Jupiter with all 4 Galilean moons, 2015-03-14
Transparency was highly variable this night, and I learned a lot more about AutoStakkert in processing these frames. This video shows Jupiter and all four Galilean moons from about 0400 UT to 0635 UT on 2015-03-14. On the first frame, Callisto is farthest to the left, followed by Europa, Ganymede, and Io. Despite being the second largest moon, Callisto appears darkest because of its old (4 billion years), low albedo surface. The Great Red Spot also appears prominently at the edge of the South Equatorial Belt.
The framerate and exposure time had to vary throughout the session, and the sky clouded over thinly but completely for some of the shots. All images shot from Long Beach, CA on a Celestron Edge HD 9.25" at f/10 with a Point Grey Flea3 color CCD camera. Initial alignment and stacking was done in AutoStakkert, processing in GIMP, and final video rendering in PS CS 5.1.
Jupiter with all 4 Galilean moons, 2015-03-14
Transparency was highly variable this night, and I learned a lot more about AutoStakkert in processing these frames. This video shows Jupiter and all four Galilean moons from about 0400 UT to 0635 UT on 2015-03-14. On the first frame, Callisto is farthest to the left, followed by Europa, Ganymede, and Io. Despite being the second largest moon, Callisto appears darkest because of its old (4 billion years), low albedo surface. The Great Red Spot also appears prominently at the edge of the South Equatorial Belt.
The framerate and exposure time had to vary throughout the session, and the sky clouded over thinly but completely for some of the shots. All images shot from Long Beach, CA on a Celestron Edge HD 9.25" at f/10 with a Point Grey Flea3 color CCD camera. Initial alignment and stacking was done in AutoStakkert, processing in GIMP, and final video rendering in PS CS 5.1.