Jupiter
![[planets_040406_jupiter.jpg]](planets_040406_jupiter.jpg)
April 6, 2004
Photo by Joe Orman and Rick Scott.
Photo by Joe Orman and Rick Scott.
This image of Jupiter was produced with a telescope and a webcam ... and a lot of software processing! From a 450-frame, 30-second video capture, the best 169 frames were selected, then aligned and stacked in RegiStax. Maximum entropy deconvolution was applied using MaxIm DL, with further processing in Adobe Photoshop. North is up in this image.
Location: JaZ Observatory, Arizona.
Date: April 6, 2004.
Time: 8:12 p.m. MST.
Telescope: 10" f/4.5 Newtonian on Losmandy G11/Gemini mount with TeleVue 5X Powermate Barlow.
Camera: Philips ToUcam 740K webcam at 15 frames per second with Baader IR/UV cut filter.