After many attempts to take a nice picture of Jupiter I was finally able to catch some good seeing conditions and take my clearest image of Jupiter to date on October 29, 2024.
Imaging and Processing
The image above was captured using a newly released color camera ZWO ASI715MC that has a tiny 1.45µm pixel size. It allows me to get a nice angular resolution without using a Barlow Lens in the telescope. I was lucky to catch a few minutes of steady seeing conditions, allowing me to capture this stunning view of Jupiter. This final image results from stacking and de-rotating 9 separate frames, each from a 1-minute video (gain = 170, exposure = 20.00 ms). I used Autostakkert!3 to stack 800 frames per video, followed by wavelet sharpening in Registax6 and de-rotation in WinJupos. Final tweaks and color adjustments were made in Adobe Photoshop.With a couple of months left in Jupiter’s imaging season, I’m hoping for more clear skies to capture even better images.
I have a detailed video on YouTube where I cover each step of the processing. You’re welcome to watch this tutorial below.
Gear I Used:
Telescope | Meade 10" LX200 EMC | |
Camera | ZWO ASI715MC | |
Mount | Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro |