Astro Images: January 2014
12" LX200R, Paramount ME, ASI120MM
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Transit of Jupiter by Io - ASI120MM Planetary Camera (LX200R - 7,200mm focal length using Televue 2X Powermate, Monochrome Image)
(Taken at approx. 50 frames/second; each frame of video used best 90% of 2000 frames as processed in Registax 6 using wavelets; aligned and normalized in Keith's Image Stacker; taken over approx. 3 hours during night of Jan18-19, 2014)
[First attempt at making a planetary animation - compressing 3 hours (image taken every 2 minutes) into about 12 seconds; meridian flip and computer crash resulted in 2 lost portions of the video; total of 168,000 images taken and aprox. 151,000 images stacked to make this 84-frame animation.]
Transit of Jupiter by Io - Selected Frame (1)
(Taken at approx. 50 frames/second; each frame of video used best 90% of 2000 frames as processed in Registax 6 using wavelets; aligned and normalized in Keith's Image Stacker; taken over approx. 3 hours during night of Jan18-19, 2014)
Transit of Jupiter by Io - Selected Frame (2)
(Taken at approx. 50 frames/second; each frame of video used best 90% of 2000 frames as processed in Registax 6 using wavelets; aligned and normalized in Keith's Image Stacker; taken over approx. 3 hours during night of Jan18-19, 2014)
Mars - ASI120MM Planetary Camera (LX200R - 7,200mm focal length using Televue 2X Powermate, Monochrome Image)
(Taken at approx. 100 frames/second; best 90% of 6000 frames as processed in Registax 6 using wavelets; minimal Photoshop processing, including Noise Ninja; taken early morning on January 21, 2014)
[North pole is at bottom; bright area to center right is Terra Sabaea; dark area coming down from top is Syrtis Major Planum; darker area near bottom is Utopia Rupes; diameter of Mars on January 21, 2014 was approx. 7.3 arcseconds]
Moon - First Light Image using ASI120MM Planetary Camera (LX200R - 7,200mm focal length using Televue 2X Powermate, Monochrome Image)
(Taken at approx. 50 frames/second; best 80% of 1200 frames as processed in Registax using wavelets; minimal Photoshop processing, including Noise Ninja; taken near full moon early morning on January 16, 2014)
[Large crater is Petavius (177km diameter); smaller crater in front is Wrottesley (57km); small bright crater near bottom center is Biot (13km); just to far side of Petaviur is Vallis Palitzsh; large crater in upper right of frame is Legendre (79km)]
Lunar Horizon - (LX200R - 7,200mm focal length using Televue 2X Powermate, Monochrome Image)
(Taken at approx. 25 frames/second; taken during full moon early morning on January 16, 2014)
