JUPITER WITH 3 MOONS


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  Not the best image of Jupiter, but my first.  The seeing wasn't good and Jupiter was fairly low.  I discovered after processing that it was slightly out of focus (evident by the moons appearing as rings... ugh).  The image is a 3-frame mosaic to allow me to include the three Galilean Moons.

-  F/10
-  ToUcam Pro
-  2x barlow used
-  1/50 second exposure (183 frames stacked)
-  20 frames per second
-  Register/stack/process using Registax 5
-  Mosaic & cleanup using Photoshop CS3
-  Direct image through the 8-inch LX200GPS
-  Location: Trillium Observatory

07.11.2010