JJupiter shown here 3 weeks before its 2025 opposition with Earth.

Atmosopheric seeing conditions for this session were well below optimal (5 out of 10) with
jet stream turbulence present overhead.

Same image of Jupiter with some interesting cloud and planetary moon features labeled.

• Information about labeled features courtesy of Wikipedia and Earthsky.org (Click on links):
  Jupiter's Moon Io
  Jupiter's Moons-Shadow Transits
  The Great Red Spot

Image Details:

• Instrument: Takahashi Mewlon M210 Dall-Kirkham OTA Cassegrain @ native focal length of 2415mm ( f/11.5)
• Image Amplifier:  None used, ZWO ADC Unit was used.  ADC tuning by FireCapture software.
• Mount: Rainbow Astro RST-300 in EQ Mode
• Camera: ZWO ASI715MC color video camera
• Image Scale:  0.12 arc-seconds/pixel
• Filters:  Baader IR/UV Cutoff Filter
• Exposure:  16-bit .Ser files, 3000 frames, shot @ 130 frames per second.  Best 70% of stack saved and processed (2100 frames used from stack).
• Software: FireCapture V.2.7.14 capture software, Auto-Stakkert V.4, Registax Wavelets Ver. 6, WinJupos v.12.1.13, PixInsight Post-Processing.
• PixInsight Processing Steps (listed in order):  MLT, GreyCStoration, UnSharp Mask, ACDNR, HT, CT for color adjustments, Dynamic Crop, Resample
• Location: Little Rock, AR., El. 350ft
  Image Date:  04:22 UTC November 16th, 2024