I had some nice clear skies on the night of the 14th August, 2009 – when Jupiter was at opposition for the 2009 season. Being at opposition means the Sun, Earth and Moon form a straight line – and Jupiter … Continue reading
Tag Archives: GRS
Jupiter, GRS and Wesley Impact Scar – 24th July
After breaking the news of Anthony Wesley’s discovery of an impact scar on Jupiter on Monday morning (while I was waiting to board a plane to Melbourne), Friday night was my first opportunity to capture an image of the now … Continue reading
Jupiter, GRS and NEB Upheaval Animation
Captured on the 23rd June (local time), this animation represents 3 hours of rotation on Jupiter, as the Great Red Spot (quite a bit paler this year) transits across the face of the gas giant. Also visible, down lower on … Continue reading
Jupiter, GRS and NEB outbreak – June 23
Hi all Finally – the first clear night in weeks and my first imaging opportunity since May 25! I’ve got loads of data to process, but I wanted to quickly process this one and get it out there because a) … Continue reading
From the Vault: Jupiter and Callisto Transit Animation
In the From the Vault series, I feature an older image which hasn’t been seen here before and I talk about the capture and processing and hopefully highlight why this image is special to me. The feature image in From the … Continue reading
Jupiter, GRS and Europa – 13th May
This image of Jupiter, featuring the GRS at mid-transit and Europa on the left which had just finished tranist, was captured on Wednesday morning, 13th May in average seeing. Jupiter was still at a reasonably low 49° altitude when this … Continue reading
Jupiter from this morning, 24th April 2009
First clear morning in a week, finally able to image Jupiter again. I was hoping for nice seeing as fog was predicted and one of the coolest mornings so far leading into Winter. The seeing was only average though, slightly … Continue reading
Jupiter from the 16th and 17th of April
The run of terrible seeing continues along the East Coast of Australia, as these Jupiter images were captured last week in less than average seeing on the 16th and 17th of April, 2009. The first image shows the GRS and … Continue reading
The Best Jupiter Image this Year, plus more from Down Under
I captured a new Jupiter image this morning (unfortunately in only 4/10 seeing), finally getting to see the GRS for the first time this season. It’s definitely paler than last year! As I was processing my image, Lester Barnes from … Continue reading
Jupiter Back in our Morning Sky for Season 2009
Jupiter is my favourite planet to take photos of, so it’s getting to the exciting time of the year now when Jupiter is gracing our morning skies again and will soon be high enough to point my telescope at and … Continue reading
