Capturing Jupiter with a Webcam

Capturing Jupiter with a Webcam

19 February 2004
This image was produced by aligning and staking 540 frames taken with a 8" F5 with 2 X Barlow and a QuickCam Pro 4000 webcam. Note the Great Red Spot on the right side of Jupiter and the two moons, Io (left) and Eurapa (right).

19 February 2004
This image is the same as the one above exept that this time I used 900 frames and enlarged it 2 times.

21 February 2004
This shot of Jupiter was taken as the shadow of Io moved onto the disk the planet and Europa appaired from the back of Jupiter. The moon on the right is Ganymede. This image was produced by aligning, stacking and unsharp masking 589 frames.

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