Sunday, November 6, 2022

Moon, Jupiter & Saturn

 







Another busy night imaging in our solar system.  The highlight was catching the Great Red Spot on Jupiter as it rotated into full view.  Though relatively small on the face of this gas giant, it would completely engulf our own planet as it's over 10,000 miles wide (Earth is a little under 8,000 miles wide).  The first recording of this enormous storm system was made in 1831 by an amateur German astronomer named Samuel Schwabe and has been continuously observed since 1878.

Photo Details
November 3, 2022
Celestron 700 mm Mak-Cas on CGEM II Mount - Upgraded Focuser
ZWO ASI178MM 
SharpCap - 8 Bit Mono through RGB filters (Saturn & Jupiter)
SharpCap - 8 Bit Mono (Moon)
Binning = 1 (Saturn & Moon)
Binning = 2 (Jupiter 1 and 3)
Binning = 3 (Jupiter 2)
Image Stacking in AutoStakkert
Wavelet Filtering in Registax
Combine RGB in Photoshop
Final Adjustments in Photoshop

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