Jupiter at opposition

Society member Anthony Day captured some fantastic images of Jupiter which he has consolidated into this animated GIF which clearly shows the fast rotation of the gas giant featuring the Great Red Spot.

Anthony has kindly provided the details of the equipment used to capture his images:

Taken 30th Oct 2022
Skywatcher Mak 180
2x barlow and flip mirror
ZWO 2600mc-pro
Fire capture to grab the videos - 90 sec and approx 3500 frames per capture
Autostakkert to process best captures
Registax to tweak the best captures
Simple old gif animator (part of the paint shop pro 7 suite) to animate.

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