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Time-lapse of rotating jupiter, AstroPhotoPatio

Time-lapse of rotating jupiter

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Description

Click on the photo to see Jupiter rotating, as seen from Montreal (Oct 6th, 2021), accelerated 1300 times.
Jupiter rotates in less than 10h around its axis.
This time-lapsed photo lasts almost 6 seconds and shows approximately 1/4 of Jupiter's rotation.
If you zoom in, on the right side you can barely see Io, one of the Jupiter satellites.
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Tech details:
Start date-time: 2021-Oct-06 23:36
End date-time: 2021-Oct-07 01:46
Camera ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
Gain 125
Exposure 1.4950ms
Total of 59 sequences, resulting in 59 frames
Each sequence made of 200 frames, spread in 2 minutes
Time-lapse between the sequences: 1 minute
Total time span 2 hours 10 minutes
The frames from each sequence stacked with AutoStakkert, used only 25% best frames
The final 59 frames GIF animated in GIMP
Telescope: 8" Newtonian, F5
Mount: SkyWatcher AZ-EQ5 Pro
Guiding scope: Meade Infinity 60
Guiding not used for this photo.

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