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ZWO ASI178MC Images

Capture Notes: ZWO ASI178 color camera, unless otherwise indicated. 8 inch Meade LXD55 SCT and 3X barlow. ASIStudio is being used to capture the videos.
Processing Notes: Final processing has been done using AutoStakkert for stacking and Registax version 5 for wavelets, Neat Image for noise removal, and PhotoShop CS2 or Paint Shop Pro 9 were used for adjusting levels, curves, and color.

January 21, 2023 at 00:24 UT

681 frames stacked. Camera settings: Exposure setting: 44 milliseconds, and gain: 309. The video resolution was set to 1280x1024. Binning was set to 1x1. Seeing was poor to average (~2 to 3 out of 5). Angular diameter 37.1".

November 22, 2022 at 01:39 UT

1754 frames stacked. Camera settings: Exposure setting: 28 milliseconds, and gain: 344. The video resolution was set to 1280x1024. Binning was set to 1x1. Seeing was average (~3 out of 5). Angular diameter 44.8". I processed the video for this image using a new program called AstroSurface that includes most of the post processing that I normally perform after the stacking and wavelets.

November 01, 2022 at 03:47 UT

851 frames stacked. Camera settings: Exposure setting: 71 milliseconds, and gain: 274. The video resolution was set to 1280x1280. Binning was set to 1x1. Seeing was average to good (~3 to 4 out of 5). Angular diameter 47.5". The Great Red Spot is visible to the lower left side of Jupiter.

October 09, 2022 at 03:34 UT

596 frames stacked. Camera settings: Exposure setting: 50 milliseconds, and gain: 290. The video resolution was set to 1280x1280. Binning was set to 1x1. Seeing was poor to average (~2 to 3 out of 5). Angular diameter 49.5". Europa and its shadow are visible to the lower right side of Jupiter.

October 02, 2022 at 04:26 UT

825 frames stacked. Camera settings: Exposure setting: 36 milliseconds, and gain: 324. The video resolution was set to 640x480. Binning was set to 2x2. Seeing was poor to average (~2 to 3 out of 5). Angular diameter 49.8".