Designation |
Jupiter |
Object type |
Outer planet |
Coordinates at exposure time |
10h58min +08°08' (
Leo ) |
Description |
The golden dot of Jupiter's inner
moon Io is seen transiting the planet's disk and casting its shadow on
the northern equatorial belt. Imaged shortly after opposition,
Jupiter was shining at mag -2.50 with an angular size of almost 45
arcseconds. |
Exposure |
AVI-RGB 1/25 s, best 220 frames
of one 90 s AVI file at 10 fps. |
Camera |
Philips Toucam PCVC 740K webcam |
Optics |
RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien
@ f/9 +
projection by Baader
FFC to approx. f/25 |
Mount |
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
Software |
K3CCD for acquisition, Registax
2.0 for registration and stacking, "A Trous"
wavelet sharpening and mild SGBNR in Pixinsight 1.0.0.44b4 Beta |
Location - Date - Time |
San Esteban (Chile) - 14Mar2004 -
05:09 UTC |
Conditions |
Transparency 7, Seeing 5-6, Temperature
+14°C |