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06 Jupiter with Moon Shadow

06 Jupiter with Moon Shadow

Taken on August 23, 2020 in Port Coquitlam, BC, this image was my first reasonably successful attempt at capturing the surface details of Jupiter using a recently purchased ZWO planetary camera. The camera is remarkably capable of producing superior-quality images, but I have much to learn to make full use of its potential. To get started, I found third-party videos to be essential in supplementing the sparse ZWOrsquo;s user manual and highly technical on-line advice. Capture details: Prime focus image taken with a ZWO ISA 120 MC planetary camera, gain 50, exposure time 35 msec. Post-processing: ZWO images debayered in PIPP and then stacked and sharpened in Registax. Composite created and refined in Photoshop.br/I had set my equipment up that evening in a Port Coquitlam park with a spectacular view of the mountains surrounding the Lower Fraser Valley to the east. It was especially rewarding when one of several couples who had stopped by to see what I was doing accepted my invitation to come back after dark with their two teenage children to see for the first time Jupiterrsquo;s moons and Saturnrsquo;s rings. Their excitement and appreciation made the evening especially memorable.
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