13 September 2009 - Report

It was another great sunny day with no wind or cloud. The sky conditions during the day were better than the last two days but when the skies got dark they weren't as transparent as the night before.
After two nights of observing I was too tired to stay out for another full night so I decided to trying to image Jupiter again.
I had the pleasant company of my mother at this session and she seemed to enjoy what I showed her and liked the site at Bragan.

Location = Bragan

Seeing = 3
Trans = 2/3

Equipment = EQ6 Pro with 4" Refractor, Toucam II and Laptop.

Start Time = 22:17

Jupiter = There was a lot to be seen on Jupiter tonight, a transit and shadow transit of Europa, the GRS and the emergence of Europa after its transit.
Spent almost all of my time capturing AVIs. I got some good results and some poor ones.
Visually the detail was superb. The seeing conditions really became excellent for a while so I got my 5.1mm eye piece out and sure enough the image was very crisp and detailed. I saw other bands between the zones, lovely fine lines of cloud running along the disk. The shadow of Europa was a fantastic sight and even more thrilling to watch the moon slowly drift off Jupiters disk and standing out against the blackness of space.
I observed Jupiter for just over an hour and had so much fun and enjoyment from doing so.

The best of my images are below:

After I had finished imaging I gave my mother a short tour of some other fine objects, which were:

Almach

Albireo

M57

M27

M31, 32

M11

M31 was a fine sight in particular but objects like M11 and M57 just don't show well on this scope when compared to my 10", especially M11.

All in all another great and very rewarding night with some more experience in imaging.

I just hope for more clear skies this coming weekend.

Finish Time = 23:45