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¤····Subject: Happy new year 2015.

Received: 31 December 2014 at 22:54 JST

May the new year bring you greater heights of success and prosperity.

Have a happy new year!

Zlatko F. KOVACEVIC (Virovitica, CROATIA)

¤····Subject: Re: Mars 29 December

Received: 31 December 2014 at 14:00 JST

Thanks, Jim.

Must admit the weather the last few weeks this year has been terrible. Normally in Gauteng we have stunning weather during the day, sometimes thundershowers in the afternoon and clear evenings. Anyway, the bad weather coincided with my recovery period, so that helped keep my frustration levels down...!!

However, I certainly cannot complain. You will note that over the last few months that work commitments have been the reason for me not capturing my patrol images, rather than weather..... To capture any form of blue image, I have to wait now at least until about 19.00 local time. At that time the elevation is dropping and seeing has deteriorated. One way to at least continue monitoring is to take R and IR images a bit earlier (almost daylight conditions). Would appreciate any comments as to whether this is of value.

Best regards and I hope you all enjoy your New Year celebrations!

Clyde

Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you!

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

¤····Subject: Re: Mars 29 December

Received: 31 December 2014 at 12:56 JST

Hi Clyde,

Glad to hear you are doing well. Images show much detail at 4.8". Here in the North we just had a string of 24 cloudy nights in December!!

Winters are becoming more and more of a disaster because of the clouds. I just received an email from iTelescope that rents time on their remote scopes. I may ask if their systems can be used for planets.

I did use one at Siding Spring to image an asteroid, but that was wide field. Well that's enough of my pity party. Thanks for all of your efforts and Happy New Year to all.

Clear skies, what's that? Ha

Jim MELKA (Chesterfield, MO)

¤····Subject: Mars 29 December

Received: 30 December 2014 at 04:39 JST

Good evening all

After a number of weeks of bad weather(which fortunately coincided with the first few weeks of the recovery from my operation), conditions were clear this evening, and I thought I would see if I could pick up any detail on Mars.

Managed to capture a few of the major features: Hellas, Syrtis Major, Sinus Sabeus, Hellespontus and Mare Australe. SPC small, but clear.

Down below 5" and at a distance of just over 182 million miles.

A belated happy xmas to you.

Best regards

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/141229/CFs29Dec14.jpg

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

¤····Subject: Jupiter 12/27

Received: 29 December 2014 at 21:40 JST

Fair seeing as the GRS entered the disk. BA looking paler than previous years.

Sean WALKER　(Manchester, NH)

¤····Subject: solar images 19/20-Dec-2014

Received: 29 December 2014 at 17:36 JST

Hi Guys Here are a few shots of the active regions AR2241 and AR2242 , and a rather elegant but faint prominence.

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK) 

www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE

¤····Subject: Jupiter 20141222 with Ganymede occulting Io

Received: 29 December 2014 at 07:18 JST

Dears,

Following the phemu, these images of Jupiter very average seeing with Callisto in transit:

In IR:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20141222i-02h18.8UT-MDe.jpg

http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20141222i-02h51.0UT-MDe.jpg

RGB:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20141222-02h48.0UT-MDe.jpg

Individual color layers:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20141222r-02h47.8UT-MDe.jpg

http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20141222g-02h48.8UT-MDe.jpg

http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20141222b-02h47.3UT-MDe.jpg

Steady skies,

Marc DELECROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)
http://astrosurf.com/delcroix

¤····Subject: Phemu 20141222 - Ganymede occulting Io

Received: 29 December 2014 at 06:53 JST

Dears,

First "phemu" for me this season, incomplete unfortunately (I missed the first 2 minutes), with also Callisto transiting Jupiter in the following animation:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/phemu20141222-3occ1-MDe.gif

Light-curve:

http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/phemu20141222-3occ1-MDe.jpg

Regular images of Jupiter follow.

Steady skies,

Marc DELECROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)
http://astrosurf.com/delcroix

¤····Subject: Jupiter December 21

Received: 28 December 2014 at 08:07 JST

  You can find attached an image from December 21, the seeing was not as good as in the previous images but still workable

http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/jup141221.jpg

My best regards

Paulo CASQUINHA (PORTUGAL)

¤·····Subject: j2014-12-26_09-48-00_RGB

Received: 27 December 2014 at 11:11 JST

My Jupiter observations, December 26. 2014

Still have to do a lot of tuning. Also lots of fog and dew again.

May the Force be with you @lways, till the end,

Freddy WILLEMS (Saint Johns, FL)

¤·····Subject: Mars Alerts and Recent Observations Page

Received: 26 December 2014 at 14:08 JST

Hi Mars enthusiasts. Click on link below and Merry Christmas.

Mars Current Apparition Highlights

Jim MELKA (Chesterfield, MO)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter December 19

Received: 26 December 2014 at 07:27 JST

Hi, here is a sequence from December 19

http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/jup141219.jpg

My best regards

Paulo CASQUINHA (PORTUGAL)

¤·····Subject: Visions of Saturn Danced in Our Heads ... from Cassini

Received: 25 December 2014 at 05:16 JST

December 24, 2014

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

It's that time of year again, when we're wrapping up another year at Saturn and looking forward to the next.

For the occasion, we have posted a new Captain's Log, inviting all of you to take a trip around Saturn, around its moons, and over its rings.

Visit ...

http://ciclops.org

... and be reminded of just some of the wonderful things we have found on the other side of the solar system.  While you're at it, take in an offering from one of the best astronomical artists of our time, Michael Carroll.

Happy Holidays to all of you!

Carolyn PORCO (Boulder, CO)
Cassini Imaging Team leader
Director, CICLOPS
http://twitter.com/carolynporco
http://www.facebook.com/carolynporco
http://carolynporco.com

¤·····Subject: Jupiter 20 December

Received: 23 December 2014 at 13:29 JST

Hi Al,
I have attached an RGB Jupiter image from 20 December.

