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Jupiter First Light
Jupiter First Light
One of my first two Jupiter images. Io and Europa are visible.
Taken on: 2013-01-09, 23:12 UTC+1
Exposures: 1800 x 5 ms at 20 db gain
Stacked in Registax
Very inexpertly post-processed in The Gimp
Jupiter System First Light
Jupiter System First Light
One of my first two Jupiter images. Io had just moved behind Jupiter, but Europa, Ganymed and Callisto are visible.
Taken on: 2013-01-10, 00:09 UTC+1
Exposures: 800 x 3 ms at 22 db gain
Stacked in Registax
Very inexpert post-processing in Registax and The Gimp
Jupiter with GRS
Jupiter with GRS
First half-way decent image of Jupiter ;-)
Taken on: 2013-01-25, 00:25 UTC+1
Exposures: 7500 x 3 ms at 22 db gain
Stacking and post-processing in Registax
Jupiter Composite with Moons
Jupiter Composite with Moons
Jupiter with all four Galilean moons and two faint reddish background stars. This is a composite of 3 exposures.
Taken on: 2013-03-26, 20:37 UTC+1
Exposures A: 500 x 4 ms at 24 db gain
Exposures B: 100 x 30 ms at 24 db gain
Exposures B: 100 x 750 ms at 24 db gain
Custom compositing based on HALCON
Custom stacking based on HALCON
Post-processing in Registax
Opening 2013/2014 Jupiter Season
Opening 2013/2014 Jupiter Season
Taken on: 2013-12-11, 03:35 UTC+1
Exposures: 10000 x 6 ms at using 12 db gain
Custom stacking based on HALCON
Post-processing in Registax
Jupiter with Moons
Jupiter with Moons
Taken on: 2013-12-11, 03:30 UTC+1
Exposures: 2000 x 6 ms at using 10 db gain
Custom stacking based on HALCON
Post-processing in Registax
Jupiter with longer exposure
Jupiter with longer exposure
Playing around with longer exosure / reduced gain Taken on: 2013-12-27, 01:38 UTC+1
Exposures: 4000 x 20 ms at using 3 db gain
Custom stacking based on HALCON
Post-processing in Registax
Io transit - static image
Io transit - static image
Io transit occuring about 18h prior to opposition Taken on: 2014-01-5, 04:47 UTC+1
Exposures: 4000 x 30 ms at f/20 using 14 db gain
Custom stacking based on HALCON
Post-processing in PixInsight
Io transit - animated GIF
Io transit - animated GIF
Io transit occuring about 18h prior to opposition Taken on: 2014-01-5, 04:04 - 06:23 UTC+1
Exposures: 23 x 4000 x (20/30) ms at f/20 using 18 / 14 db gain
Custom stacking based on HALCON
Post-processing in PixInsight
Animation in ImageMagick
Great Red Spot taken near opposition
Great Red Spot taken near opposition
Unfortunately wind, clouds, and poor seeing. Taken on: 2014-01-7, 04:55 UTC+1
Exposures: 4000 x 30 ms at f/20 using 14 db gain
Custom stacking based on HALCON
Post-processing in PixInsight
Great Red Spot and Great Seeing
Great Red Spot and Great Seeing
Good seeing and focus, up to now my best Jupiter shot by far. Taken on: 2014-01-10, 02:37 UTC+1
Exposures: 4000 x 30 ms at f/20 using 14 db gain
Custom stacking based on HALCON
Post-processing in PixInsight
Io transit 3 weeks after opposition
Io transit 3 weeks after opposition
Io transit egress. Note how shadow-moon distance increased over the last 3 weeks Taken on: 2014-01-30, 00:26 UTC+1
Exposures: 4000 x 26 ms at f/20 using 16 db gain
Custom stacking based on HALCON
Post-processing in PixInsight
Europa transit - moon egress
Europa transit - moon egress
View the full animation of Europa and GRS transit. Taken on: 2014-02-02, 23:25 UTC+1
Exposures: 2000 x 25 ms at f/20 using 14 db gain
Custom stacking based on HALCON
Post-processing in PixInsight
Europa transit - shadow egress
Europa transit - shadow egress
View the full animation of Europa and GRS transit. Taken on: 2014-02-03, 0:46 UTC+1
Exposures: 2000 x 25 ms at f/20 using 14 db gain
Custom stacking based on HALCON
Post-processing in PixInsight

Unless otherwise stated, all astrophotos were taken with a Celestron CPC 800 XLT (8″ f/10 SCT) using a Flea 3 camera (FL3-GE-13S2-C).