Jupiter and its Europa
The setup was the usual, ASI 224MC, TSO ADC, N250/1200, HEQ5, and the seeing had its good moments, but there were some clouds or fog.
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Jupiter, Europa 2019-07-25
Jupiter 2019-07-22
There’s been some nasty nebulosity these days, either thin clouds or outright fog, impossible to tell from within the city. Though the seeing had its good moments, transparency was awful. I’ve been wondering these days about not owning a TV. Well, the transit of Io observed here sure lacks the action of a spacefight but sure has something kubricky about it. ASI 224MC, TSO ADC, N250/1200, HEQ5
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Jupiter 2019-07-21
The boring side: the best seeing I’ve seen for a very long time. And it was the boring side. ASI 224MC, TSO ADC, N250/1200, HEQ5
Jupiter 2019-07-20, bad observing conditions
2019-07-20 T 20-24Z, ASI 224MC, TSO ADC, N250/1200, HEQ5
Jupiter and Ganymede 2019-07-17
Jupiter, Ganymede
The observing conditions were… weel, usual, ie bad. The usual setup was used to observe Jupiter and the first half of Ganymede’s transit. ASI 224MC, TSO ADC, N250/1200, HEQ5
The gif below is big, be careful if on a metered connection.
Jupiter, Io 2019-07-15
Jupiter and Io. I just realized why I don’t have a TV: I can see live interplanetary feeds from my balcony. And while there is less action and it’s considerably slower, Galileo Galilei did stuff like this – just a tad more low tech. ASI 224MC, TSO ADC, N250/1200, HEQ5 guided by the soapbox project.
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Jupiter 2019-07-13 rotation
The seeing was bad, so I just combined the frames. Nothing fancy. ASI 224MC, TSO ADC, N250/1200, HEQ5 with the soapbox project.
Jupiter, Ganymede 2019-07-10
As usual, this is from the balcony observatory, ASI 224MC, TSO ADC, N250/1200, HEQ5. Planet tracking is done by the soapbox project. The seeing had good moments, but the low altitude of the planet and the fact that I have one of Romania’s largest cities underneath is certainly not helping, these beyond the generally shitty astroclimate of the Carpathian Basin. After the many nights I was up at 4AM to capture the planet, it has well passed the opposition by now and its going away from the horizon of my vantage point. It was an interesting collaboration: me sleep-deprived while getting some good views and Jupiter… doing what it’s been doing for billions of years now.
37 individual videos have been recorded and processed for the animation below, from 2019-07-10T18-54Z to 2019-07-10T21-50Z, each video about 3 gigabytes, equal lenght of 90 seconds, and equal gaps between.
Jupiter’s weather – a quick look
Only five days apart, the planet has shown some interesting changes. More images are coming. From the balcony, ASI 224MC, TSO ADC, N250/1200, HEQ5.
