Fascinating Jupiter and the Great Red Spot

The Great Red Spot (GRS) captured on this picture is located centrally on Jupiter's Disk and measures the size of the Earth.
This is one of my most fascinating pictures of Jupiter with the GRS. I took the picture during twilight and reduced the capture area to 640x400 boosting up the maximum frames per second.

Mars with TAL200K ASI224MC

This morning we have a clear sky and temperatures around 14°C. The planet Mars is visible 15° above the Southern horizon. Current magnitude -2.4 and diameter 22'30"; by the end of this month Mars will have a magnitude of -2.8 and a diameter of 24'30".

Both visual as photographic, light and dark areas can be seen on Mars. I was not able to see the white poles. All pictures are taken with TAL200K, ASI224MC and barlowx2. Capture software SharpCap was used with an exposure time of 180s providing max. frames of 19.000. Stacking with AutoStakkert and final editing using CS4. 

 

Frame rate was increased by reducing the capture area from 1300x900 to 480x400. 

Jupiter and GRS

The GRS or Great Red Spot as seen central on Jupiter's Disk. Jupiter rotates on its axes about less then 10h; this is clearly seen below, when watching the GRS. Time difference between both pictures is 14minutes or 9°.

Jupiter and GRS

At this moment the Great Red Spot (GRS) is visible, central on Jupiter's disk. Picture taken with capture software SharpCap and stacking using AutoStakkert. Final editing with CS4.

Mars, Jupiter and Saturn with TAL200K ASI224MC

All three planets were observed during the night of June 29-30.

Mars comparison between C11HD and TAL200K

On Friday June 29,  my Helios colleague Walter,  joined me for a combined observation of the planets Jupiter, Saturn and of course Mars. I installed my ASI224MC camera on his C11HD telescoop, specific for Mars.
All pictures taken using Capture sofware SharpCap and stacking with AutoStakkert. Final editing done using CS4.

Mars with C11HD (Thx to Walter)

Some more Solargraphs

One of my pinhole camera's were installed in Neerglabbeek (B) with view on an open eastern horizon. Part of the south and the entire western horizon was blocked. The solargraph is perfectly captured and very clear.

Another solargraph was installed in front of a tower in Zichem. Unfortunately is pinhole camera was damaged as it was installed in a public area. So the photopaper was flattened and ironed and again scanned and edited using CS4. The result is shown below and quit good. The tower is seen in the front.