From: "jimchung2338" <jim_chung@sunshine.net>
Date: June 5, 2009 7:02:21 AM MDT
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: First Jupiter of 2 0 0 9!
CSC predicted that seeing in Toronto in the predawn would be good so I woke up at 3:30 and found a spot beneath my huge silver maple that gave a clear SE view. I wasn't able to wait for Jupiter to reach apogee so captured it as the sky was starting to lighten just before 5 AM. Seeing was quite stable. Captured with my C8 @ f20 and PGR Flea mono camera, stacked about 350/1200 per RGB channel.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Planetary/June2009bJupiter.jpg
My summer astro project is to retrofit some mirrors into a 16" truss dob that I acquired and build a Poncet platform to allow planetary imaging. Stay tuned!
Jim