Telescope: Meade Mak 7 @ f/38, Orion Atlas EQ-G
Camera: ZWO ASI462MC, 2.5x Powermate
Filter: Meade IR cut filter
Seeing: fair, 3/5
Exposure 10x(3min x 50ms), gain 250, saved as SER
White Balance: Nebulosity Automatic
Software: SharpCap Pro, AutoStakkert, Registax, WinJUPOS, Nebulosity, Photoshop
This was a bit of a surprise. This was my first night out with the ASI462MC and the weather wasn’t very good, but I hoping to perform some basic tests to get it focused and make sure that the drivers were in good working order. I stepped outside a few minutes before 2am and found Jupiter veiled in haze, but well placed in a relatively large clear patch and it stayed clear enough and long enough to get a complete set of 3-minute sequences. The focus was a tad soft, but not bad. It will be fun seeing how well this camera performs when it is actually clear!
If you look closely you can see Oval BA just emerging over the western limb. The Great Red Spot rotated out of view right before this sequence started.
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