Jupiter 20160319
Possibly the best imaging runs of Jupiter to date. clear skies, -8C temp, and Jupiter near zenith.
Started imaging at 20:53EDT on Friday evening 2016 March 18 and ended around 23:32 EDT as I was totally falling asleep.
This was one of the best images of Jupiter taken at 23:30 EDT (03:30 UT March 19
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Jupiter is 44 arcseconds large, exposures were 33ms over 90 seconds giving 2664 frames, of which the best 75% were used to generate this image.
When I packed it in for the night Jupiter was at az 156 deg (not quite zenith, due south, 180 deg) and 49 deg altitude, about the best it will get.
There was also an 83% phase moon nearby, not helping in the least. What haze there was in these average seeing, average transparency skies were lit up by it.
The Great Red Spot was not on the visible side and all of the moons were some distance away.
53 imaging runs in total (with a few thrown out due to bad tracking) comprise the .gif animation seen below. Time to try a few more at zenith and then move on to larger telescopes.
animation on 2016 March 19 from 01:53 to 03:33 UT, 53 images in total
20cm Meade LX200GPS f20 with x2 celestron barlow alt az mounted, zwo asi120mc camera, dew shield, dew heater.