Jupiter (x3) close to opposition - 4 Nov 2023 (Geof Lewis)

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Jupiter (x3) close to opposition - 4 Nov 2023

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

Jupiter (x3) close to opposition - 4 Nov 2023

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

Having missed the night of actual opposition on 3 Nov 2023, due to poor weather, I did manage to get out in the early hours of 4 Nov, less than 24 hours after actual opposition. The seeing was fair at best, but transparency quite poor and variable, with periods of quite thick cloud. I managed a few runs and have worked out how set up up Autorun and use ST4 auto guiding in FireCapture, so was experimenting with that. These images were all captured at 10ms (100fps). I stacked best 1200 frames (~20%) from each SER, the first image being from 5x1min SERs, the other 2 from 9x1min SERs. Jupiter had already transitted, so was declining in elevation.
Of note is how close Europa and it's shadow are in the 3rd image, compared with my images of it's transit on 27/28 October and also that the shadow now trails behind the moon, as Jupiter is now being illuminated by the Sun from the right side of the planet. I always find it interesting that you can work out the direction of the Sun from seeing Jupiter's moons and their shadows.

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