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Web Camera Images

Capture Notes: Philips SPC900 NC web camera, unless otherwise indicated, with an IR blocking filter. 8 inch Meade LXD55 SCT and 3X barlow. K3CCDTools version 1 was used to record the videos unless otherwise indicated. Camera settings recorded with WcCrtl unless otherwise indicated.
Processing Notes: Final processing has been done using Registax version 4 for stacking, Astra Image for removing diagonal bands through Fast Fourier Transform edits and for applying deconvolution. PhotoShop CS2 or Paint Shop Pro 9 have been used for adjusting levels, curves and color, while Neat Image is used for digital noise removal.

December 22, 2012 at 6:09 UT.

Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, gamma 0%, saturation 100%, gain: 41%. 250 frames stacked. Seeing was average (~3 out of 5). Angular diameter 47.0".

December 30, 2012 at 3:44 UT.

Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, gamma 0%, saturation 100%, gain: 41%. 350 frames stacked. Seeing was between poor and average (~2 to 3 out of 5). Angular diameter 47.6".

December 12, 2012 at 6:02 UT.

Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, gamma 0%, saturation 100%, gain: 41%. 200 frames stacked. Seeing was poor (about a 2 out of 5). Angular diameter 48.2".

December 05, 2012 at 7:05 UT.

Europa is visible at the upper left. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, gamma 0%, saturation 100%, gain: 41%. 350 frames stacked. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). There was some haze this night but it did not impact the seeing. Angular diameter 48.4".

December 02, 2012 at 6:43 UT.

The Great Red Spot is visible at the lower right. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, gamma 0%, saturation 100%, gain: 48%. 400 frames stacked. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). There was some haze this night but it did not impact the seeing. Angular diameter 48.4".

November 28, 2012 at 8:15 UT.

Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, gamma 0%, saturation 100%, gain: 41%. 350 frames stacked. Seeing was average (~3 out of 5). Angular diameter 48.4".

November 21, 2012 at 7:36 UT.

Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, gamma 0%, saturation 100%, gain: 41%. 350 frames stacked. Seeing was average (~3 out of 5). Angular diameter 48.2".

November 17, 2012 at 8:27 UT.

The Great Red Spot and Red Spot Jr. are visible in this image. Europa is visible to the upper right. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, gamma 0%, saturation 100%, gain: 41%. 350 frames stacked. Seeing was average (~3 out of 5). Angular diameter 48.0".

October 21, 2012 at 8:54 UT.

The Great Red Spot and Red Spot Jr. are visible in this image. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, gamma 0%, saturation 100%, gain: 41%. 150 frames stacked. Seeing was poor (~2 out of 5). Angular diameter 45.6".