Jupiter and Galaxies

At the beginning of the evening, a short session imaging Jupiter, then I switched over to some galaxies.

This is a short animation made from multiple AVI sequences:

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At the start of the evening I captured Jupiter while it was still getting dark, the silhouette of the moon Callisto was visible on the lower left.

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Camera=QHY5LII Diameter=40.10″ Magnitude=-2.22 CMI=174.2° CMII=316.9° CMIII=349.5° (during mid of capture) FocalLength=2100mm Resolution=0.37″ Date=060516 Start(UT)=195903.526 Mid(UT)=195948.526 End(UT)=200033.527 Duration=90.001s Frames captured=4718 ROI=352×400 FPS (avg.)=52 Shutter=13.25ms Gain=552 Gamma=100 (off)

50 Minutes later the Great Red Spot had already rotated out of view, Callisto is now faintly visible to Jupiter on the lower left:

Leo triplet, M65,M66 and NGC3268, 3x120s, Nikon D750, 1600 ISO, Astro-Physics 127mm f/8

Leo triplet, M65,M66 and NGC3268, 3x120s, Nikon D750, 1600 ISO, Astro-Physics 127mm f/8

For reasons unknown the Backyard Nikon software only recorded a few instead of 30 exposures of the Leo triplet. Three of them were usable.

Markarian's chain, region around M86, 7x120s, Nikon D750, 1600 ISO, Astro-Physics 127mm f/8

Markarian’s chain, region around M86, 7x120s, Nikon D750, 1600 ISO, Astro-Physics 127mm f/8

Either focus was off with this image or the seeing caused the bloated stars in this image.