Jupiter - October 5th, 2023 (CrazyPanda)

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Jupiter - October 5th, 2023

I consider this my best capture to date. I had the best seeing during a planetary session I've ever had.

This image is a manually tracked capture of Jupiter comprised of four 12,000 frame captures.

Conditions:

Variably foggy conditions. Transparency was 1/5 to 3/5.
Jupiter approximately 60 degrees altitude
Seeing 5/5

Equipment

14.7" DIY dobsonian with Lockwood primary
2.7x APM Coma Correcting barlow with Svbony extension tubes. Brings effective multiplication factor to 3.6x
ZWO ASI224MC with Baader IR Cut filter

Capture

Manually tracked
Position Jupiter just at the edge of the field, start recording, let it drift, press pause when it reaches the other side of the field, re-position, and start again until 12,000 frames captured. Repeat several times.
Firecapture
6ms exposure
Gain between 275 and 310 depending on fog thickness.
Set ROI to full width, but cropped the height to get to 166FPS.

Processing

PIPP to crop and stabilize.
AutoStakkert to stack.
Kept 50% best frames.
Sharpen and color correct each stacked image in Astra Image. Lucy Richardson Deconvolution.
Of the several that were taken, there were four very good images that were Derotated in WinJupos
Final levels, smart sharpening, and unsharp mask in Photoshop.

Bonus Ganymede:

Original
Final
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