レイ・ジョーンズ

Jupiter

Jupiter in the late afternoon 45° in the southeastern horizon with two if it’s moons Europa and Io shown in this picture.

Some of the best planetary pictures are taken just before sun set or just before sunrise this is when the surrounding air temperature and thermal currents are the most stable.

Date                     21^st May 2005 6.47 pm

Exposure Time              10 frames per second ? Total 505 frames

F-stop                   f10

ISO                       N/A

Camera                 Philips ToUcam Pro video camera

Scope / Lens              Meade 250mm SCT

Method ? The ToUcam Video camera was connected to the Telescope prime focus.

The video was captured and then loaded into Registax for Video frame stacking and noise reduction. Final sharpening and colour balance was completed in ImagesPlus.