This morning saw unusually good seeing for this location. The diffraction pattern of Aldrebaran which I use to collimate with on screen looked almost perfect. Unfortunately there was cloud as Jupiter culminated at midnight, and it took a long time … Continue reading
I only managed to get a single RGB run of 3 mins total (about 3500 frames total) in on this occasion due to cloud, so detail is not great despite fair seeing. … Continue reading
Conditions at Four Mile Beach, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia were not perfect, with broken cloud throughout this early morning eclipse. However, I have been able to put together this sequence of shots which shows the progress of totality as it … Continue reading
My best image of Jupiter this apparition (and probably ever). RGB,RGB,RGB sequence, all at 1 min 30 fps. … Continue reading
Trying to bring my Jupiter processing a bit more up-to-date. This image from the 14th was constructed from an RGB,RGB,RGB sequence, all one minute videos. Seeing not great. … Continue reading
On this date I only managed to get one 60s video through the red filter before it clouded. Pity as the seeing was good. Here’s the result. … Continue reading
This has been sitting on my desktop for a long time. Good conditions (by our standards) on September 25 enabled this capture. As people may be interested in the method, here is a brief explanation: The observatory was opened and … Continue reading
Here’s some images from the 22nd, poor seeing as usual. Ganymede is just coming out of occultation. The 03:56.8 image is made from a single RGB set. A hint of detail is visible on Ganymede. The 03:53.9 image is a … Continue reading
Here’s the processings of all my data from the 19th. Conditions, or the telescope, improved with time, as can be seen. (Click to enlarge) … Continue reading
These were taken in pretty poor seeing. R,G,B are 90s runs. I also have some IR shots, but haven’t dealt with them yet. Interesting wave in the NEB(S) which seems to be new, and dark spot near GRS & BA … Continue reading