It has been cloudy for almost the whole of December 2024. On the 23rd however there was a slight chance for some good moments.
Alltogether I managed to take a number of video which took about 68 GByte of data. After checking them all, I reduced the number to a few GByte and I have been able to get at least some results.
Today's Conditions |
: | clear sky with clouds passing by, Temp +3°C, ~85% humidity, mediocre seeing, occasionally high wind gust |
Jupiter and Mars Data
Profile=Jupiter Diameter=47.60" Magnitude=-2.77 Altitude=33.05° - 57.57° |
Profile=Mars Diameter=13.71" Magnitude=-1.02 Altitude=41.59° |
For almost all images
Instrument | : | INTES Mak MK67 150/1800mm guided (no Barlow and no eyepiece projection) |
Camera | : | QHY5-III-715C |
Software | : | Firecapture, Astrostakkert 3, Astrosurface, Gimp etc |
Jupiter with Moons Europa (left), Io (upper right) and Ganymede (lower right) |
Date - Time : 23 December 2024 - 17:46 UT+ |
Image Data: Camera=QHY5III715C | Filter=L | Frames captured=3000 | FPS (avg.)=42 | File type=SER | Shutter=1.635ms | Gain=115 (47%) | Offset=30 |
Jupiter with Moons Io (right) and Europa shadow (itself is invisible in front of Jupiter) |
Date - Time : 23 December 2024 - 22:07 UT+ |
Image Data: Camera=QHY5III715C | Filter=L | Profile=Jupiter | Frames captured=3000 | FPS (avg.)=89 | File type=SER | Shutter=1.796ms | Gain=112 (46%) | Offset=30 |
Jupiter |
Date - Time : 23 December 2024 - 22:09 UT+ |
Image Data: Camera=QHY5III715C | Filter=L | Frames captured=3000 | FPS (avg.)=207 | File type=SER | Shutter=0.881ms | Gain=119 (49%) | Offset=30 |
Mars (very poor seeing) |
Date - Time : 23 December 2024 - 22:17 UT+ |
Image Data: Camera=QHY5III715C | Filter=R | Frames captured=4646 | FPS (avg.)=207 | File type=SER | Shutter=0.450ms | Gain=127 (52%) | Offset=30 |
Mars (very poor seeing) |
Date - Time : 23 December 2024 - 22:20 UT+ |
Image Data: Camera=QHY5III715C | Filter=R | Frames captured=3000 | FPS (avg.)=207 | File type=SER | Shutter=0.719ms | Gain=107 (44%) | Offset=30 |
Optics : Omegon Pro APO Triplet ED FCD-100 d=85 f=510mm Apochromat (f=1/6) : Intes MK-67 Maksutov Type Reflector d=150mm f=1800mm (f=1/12) Camera : Omegon veTec 533 C Colour CMOS Camera with IMX533 square 9MP sensor 3,75µm pixels : QHY 5III715C Colour CMOS IMX715 8,2MP sensor 1,45um pixels high speed : NIKON D7000 DSLR unmodified (from 2011) : The Imaging Source DMK21AU4.AS monochrome USB highspeed camera : Panasonic LUMIX G110 MFT System (from 2021) Filter : IR/UV Cut, Astronomik H-Alpha, Astronomik LRGB set + filter drawer add. optics : ED 2x Barlow lens, eyepiece projection : 35mm, 50mm, 135mm and 200mm NIKON lenses available : 2.8/60mm Sigma, 12 .. 60mm Leica for MFT system Mount : VIXEN GP Highspeed Step Motors (Non Vixen Motors) Controller : EQStar Pro (System from Astro Gadget / Ukraine - since May 2023) Guiding : PHD2 Aquisition : DELL Notebooks (Windows 10 & Windows 11), SharpCap, FireCapture and others Image Processing : DeepSkyStacker, Siril, Gimp and others latest list update : January 2025