Posts Made By: Jason Higley

Jason Higley said:

This is a new Mercury image posted at the Messenger website Jan. 14th

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?gallery_id=2&image_id=115

I've re-processed it and made it 2x larger at

http://setisociety.org/mercurytermEN0108693445M.jpg

on mine you can see multiple stacked craters on the terminator.

Here is the original on their website for comparison
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/pics/EN0108693445M.jpg

and in case their link doesn't work, here is a backup copy of theirs on my website:

http://setisociety.org/mercuryEN0108693445M.jpg

Credit images to NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington (and the re-processed one to me :^)

Regards, Jason H.

Dan Petersen said:

Hi:

The Moon & Mars are in Conjunction this evening - it's a spectacular sight! This photo was taken using my new Sony CyberShot DSC-H7, the settings were; aperture: 14mm, F/4.5, s/s: 1/250, ISO: 80, zoom: 15X. The camera was hand held! If you look closely you'll see that Mars is actually red and almost resolved.

Cheers, Dan

Anthony Wesley said:

Last night was the best night of seeing so far this year from my place - finally I've got a good Saturn image from this season!

My goal on saturn this year was to get the cassini division all the way around, and if you squint just right it's there in this image. Saturn is a little higher for us again this year but it will be a few more years before it reaches a good elevation.

Image composed of multiple imaging runs from 1am to 2am local time on the morning of 12th Feb, approx 8000 frames per channel.

Tethys is shown where it was located at the start of these imaging runs, at about 1.10am.

regards, Anthony

Dan Petersen said:

Hi, I recorded 45 videos of Mars and Saturn Saturday night in decent seeing conditions, here's a color composite from video #40, it shows the full Seeliger (glowing ring) Effect. More Saturn and Mars postings tomorrow. Cheers, Dan

Dan Petersen said:

Hi, I really tried to nail the colors on this one, using the South Olivette Cap as my color key knowing that it truly is olive colored. I also tried to make the globe as bright as possible without any blooming, then I reprocessed the 2,144 frame stack to bring out very fine cloud details and at the same time attempted to keep the whole thing as smooth as possible. Cheers, Dan

PS: Next time out I plan on capturing a few Saturnian moons (like the good imagers do here), that adds a lot to a planetary composite like Steve's excellent posting.

Anthony Wesley said:

Some more reasonable seeing around here this morning. This image was taken at 6:09am local time, well into morning twilight.

Image details: RGB composite: R=60 seconds @ 40fps, G=60 seconds @ 50fps, B=60 seconds@35fps
Camera: PGR Dragonfly2 + TV 5x powermate + extension.
Seeing: maybe 7/10.

Link: http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/jupiter/20080301-190933/large.jpg

regards, Anthony

Jason Higley said:

Jupiter in Saggitarius star clouds March 9, 2008

http://setisociety.org/MilkyWaySaggitariusIMG_0471ad.jpg

The brightest object in the image is Jupiter taken at Central Florida Astronomical Society Astrofest just before sunrise using only Canon A530 Powershot camera on a table (it was either a 13 or 15 second exposure at ASA 800.)

I would have used my tripod except it snapped in half when I tried to rotate the head, which the cold probably contributed to (I showed others that there was literally a layer of ice on my Ian Ridpath/Wil Tirion Monthy Sky Guide. And we were way south of Orlando, in March!)

We had a great night. Jason H.

Dan Petersen said:

Hi:

Mars is still a good target - if seeing permits. The Red Planet is only 8.3" in diameter and showing about one fourth the surface area it displayed back in December. Meade 10" SCT at F/35, SPC900NC; 5fps, 1/10s/s, gain: 56%, brightness: 50%, gamma: 10%, saturation: 100%, (no filters). Processed in Rv4 (200/1266). CM= 256.

cheers, Dan

Jason Higley said:

Jupiter in Saggitarius star clouds March 9, 2008

http://setisociety.org/MilkyWaySaggitariusIMG_0471ad.jpg

The brightest object in the image is Jupiter taken at Central Florida Astronomical Society Astrofest just before sunrise using only Canon A530 Powershot camera on a table (it was either a 13 or 15 second exposure at ASA 800.)

I would have used my tripod except it snapped in half when I tried to rotate the head, which the cold probably contributed to (I showed others that there was literally a layer of ice on my Ian Ridpath/Wil Tirion Monthy Sky Guide. And we were way south of Orlando, in March!)

We had a great night. Jason H.