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Planet Parade Sept. 14, 2020 - Mars, Jupiter & Saturn, Mat

Planet Parade Sept. 14, 2020 - Mars, Jupiter & Saturn

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Planet Parade Sept. 14, 2020 - Mars, Jupiter & Saturn, Mat

Planet Parade Sept. 14, 2020 - Mars, Jupiter & Saturn

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Sept. 14, 2020 was a rather misty night here in Vienna City, but (alas, finally, after many months) little wind/jet stream and a fairly calm atmosphere --- perfect match for the "Planet Parade" ;-) (I tried Uranus and Neptune as well, but did not achieve satisfactory results).

This is a result of some of the best stacks, no derotation or further processing beyond deconvolution, wavelet sharpening and minor touches in GIMP and Fitswork (I still have troubles processing Jupiter - see sample processed stack ... think I need a fast planetary cam sooner or later) ... but the intent is to give somewhat of an idea of that fabulous night I had observing our outer neighbors...

EDIT Sept. 19: Updated Mars pic

EDIT Oct. 9: Updated Saturn pic

EDIT Dec 4: Reprocessed Mars stack

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  • Planet Parade Sept. 14, 2020 - Mars, Jupiter & Saturn, Mat
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  • Planet Parade Sept. 14, 2020 - Mars, Jupiter & Saturn, Mat
    E
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  • Final
    Planet Parade Sept. 14, 2020 - Mars, Jupiter & Saturn, Mat
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B

Description: Slight rework of Jupiter (different stack at ISO1250 instead of ISO800)

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E

Description: re-scaled to apparent sizes

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G

Description: Updated Mars with different stack & processing

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H

Description: Reprocessed Jupiter (from earlier stack that night)

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I

Description: Reprocessed Saturn and Mars from a later stack that night

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Planet Parade Sept. 14, 2020 - Mars, Jupiter & Saturn, Mat