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¤····Subject: Mars: April 14, 2017

Received: 16 April 2017 at 14:21 JST

 

Hi,

I have attached my latest image of Mars April 14, 2017 at 23:30 UT.

 

 Thanks,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170414/FMl14Apr17.jpg

 

 Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville, NY) 

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Mars 7th April and Jupiter 8th April 2017

Received: 14 April 2017 at 19:13 JST

 

Hi,
A couple of very different sessions last weekend.

 

On the Friday (7th April) Mars 10.5 months after opposition at 4.1" in low in the West just after sunset with multiple overlapping images during preview- rescued by edge quality sort in AS!3, then the following day Jupiter one day after opposition in very good seeing which was much easier to process.

 

Jupiter with colour camera and also with ZWO CH4 filter.

 



Details on both images and see the images also here;
http://www.skyinspector.co.uk/mars-and-venus
http://www.skyinspector.co.uk/jupiter

Cheers
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170407/MLw07Apr17.jpg

 

Martin LEWIS (St Albans, the UK)

 

 

 

¤····Subject: solar images early April 2017

Received: 13 April 2017 at 22:53 JST

 

Hi Guys the two awesome main spot groups have been fun to image. Seeing was variable from very good to fair within a space of a minute, so confirming the focus and pressing the capture button was a matter of waiting for the convection cells to break though the chaos whilst twiddling the focuser. Hoping then that I have captured 300 good frames from the 4000 or so AVI. The best seeing was on the 3rd April.

 

Visible light images from a vintage AP178 f9 Triplet Baader solar continuum filter plus an IR blocker. ZWO ASI120 MM-S. An Intes wedge with 2x TV Barlow for about f20 .

 


 


 


 

 

For Ha , a 90mm single stack Coronado set atop the 178. Same camera similar f number.

 

 

Best wishes

 

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Jupiter, Ganymede, Europa & Callisto 2017.04.07

Received: 13 April 2017 at 14:27 JST

 

Dears,

 

Around opposition, conditions were rather good for me , without being very good.

Red Oval BA is visible, a small reddish spot in the in the North polar area, both bright in methane absorption band. Also the spot on the North of NEB, is crossing central meridian,and the perturbations following great red spot are visible in the SEB.

 

Ganymede, Europa and Callisto are part of the images, with details visible on the two biggest satellites.

 

RGB:


http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-04-08_00-20-48_rgb_md.png

IR with more details:


http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-04-08_00-06-00_ir685_md.png

Methane absorption band:


http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-04-07_23-53-42_ch4_md.png

Individual color layers:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-04-08_00-16-30_r_md.png
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-04-08_00-20-48_g_md.png
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-04-08_00-25-06_b_md.png

Steady skies,

 

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Jupiter 2017-04-08 23h01 UT

Received: 11 April 2017 at 22:08 JST

 

Hi all,

 For the northern hemisphere, Jupiter is not very high in the sky. But although you can still observe some nice details.

 


Atitude 31 degrees,  C14 and Basler Ace 640,  Enschede Netherland

 

Regards

 

Richard BOSMAN (the NETHERLANDS)

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Jupiter images 6th, 8th and 9th April

Received: 11 April 2017 at 17:21 JST

 

Hi Guys here are couple of images taken in less than good seeing, but showing big changes in the GRS wake in just two days. From the orderly to chaotic.

 


 

Best wishes

 

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Jupiter, Callisto, Io & Europa 2017.04.06

Received: 11 April 2017 at 15:36 JST

 

Dears,

Under bad seeing, with GRS setting and its perturbations following :

 

IR:


http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-04-06_23-09-06_ir685_md.png

 

In methane absorption band:


http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-04-06_23-55-48_ch4_md.png

 

RGB (bad) and its individual layers:


http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-04-06_23-24-00_rgb_md.png

 

http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-04-06_23-19-42_r_md.png
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-04-06_23-24-00_g_md.png
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-04-06_23-28-12_b_md.png

Steadier skies,

 

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Jupiter 7th April under good seeing conditions

Received: 8 April 2017 at 22:31 JST

 

At last we have had some decent seeing in the UK with detail visible for periods of time between gentle swirling turbulence. This seems to have suited AS2! better than the recent seeing and fine detail could be brought out.

 


Best regards

 

Peter EDWARDS (West Sussex, the UK)

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Mo19Mar_17 and others

Received: 3 April 2017 at 00:21 JST

 

Mars images on 11, 19 March 2017 and 26 June 2016.

 

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170311/Mo11Mar17.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170319/Mo19Mar17.jpg

 

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160626/Mo26June16.jpg

 

Yukio MORITA (Hiroshima, JAPAN)

 

 

 

¤····Subject: solar images march 2017

Received: 2 April 2017 at 08:01 JST

 

Hi Guys Starting with the 27th March, jousting AR2644 was seen to be putting on a good show as the weather finally cleared. Newcomer AR2645 looked a bit of a wimp, but it developed very nicely over the next few days.

