Recent Images - Jupiter 2011 September

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Jupiter Date: 28th September 2011 Telescope: C14 Camera: Flea 3 Here we see a rare Transit of the moon Io over the GRS. It was fascinating to watch. Note how the dark polar regions of Io tend to disappear in the dark background of space, whilst the bright Equatorial zone is still visible.

Jupiter with GRS Date: 24-Sept-2011 01:13ut Telescope: Celestron C14 SCT Camera: flea3 This Jupiter image was taken in very good seeing from Buckinghamshire UK

Jupiter favorite image of the session. Date: 3-September-2011 01:01ut Telescope: C14 + AP Barcon and anti dispersion prisms Camera: flea3 The best Jupiter image I have taken below an angle of 40 degrees above the horizon.

Jupiter Date: 3-September-2011 Telescope: C14 + AP Barcon and anti dispersion prisms Camera: flea3 This is another set of 4 images , taken a little later and with Jupiter a little higher in the sky.

Jupiter Date: 3-September-2011 Telescope: C14 + AP Barcon and anti dispersion prisms Camera: flea3 This montage shows a group of 4 LRGB images taken in excellent seeing conditions, but with Jupiter rather low in the sky, you will notice that the images become clearer with an increase in altitude of only a few degrees.

Jupiter and his GRS Date: 2-September-2011 00:57ut Telescope: C14 + AP Barcon and anti dispersion prisms Camera: flea3 Here we see Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot. Seeing conditions were not good, but its the first reasonable image of the GRS I have captured during this apparition.

Jupiter Date: 1-September-2011 O1:49ut Telescope: C14 + AP Barcon and anti dispersion prisms Camera: flea3 Taken just after the previous image note at top left, the pale orange spot about to rotate to the left off the planet's disc. This is a long lived storm and is known as Oval BA.

Jupiter Date: 1-September-2011 00:34ut Telescope: C14 + AP Barcon and anti dispersion prisms Camera: flea3 This is a colour adjusted RGB filtered image, using the sharp red channel as the Luminence channel. This approach whilst giving the sharpest image possible from the gathered data, will give an insipid colour to the reds in the image. Hence the colour adjustment. The moon shown is Ganymede