Jupiter Images-Page 3
I'm still working to improve my Jupiter images.  Astro Art seems to give better color and the correlation feature allows you to average multiple images and reduce the overall noise.  Still achieving a good focus at f30 is never easy.  The images posted on this page are some of my better attempts.

 
 

This image was taken with the Astro Art CCD plug in and processed in Astro Art.   It shows the GRS and some eddies to the left of the GRS.  The moons were outside the small FOV at f30.

 Scope:  8" LX 200 SCT
MX-5C CCD Camera
Focal Ratio: f30
Exposure: 0.1 sec
Scope:  8" LX 200 SCT
MX-5C CCD Camera
Focal Ratio: f30
Exposure: Average of eight 0.1 sec images

Click here to view a short animation of the transit

 Scope:  8" LX 200 SCT
MX-5C CCD Camera
Focal Ratio: f30
Exposure: 0.25 sec

Jupiter and the four large moons.  This image approximates an eyepiece view at about 100 power.

 Scope:  8" LX 200 SCT
MX-5C CCD Camera
Focal Ratio: f10
Exposure:  0.005 sec
Scope:  8" LX 200 SCT
MX-5C CCD Camera
Focal Ratio: f30
Exposure: 0.25 sec

Click here to view an animation of the transit 

 Scope:  8" LX 200 SCT
MX-5C CCD Camera
Focal Ratio: f30
Exposure: 0.25 sec

This images was processed in Astro Art using the correlation combination technique.

 Scope:  8" LX 200 SCT
MX-5C CCD Camera
Focal Ratio: f30
Exposure: An average of eight 0.25 sec exposures

Much activity in the Northern Belt and around the GRS.  Also note Io and it's shadow.  Select animation file size below:

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 Scope:  8" LX 200 SCT
MX-5C CCD Camera
Focal Ratio: f30
Exposure: An average of eight 0.25 sec exposures
Scope:  8" LX 200 SCT
MX-5C CCD Camera
Focal Ratio: f30
Exposure: An average of eight 0.25 sec exposures

Lots of activity around the GRS

 Scope:  8" LX 200 SCT
MX-5C CCD Camera
Focal Ratio: f30
Exposure: An average of four 0.25 sec exposures

This image was taken just after the one above.  I switched out the barlow and added my focal reducer to image M-100. Seemed like a good idea to go ahead and snap a wide field image of the Jupiter system.  Io was to the left of the planet, but still eclipsed.  The order of the moons on the right side of Jupiter are Callisto, Europa and Ganymede. 

 Scope:  8" LX 200 SCT
MX-5C CCD Camera
Focal Ratio: f4.8
Exposure: .01 sec for moons and .005 sec for Jupiter
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