A pretty decent Jupiter

Despite high clouds the seeing appeared to be pretty ok when I started this imaging session around midnight. Some features on the planet could be observed on the computer screen in a steady way, also the shadow spot of Io was a nice, round, non-dancing disk.

A rare sight, which triggered excitement at capturing the planet under these conditions.

The image on-screen almost looked like a final image under bad seeing.

technical data: C14 F11, no ADC, Neptune 664C camera, UV/IR filter, baader flip-mirror, no ADC, 180s capture time, CMI=184.9° CMII=132.0° CMIII=17.3° (during mid of capture), resolution 0,15″, focal length 4050mm, average FPS 127, SER file format, AS2, Registax, PS.

Saturn

I could spend some time in the observatory today, cleaning the optics of the telescopes. For this purpose I use “KIMTECH” Kimwipes, and “WAC” wtting agent, both of which don’t leave any traces. Obviously demineralized water also.

Collimating the C14, and aligning the GM2000.

Saturn C14 664C F11

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