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2005 Jupiter Image Gallery

June 7th, 2005: Jupiter and Ganymede. C8 + 2X barlow in EP projection configuration. 1000/1200 frames, Toucam Pro. K3CCDtools Planetary wizard saved to FITS, Registax3 wavelet, PSP 7 for color adjustment. Image is actual size.
June 4th, 2005: C8 + 17mm Ortho EP projection. 1000/1200 frames, Toucam Pro. K3CCDtools Planetary wizard saved to FITS, Registax3 wavelet, PSP 7 for color adjustment. Image resized to 75% of original
May 25th: These images of Jupiter were captured with a C8, Toucam 740, celestron tele-extender tube and a 2X barlow. K3ccdtools, Registax3, and PSP 7 All images reduced in size to 75% of the original.	5fps 400/600 frames 10fps 900/1200 frames 10fps 800/1200 frames
Jupiter at C8 prime focus using Toucam. 2 avi's captured, one to get the moons, the other to capture Jupiter. Paint Shop Pro used to merge the 2 images. The moons left to right are: Io, Ganymede, Calisto, and Europa.
May 20th NexImage and Toucam with a C8. The smaller image is from the NexImage. 900/1000 frames using 2X Celestron barlow. The larger image is from my Toucam. 900/1000 frames using eyepiece projection. (my current housing doesn't allow the use of a barlow)
April-17-2005 07:00 - 07:30 UTC The seeing was good, but I found that I had internal dew on my corrector plate and main mirror! Still the images came out nicely. C8+Toucam 740K. K3ccdtools, Registax3, and PSP7. Eyepiece projection using 25mm Kellner and 21mm Ortho. The larger image is using the Orthoscopic ep. No resizing has been done.
March 30th, ~4:30UT later in the evening before the it clouded up, the seeing became much better. Same configuration as below. These are my best Jupiter images of the year. K3ccdtools2, Registax3, and Paint Shop Pro 7
March 30th, 1:50-2:30UT, Spring Break on the North Carolina coast. Seeing was better than back home. C8 + toucam 740k + eyepiece projection using 25mm kellner
April 1st 3:30UT , North Carolina coast. Conditions were quite challenging. Jupiter and Arcturis were the only objects that could be seen in the sky. High clouds blocked every thing else from view. gain 100%. Ganymede and Io can be seen to the lower right. About 50% of the frames were black because of the passing clouds. I have two hot blue pixels when the gain is up this high, you can see them on the right of the image, showing my tracking error..
March 31st 3:40UT, North Carolina coast. Seeing was good, but transparency was not too good. Jupiter was one of the only objects that could be seen with the naked eye. Gain was set close to 80, 1/25 shutter. Europa is in transit in this image. Some frames were black due to thicker clouds passing by.
March 18th, 2005 Seeing is stll the pits around here, but it was better this morning than it has been in a while. C8 + Toucam + IRblock filter + Eyepiece Projection (25mm Kellner) Gain around 60%
March 18th, 2005 Same setup as above, gain close to 75%. I thought Ganymede and Io showed up nicely. Ganymede is closet to Jupiter.
February 5th First Jupiter images of 2005. Toucam + C8 + Eyepiece projections using 17mm Plossl, and IR cut filter from original Toucam lens assembly. 750/1000 frames processed in K3ccdtools2, stacked and wavlets in Registax3, color correction in Paint Shop Pro 7.