September 22, 2024

Jupiter – 9/9/2022 01h56m EDT

Jupiter – 9/9/2022 01h56m EDT

Telescope: Celestron C11 @ f/25, Orion Atlas EQ-G

Camera: ZWO ASI462MC, 2.5x Powermate

Filter: Highpoint Scientific IR Filter

Seeing: fair, 3/5

Exposure: 5% of 10x(5min @ 2msec), gain 400, saved as RAW8, SER

Histogram: 70%

White Balance: Nebulosity Automatic

Software: SharpCap Pro, AutoStakkert, Registax, Nebulosity, WinJUPOs, Photoshop

This image of Jupiter was taken shortly before 2am on the morning of September 9th shortly after the Great Red Spot crossed Jupiter’s central meridian. The Great Red Spot continues to slowly shrink and fade, but still makes quite an impression on the southern equatorial belt.

Jupiter rises in the northeast during the early evening and is high in the south after midnight.