The Great Red Spot says "Hi"
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 8:12 pm
Perhaps you've heard
Jupiter has a Great Red Spot
A swirling hurricane that rotates around the planet every 9 hours and 56 minutes, approximately
On this particular date, November 3rd, 2022, this feature was centered directly on the meridian at 10:10pm EDT
This is the exact time that I shot this video
I used a ZWO ASI290mc webcam on a Celestron 11" SCT with a 2x Barlow
5000 frames were captured which took about three minutes
Capture-time was limited because Jupiter rotates so fast, and things become smeared
I have not learned how to use de-rotation software yet, but that would've yielded better results
For the time being, get out of your chair and look at this image from 10+ feet away
Try it!!
Autostakkert was used to select the best 15% (750) frames, which were aligned and stacked
Some sharpening in Registax 6 and clean-up in Photoshop
Planet Earth is shown to scale
Jupiter has a Great Red Spot
A swirling hurricane that rotates around the planet every 9 hours and 56 minutes, approximately
On this particular date, November 3rd, 2022, this feature was centered directly on the meridian at 10:10pm EDT
This is the exact time that I shot this video
I used a ZWO ASI290mc webcam on a Celestron 11" SCT with a 2x Barlow
5000 frames were captured which took about three minutes
Capture-time was limited because Jupiter rotates so fast, and things become smeared
I have not learned how to use de-rotation software yet, but that would've yielded better results
For the time being, get out of your chair and look at this image from 10+ feet away
Try it!!
Autostakkert was used to select the best 15% (750) frames, which were aligned and stacked
Some sharpening in Registax 6 and clean-up in Photoshop
Planet Earth is shown to scale