Best,

 Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter December 18

Received: 22 December 2014 at 23:47 JST

Really Bad seeing on this night, it get better for a very short period allowing the capture of this red channel .

http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/jup141218.jpg

Regards

Paulo CASQUINHA (PORTUGAL)

¤·····Subject: Io occultation by Ganymede

Received: 22 December 2014 at 08:33 JST

  Hi here is a sequence of the last night occultation of Io by Ganymede.

http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/jup141221_occ.jpg

My best regards

Paulo CASQUINHA (PORTUGAL)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter December 12

Received: 21 December 2014 at 04:02 JST

Hi here is a set of two Jupiter images from December 12

http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/jup141212.jpg

My best regards

Paulo CASQUINHA (PORTUGAL)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter Observations - DECEMBER 16, 2014 Average seeing.

Received: 19 December 2014 at 11:54 JST

My Jupiter observations from December 16, 2014

Fighting dew with the hairdryer and some foggy conditions as well.

May the Force be with you @lways, till the end,

Freddy WILLEMS (Saint Johns, FL)

¤·····Subject: Re: CMO 429

Received: 19 December 2014 at 02:34 JST

Dear Masatsugu,

The second note will review the seasonal evolution of the cloud front activity in 2014. Curiously, it looks to fade completely after Ls 135. Then the next notes should be (if no one wants to add intermediate notes of course) :
430 Identification of particular fronts on images, trying to explain the observed shapes.
431 Front movements (daily evolution, wind measurements if possible) And then back to other topics :)

This early winter is Nantes is typical, warm and wet :(. I had almost no window to make images of Jupiter... 2014 will be the warmest year on record in France, in my garden some kind of vegetation is still alive when it should have been destroyed by morning freezes many weeks ago !
Take care with the cold, hopefully it brings clear skies as well...

Best wishes,

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

¤·····Subject: Solar Images 10th-13th-Dec-2014

Received: 18 December 2014 at 03:21 JST

Hi Guys here are a few images from the past week. The Sun is 15 degrees up at best so seeing is a bit challenging.

The full discs are 6 frame mosaics.

All images 90mm Double stack Coronado at 800mm fl with ZWO 1280 x 960 USB3 CMOS.

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK) 

www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE

¤·····Subject: Jupiter, 14 December 2014

Received: 16 December 2014 at 23:37 JST

Jupiter images (J141214)

Tomio AKUTSU (Tochigi, JAPAN)

¤·····Subject: SOLAR IMAGES 3-6-Dec-2014

Received: 12 December 2014 at 20:25 JST

Hi Guys here are a few shots of AR2222 in Ha and White light showing some flare activity.

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK) 

www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE

¤·····Subject: New DeTeCt version release, planetary impacts detection software

Received: 9 December 2014 at 16:30 JST

Dears,

With Jupiter higher in the morning sky, contribute to planetary science by using this simple software on your videos for detecting Jupiter impacts by sending me your results (no detection also counts, we already have more than 23 days of analyzed !).

New version 2.0 of DeTeCt software is now released, with the following changes:

- More robust version (no crashes) compiled under Visual Studio with candidates estimation

- Support for all latest Firecapture 2.4, Genika 2.7.x, Sharpcap 2.1 and PLXCapture 2.3 logs

- Better duration and datation calculation (FITS, Firecapture, ...)

Thanks to Xavier Dupont, Michel Jacquesson, Paul Rolet, Marc Patry, Alan Coffelt and Thomas Ashcraft for tests before publication!

To download this software, go through the web page of the Jovian impact frequency project here : http://www.astrosurf.com/planetessaf/doc/project_detect.shtml

Please note that you should now run detect_batch.bat, and send me the DeTeCt.log files.

Regards,

Marc DELECROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)
http://astrosurf.com/delcroix

¤·····Subject: Jupiter November 23rd 2014

Received: 8 December 2014 at 23:22 JST

Dear Don and other planetary observers,

Only one night with decent seeing conditions happened in Belgium : the night of November 23rd 2014 I imaged Jupiter (38"6) with my C14, RGB Baader filterset, dispersion corrector used and webcam DMK21AU618. Hoping to get other opportunities in the coming months.

Best regards.

Leo AERTS (BELGIUM)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter and Ganymede 7 December

Received: 8 December 2014 at 11:49 JST

Hi All,
I have attached RGB and CH4 Jupiter images from 7 December. Ganymede is in transit.

Best,

 Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter December 6

Received: 8 December 2014 at 08:21 JST

Hi

Here two Jupiter images from December 6 in fair good seeing conditions

http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/jup141206.jpg

My best regards

Paulo CASQUINHA　(PORTUGAL)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter, 05 December 2014

Received: 6 December 2014 at 23:03 JST

Jupiter images (J20141205)

Tomio AKUTSU (Tochigi, JAPAN)

¤·····Subject: Jupiter Observations -December 02, 2014 - foggy seeing conditions

Received: 3 December 2014 at 04:15 JST

JUPITER - December 02, 2014 
Took a shot at Jupiter, has been a long time, fighting the dew and fog, was only able to take one IR742 image then I gave up...Hoping it's gets better here soon.

May the Force be with you @lways, till the end,

Freddy WILLEMS (Saint Johns, FL)

¤·····Subject: Mars 2 December

Received: 3 December 2014 at 03:08 JST

Good evening all

Images from this evening. Mare Cimmerium very prominent. A hint of Mare Chronium towards the SPC?

Best regards

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/141202/CFs02Dec14.jpg

Clyde FOSTER (Centurion, SOUTH AFRICA)

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