{"id":10717,"date":"2024-10-03T09:58:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/?p=10717"},"modified":"2024-10-03T12:51:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T16:51:32","slug":"jupiter-20241003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/2024\/10\/jupiter-20241003\/","title":{"rendered":"Jupiter 20241003"},"content":{"rendered":"

This imaging session was #2024-50.. the 50th of the year. In 2023 I had a goal of reaching 50 imaging sessions and I reached it.
\nThis year I had a goal of at least that many… we will be there in one more session.
\nThis morning temperatures at the observatory reached +2.8C, with dew everywhere.
\nThis was the first imaging session in over a week, and the first after Serenity Observatory interior renovations (mainly a bunch of shelving).
\nJupiter was high up and the first image around 04:50 EDT showed the moon Europa transiting Jupiter left to right. The Great Red Spot is also about to rotate out of the field of view.<\/p>\n

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Pointing continues to be a little off… less than 5 arcminutes and tracking is not too bad either.. maybe a nudge every 10 minutes.
\nI used an ROI of 1200×1200 and firecaptures cutout box of 800×800. This process continues to give better results than just an ROI of 800 and autoalignment turned on.<\/p>\n

The last image around 05:40 EDT shows Europa well away from Jupiter on the right hand side. This also marks one of the first times I can remember imaging Jupiter when it has reached azimuth 180 degrees… ie due south and at its highest altitude. The airmass equivalent of the first image was 1.09. The airmass equivalent of the last image was 1.08
\nAbout the best that can be expected!<\/p>\n

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And last, the 15 run animation:
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15 run animation<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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