Jupiter 2018-08-14 03:40 UTC

Description

Soon after an exhausting two weeks of astrophotography in July, I went to the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia to do some radio astronomy projects in ERIRA. I highly recommend looking at the program if you're a university student and have even a slight interest in astronomy and research. While I was there I calculated the mass of Jupiter using three of my images and landed less than one percent above the accepted value! Three days after returning from WV, I resumed imaging from home under average seeing and good transparency. I used my Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate for this and the next few nights.

Notes:

The North Temperate Belt has almost disappeared.
A brown barge on the North Equatorial Belt is near the central meridian.
The Equatorial Zone is tinted orange.

Equipment

ZWO ASI224MC

Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate

Celestron EdgeHD 8

Logs

FireCapture v2.6  Settings
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Observer=Ethan Chappel
Location=Cibolo, TX, USA
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Filter=RGB
Profile=Jupiter
Diameter=36.44"
Magnitude=-2.03
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Gain=370 (61%)
HardwareBin=off
HighSpeed=off
AutoGain=off
WRed=55 (off)
AutoHisto=75 (off)
WBlue=95 (off)
FPS=100 (off)
Gamma=50 (off)
USBTraffic=100 (off)
AutoExposure=off
Brightness=1 (off)
SoftwareGain=10 (off)
Histogramm(min)=0
Histogramm(max)=80
Histogramm=31%
Noise(avg.deviation)=0.68
Limit=120 Seconds
Sensor temperature=32.7°C
FireCapture v2.6  Settings
------------------------------------
Observer=Ethan Chappel
Location=Cibolo, TX, USA
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Filter=RGB
Profile=Jupiter
Diameter=36.44"
Magnitude=-2.03
CMI=248.6° CMII=183.6° CMIII=74.0°  (during mid of capture)
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HardwareBin=off
HighSpeed=off
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WRed=55 (off)
AutoHisto=75 (off)
WBlue=95 (off)
FPS=100 (off)
Gamma=50 (off)
USBTraffic=100 (off)
AutoExposure=off
Brightness=1 (off)
SoftwareGain=10 (off)
Histogramm(min)=0
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Noise(avg.deviation)=n/a
Limit=120 Seconds
Sensor temperature=33.0°C
FireCapture v2.6  Settings
------------------------------------
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HardwareBin=off
HighSpeed=off
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WRed=55 (off)
AutoHisto=75 (off)
WBlue=95 (off)
FPS=100 (off)
Gamma=50 (off)
USBTraffic=100 (off)
AutoExposure=off
Brightness=1 (off)
SoftwareGain=10 (off)
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FireCapture v2.6  Settings
------------------------------------
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HardwareBin=off
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WRed=55 (off)
AutoHisto=75 (off)
WBlue=95 (off)
FPS=100 (off)
Gamma=50 (off)
USBTraffic=100 (off)
AutoExposure=off
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SoftwareGain=10 (off)
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FireCapture v2.6  Settings
------------------------------------
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HardwareBin=off
HighSpeed=off
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WRed=55 (off)
AutoHisto=75 (off)
WBlue=95 (off)
FPS=100 (off)
Gamma=50 (off)
USBTraffic=100 (off)
AutoExposure=off
Brightness=1 (off)
SoftwareGain=10 (off)
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Noise(avg.deviation)=n/a
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Sensor temperature=33.0°C