Returning with Jupiter...

It's been quite a while since my previous post - almost two years. During this time I have only occasionally done some observing. The reasons are many; work, other interests (I have been very interested in calisthenics the last couple of years), being tired of mosquitoes getting into my flat every time I open the door to take out or take in the telescope, being plain old lazy, and simply not finding the same joy as before in astronomy. Nevertheless, I do not intend to let this blog share the fate with so many blogs that die after a few posts. So, for starters, here is an image of Jupiter from some time ago. Captured from Ederi hilltop on 19th March 2014,  1741 UT.

An unexpectedly good Jupiter

I made these images from a couple of videos that seemed rather average; I even told people the conditions had not been good this night, and the whole trip was not worth the effort. That was before I started processing the videos. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of detail that popped out during sharpening. The DIMM seeing at the time was also unimpressive, only 1.3 arcsec, but I guess there were enough good frames interspersed among the blurry ones to get a good result. Captured from Ederi, Dec 03 2011. 

A short video is avilable at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8HY_1zHq_w