights of decent to above average seeing and a nice double transit weekend before last.

1st night had better seeing:  Oct 23, 2010

Great Red Spot

Io off limb

Io in transit and shadow on globe

Oct 24, Dual moon events:

Left to Right -- Ganymede, Io, Europa (under Ganymede's shadow) and Europa's shadow just on the right edge...

By 0224UTC Io has disappeared behind Jupiter, but seeing improved such that Europa is clearly defined and it's shadow has moved further towards the center

Good seeing Jupiter Jun27

Best we've had in sometime! Even the kids are getting out of bed, Jake my 6YO helped with this one and found 3 of the moons, two of which are pictured here

Jupiter and Io Tranist in Excellent Seeing with an 8" SCT September 11 2009 Astronomy.FM

http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2009-09-11_Jupiter-and-Io-Tranist-in-Excellent-Seeing-with-an-8
My 1st Amateur Astronomy Picture Of The Day AAPOD

Jupiter 2008-10-01

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Observer Michael A. Phillips Mr. Site Home Begin 2008-09-30 um 20:30:00-05:00 End 2008-09-30 um 21:40:00-05:00 Seeing 3 (fair) Optics C8i Eyepiece PowerMate (V=812.8) Filter Astronomik LRGB Color Camera DMK21AF04 Sitzung 2008-09-30 um 20:30:00-05:00

Visual impression Transit of Io. Poor seeing, but a good 45min+ time lapse imaging session shows the spot where Io is/should be.

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Sessions: 2008-09-30 um 20:22:00-05:00

Begin:	2008-09-30 um 20:22:00-05:00
End:	2008-09-30 um 22:00:00-05:00

Weather:	Forecast called for clouds. Surprisingly it cleared near dusk and stayed clear until a line of STRONG T-storms came in at 3am the same night. Seeing was avg or below 4-5/10 T: 3/5
Equipment:	I used: Ubuntu 8.04 Linux and custom coriander 8" Celestron C8i SCT DMK 21AF04 2.5x PowerMate Astronomik LRGB filters True Tek Color Filter Wheel with visu diag

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Longitude:	35.682°
Latitude:	-78.743°
Timezone:	UT-300 min

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Optics: C8i

Type:	SCT
Vendor:	Celestron
Aperture:	203.0 mm
Focal length:	2032.0 mm

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Jupiter 2008-10-08

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Object: Jupiter

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Observer Michael A. Phillips Mr. Site Home Begin 2008-10-07 um 19:50:00-05:00 End 2008-10-07 um 20:30:00-05:00 Seeing 2 (good) Optics C8i Eyepiece PowerMate (V=812.8) Filter Astronomik LRGB Color Camera DMK21AF04 Sitzung 2008-10-07 um 19:50:00-05:00

Visual impression GRS is setting on the right (West). No transit, but great movement in the animation. Seeing cooperated well too!

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Sessions: 2008-10-07 um 19:50:00-05:00

Begin:	2008-10-07 um 19:50:00-05:00
End:	2008-10-07 um 20:40:00-05:00

Weather:	Haze and thin clouds S: 8/10 T: 1/5
Equipment:	I used: Ubuntu 8.04 Linux and custom coriander 8" Celestron C8i SCT DMK 21AF04 2.5x PowerMate Astronomik LRGB filters True Tek Color Filter Wheel with visu diag
Comments:	Not a night I'd normally be going out as a slow moving cold front was moving in and brought a great amount of humidity and haze. Seeing forecast was good so I eyeballed the skies near Jupiter and decided to take a stab at it, especially with an attempt at an Io transit too. (Missed that)

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Longitude:	35.682°
Latitude:	-78.743°
Timezone:	UT-300 min

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Optics: C8i

Type:	SCT
Vendor:	Celestron
Aperture:	203.0 mm
Focal length:	2032.0 mm

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Eyepiece: PowerMate

Vendor:	TeleVue
Focal length:	2.5 mm

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CCD Camera: DMK21AF04

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Created: 10/09/2008 22:39:22