Jupiter 

Jupiter 2006-08-07 20:38:42 CDT

Finally caught the Great Red Spot. Red Spot Jr. dosen't look quite as defined, but is still visible above and left of the GRS.
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Jupiter 7-30-06 Anamation Showing Europa on the left, Io on the right. Europa's shodow is in transit. Taken 8:33to 9:15 CDT. Click to view properly.
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Jupiter 2006-08-03 20:40:14 CDT

Processed this on using Registax 3.0.1.23 which has the "Gradiant" image quality estimator. Seems to work pretty well. Used Registax for stacking and final processing. No other software used!
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Jupiter 2006-07-24 Anamation. Five frames taken between 9:22 and 9:37 CDT. Ganymede is in the background.
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Jupiter 2006-07-24 21:37:56
Jupiter and Ganymede. Ganymede is situated far behind on the back side of its orbit. Seeing was quite a bit better tonight. In spite of a couple of glitches Art DeBrito tracking table is working well.
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Earth Viewed from Io
2006-07-22 21:33:17 CDT. This is the view looking back as I took the previous image. Simulated using Celestia
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Jupiter 2006-07-22 21:33:17
Io is about to pass behind the Jovan disk. A front passed thru the previous night so the seeing was not as good as earlier in the week. The temperature was a lot cooler: the high 70's!
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Jupiter 2006-07-17 21:38:40
Captured this Monday night using a recient purchase. I replaced my home- built tracking platform with an "Affordable Equatorial Platform" by Art DeBrito of Colorado. It tracks more smoothly than the old platform and has no periodic error,using a direct drive geared stepper rather than an all-thread leade screw.

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Jupiter 2006-06-29 21-58-23
Compare to simulation using Celestia on left side. As you can see Ganymede's position is very accurate, but the rotation of the Great Red Spot is a little fast.
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