Observation logs
Object: Jupiter
Planet
| Origin: | ObservationManager - SolarSystem Catalog 1.0 |
| | Visual impression - Seeing was not as good as the previous night. I did spend some time on processing and aligning the moon Io. Make sure you zoom in to check it out, it's a tiny little 1+ arc sec disk!
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Sessions: 2008-10-15 um 18:45:00-05:00
| Begin: | 2008-10-15 um 18:45:00-05:00 |
| End: | 2008-10-15 um 23:30:00-05:00 |
| Weather: | Forecast called for S 4/5 and T 3/5 Actual S: 4-6 T: 2-3/5 |
| 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 Since the 3 day stretch of good seeing in early Sept, I have used the T61 Also used WinXP and IC Capture with the TrueTek Hand Controller for > 1sec exposures |
| Comments: | To get Uranus and Neptune I had to move exposures beyond 1 second. Currently the custom coriander 1.0.0 does not support exposures beyond 1 second. Even at 1sec and 3.25fps I was unable to get usable data. As quickly as I could I switched to WinXP and IC Capture for camera control. A reboot and install of drivers burned some time, but a valuable lesson in prepareness. I did try to leverage previous whitebalance exercises on Jupiter for Uranus and Neptune. I found tracking and alignment horrible, but since finding 6-7mag planets isn't easy, I decided not to re-align. More and deeper exposures would have helped the moon shots. |
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Observer: Michael A. Phillips Mr.
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Site: Home
| 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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Filter: Astronomik LRGB
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CCD Camera: DMK21AF04
| Vendor: | The Image Source |
| Pixel: | 640x480 |
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Created: 10/17/2008 23:15:32
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