15 March 2003

20.35UT

Saturn

Philips Toucam Pro webcam and 2x barlow on an 8" SCT. Frame alignment, selection, stacking and wavelet processing in Registax. Post processing in PSP7.

21.48

Schröter's Valley

Philips Toucam Pro webcam and 2x barlow on an 8" SCT. Frame alignment, selection, stacking and wavelet processing in Registax. Post processing in PSP7.

22.08UT

Crater's Schickard, Nasmyth & Phocylides

Philips Toucam Pro webcam on an 8" SCT. Frame alignment, selection, stacking and wavelet processing in Registax. Post processing in PSP7.

22.30UT

Jupiter showing the Great Red Spot and a shadow transit of Europa.

96 frames stacked from 145 in a 30 second video captured with a Philips Toucam Pro webcam and 2x barlow on an 8" SCT. Frame alignment, selection, stacking and wavelet processing in Registax. Post processing in PSP7: gentle unsharp mask, despeckle, automatic colour balance adjustment to 7347K, gentle automatic colour saturation adjustment, 1% brightness reduction + 1% contrast increase.

23.02UT

Jupiter showing the Great Red Spot and Europa.

240 frames stacked from 299 in the a 30 second video captured with a Philips Toucam Pro webcam and 2x barlow on an 8" SCT. Frame alignment, selection, stacking and wavelet processing in Registax. Post processing in PSP7: gentle unsharp mask, despeckle, automatic colour balance adjustment to 7347K, gentle automatic colour saturation adjustment, 1% brightness reduction + 1% contrast increase.

21.31 - 23.02UT

Animation of Jupiter showing the rotation of the planet and the motion of Europa and its shadow.

5 frames captured at 21.31, 21.59, 22.30, 22.53 and 23.02UT.

Images captured with a Philips Toucam Pro webcam and 2x barlow on an 8" SCT. Frame alignment, selection, stacking and wavelet processing in Registax. Post processing in PSP7. Animation with Ulead GIF animator.