 


 


 


 


 


Best wishes

 

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Jupiter, Europa & Io 2017/03.28 (Juno PJ5+4 rotations)

Received: 1 April 2017 at 04:47 JST

 

Dears,

My first Jupiter observation for that apparition, 4 jovian day after Juno's PeriJove #5 - the same area observed by Juno is around central meridian.

Conditions were correct for a start, the STB ghost is at central meridian (very dark in methane absorption band), along with disturbances rising in the SEB, and passing after meridian in NEB.

 

IR:

 


http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-03-28_23-57-30_ir685_md.png


RGB:

 


http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-03-28_23-32-00_rgb_md.png

 

Methane absorption band:

 


http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-03-28_23-46-04_ch4_md.png

Individual R,G and B layers:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-03-28_23-28-30_r_md.png
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-03-28_23-32-00_g_md.png
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2017-03-28_23-35-24_b_md.png

Steady skies,

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Mars: March 23, 2017

Received: 26 March 2017 at 08:46 JST

 

Hi , 

   I am sending my latest image of Mars March 23, 2017 at 23:30 UT.

    Thanks,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170323/FMl23Mar17.jpg

 

 Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville, NY) 

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Mars 24th March 2017

Received: 25 March 2017 at 07:58 JST

 

Hi,

Mars at only 4.3" rescued from a very jittery, poor on-screen image this evening.

Hats off to Autostakkert and Astra Image deconvolution to pull the detail out.

Sinus Sebaeus on left with Hellas at LH limb and Mare Acidalium at bottom with some cloud structure.

Also visible at the top of this page;

http://www.skyinspector.co.uk/mars-and-venus

Cheers

 

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170324/MLw24Mar17.jpg

 

Martin LEWIS (St Albans, the UK)

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Re: CMO #459 uploaded

Received: 19 March 2017 at 22:31 JST

 

Dear Masatsugu,

Thank you for your kindful engagements to Mars observings. I'm not active in obversing but interested to get your email notifications ahead.

 

Thank you and many greetings to Japan

Best wishes

 

André NIKOLAI (GERMANY)

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Mars: March 21, 2017 

Received: 24 March 2017 at 03:11 JST

 

Hi ,
I have attached my latest image of Mars March 21, 2017 at 23:38 UT.

Thanks,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170321/FMl21Mar17.jpg

 

 Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville, NY) 

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Mars: March 19, 2017 

Received: 22 March 2017 at 12:08 JST

 

Hi , 

I have attached my image of Mars March 19, 2017 at 23:45 UT.

Thanks,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170319/FMl19Mar17.jpg

 

 Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville, NY) 

 

 

 

¤····Subject: GRS Hexagon? 

Received: 20 March 2017 at 19:36 JST

 

Hi Guys further work on the data from the 15th March revealed a flower like structure with 6 petals in the GRS.

 


 

Best wishes

 

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Further Jupiter images from the 15th March 2017 

Received: 18 March 2017 at 01:15 JST

 

Hi Guys here are the mono filtered images used on the 23:41 RGB, and two earlier RGB’s from the 15th. The Lunar shot shown for reference, was up at just 19 degrees high from London and taken with the same setup as used for the Jupiter images. I have also added the green channel as a Luminance to the 23:41ut RGB at 60% opacity, you may like to compere the two. The 23:06ut RGB was 22degrees high.

 


 

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Its very encouraging to know that such rare low altitude good seeing can happen, especially as we in the north are faced with very low Saturn and Jupiter Dec’s for some years.

 

Best wishes

 

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Jupiter 15-March-2017

Received: 17 March 2017 at 09:23 JST

 

 

Hi Guys, this is my first C14 Jupiter image for quite a while. Nice to get out there in the dark again as the sun is very quiet just now. Jupiter was very low but the seeing was excellent. The GRS wake was impressive.

 

Best wishes

 

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

www.david-tyler.com

 

 

 

¤····Subject: Venus and Mars 15th March 2017

Received: 17 March 2017 at 07:47 JST

 

Hi,

Yesterday afternoon a lovely break in the long period of cloud we have been having, combined with decent seeing conditions, allowed imaging of Venus in IR light just 10days before inferior conjunction - showing it as a slender crescent. Venus lay directly above the sun and the bowl facing directly up from the horizon was a wonderful sight in the eyepiece. Later I managed with some luck to locate diminutive Mars at 4.4" across clearly showing Solis Lacus and a very small SPC.

 

Details are on the images which can also be seen at the top of this page;

http://www.skyinspector.co.uk/mars-and-venus

Cheers
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170315/MLw15Mar17.jpg

 

Martin LEWIS (St Albans, the UK)

 

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