As I wrote on my previous post, an exceptionally good weather kept me outside pretty much every night just when Jupiter was at its best.
On April the 7th, during its opposition, I was able to capture a sequence of 4 sets of video captures, each one in RGB. I tried to optimize as much as possible my timings, in order to keep rotational differences between frames under control. This will probably be even easier on a future Planetary Imager release, when I'll implement a scripting interface.
The results are even better than the previous evening.
I was able to take 4 images, and create an animation displaying Jupiter's rotation and its satellites.
Jupiter mini animation, 07/04/2017
Still frames:
http://www.astrobin.com/309762/
http://www.astrobin.com/309761/
Blog article: http://blog.gulinux.net/blog/2017-04-10-jupiter-08-04-2017
Click here for a webp animation: much higher quality, but right now working only on Google Chrome.
These are the best two frames of the animation, so you can better view the features:
Jupiter mini animation, 07/04/2017 - single frame (1)
Blog article: http://blog.gulinux.net/blog/2017-04-10-jupiter-08-04-2017
Jupiter mini animation, 07/04/2017 - single frame (2)
Blog article: http://blog.gulinux.net/blog/2017-04-10-jupiter-08-04-2017
During the following night I optimized even further my capture speed, so I could take much more frames (up to 15). Unfortunately I couldn't use all of them due to the usual tree in front of my garden, but the result is still pretty good. The resolution is possibly a little bit worse, maybe for worse seeing or focusing issues, but the animation is much more smooth now.
Jupiter animation - 09/04/2017
This has much more frames than the previous one, which gives it a smoother transition.
Still frames:
http://www.astrobin.com/309768/
http://www.astrobin.com/309769/
http://www.astrobin.com/309770/
Blog article: http://blog.gulinux.net/blog/2017-04-10-jupiter-08-04-2017
Click here for a webp animation: much higher quality, but right now working only on Google Chrome.
And here again a few interesting frames of the sequence
Jupiter animation frame (1) - 09/04/2017
Blog article: http://blog.gulinux.net/blog/2017-04-10-jupiter-08-04-2017
Jupiter animation frame (2) - 09/04/2017
Blog article: http://blog.gulinux.net/blog/2017-04-10-jupiter-08-04-2017
Jupiter animation frame (3) - 09/04/2017
Blog article: http://blog.gulinux.net/blog/2017-04-10-jupiter-08-04-2017
And finally, a little treat for Alessia, who wasn't with me, but she would have liked to, particularly given this little incursion by a curious fox
