Shot of Jupiter, with Europa seen off to the right! (Io is just out of frame). Taken on 8/28 about 12:47 am. This is a stacked image of 60 seconds (30% best of 1905 frames, each at 25 ms), with a 3X Focal Extender.
This is a "sister" picture to the more closely cropped image which was taken a little later:
Jupiter - 8/28/2021 ( jimwgram ) - AstroBinI've been using Stellarium as a fantastic tool for planning sessions for Jupiter: it's the easiest way I've found to simulate Jupiter ephemeris, allowing you to find exact timings of lunar transits and other details, such as GRS timings. You can use either the app or the web tool --
Stellarium Web Online Star Map (stellarium-web.org) -- and look forward or backwards in time.
I've captured over 100 GB of Jupiter data from the last 2 or 3 weeks (most of it probably crap!), including a nice Ganymede transit from last weekend. Now I just need to find time to process some images!
FireCapture v2.6 Settings
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Camera=ZWO ASI294MC Pro
Filter=RGB
Profile=Jupiter
Diameter=48.94"
Magnitude=-2.86
CMI=254.4° CMII=358.8° CMIII=184.5° (during mid of capture)
FocalLength=6900mm
Resolution=0.14"
Filename=Jup_004651.ser
Date=280821
Start=004621.979
Mid=004651.989
End=004722.000
Start(UT)=074621.979
Mid(UT)=074651.989
End(UT)=074722.000
Duration=60.021s
Date_format=ddMMyy
Time_format=HHmmss
LT=UT -8h
Frames captured=1905
File type=SER
Binning=no
ROI=880x1414
ROI(Offset)=2080x928
FPS (avg.)=31
Shutter=25.00ms
Gain=320 (56%)
WRed=52 (off)
AutoExposure=off
HighSpeed=off
SoftwareGain=10 (off)
Gamma=50
WBlue=95 (off)
TargetTemp=0 (off)
AutoGain=off
Brightness=8 (off)
FPS=100 (off)
USBTraffic=80 (off)
AutoHisto=75 (off)
Histogramm(min)=0
Histogramm(max)=206
Histogramm=80%
Noise(avg.deviation)=n/a
Limit=60 Seconds
Sensor temperature=22.8°C
Focuser position=0
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