Jupiter, Ganymede and Io | 31-Dec-25

[pine rune]

Ending the year with a senstational night with the big dob. Moments of excellent seeing.
24" Dob, APM 2.7x (@3.25x), ADC, Uranus-C/M at 8750mm f/14.6.

[runic heart]

oh my god

this may be some of your best Jupiter work yet

that detail on Ganymede is unreal

[austere path]

WOAHH!! this is some really good jupiter data!

[edgy yarrow]

Magnificent as always Tom! Details on the moons is insane!

[urban loom]

Resolved great detail on BRS Jr., Io and Ganymede
AND
you managed to resolve Thebe and Amalthea (correct me if im wrong)??

Insanity

definitely my favourite planetary image of the year

[pine rune]

Detect* Thebe and Amalthea, not resolve.

[urban loom]

oh right

still really really nice

[urban loom]

Did you also take a peek through an eyepiece?

The view must've been incredible

[pine rune]

Yes

and yes

I could sight Orisis Crater visually during the best moments.

[urban loom]

excuse me what

holy shit

I know you said excellent seeing but this is absolute bonkers

[pseudo ingot]

holy crap

[austere path]

@pine rune how big of an scope would u need to resolve Amalthea+

?*

[austere path]

What..

[pine rune]

I mean you can see it on the live view from the camera with ease.

[urban loom]

I really dont have the experience in planetary to properly asses the differences of eyeball and camera at such magnifications lol

[austere path]

oh yeah sorry for asking but could i have the derotation for processing?

[pine rune]

Sorry, what I meant was the visual view should in-theory match the camera live view.

It's not "normal" to have Osiris visible in either case.

[urban loom]

Oh I see, my bad

[pine rune]

I sell my raw data online and I plan to do the same with this set, so no, just because I don't want to short those who normally pay.

[austere path]

ah alr

[pine rune]

short snippet from the best vid

[austere path]

thats insane.

ir right?

[undone ore]

Hacker

[summer ice]

yeah bro

nobody can have excellent seeing and get a 24 inch telescope for a crazy good price

[urban loom]

a soul not condemned by the astro gods

[undone ore]

Tom is your area isolated? Suburbs kind? Transparency would my crap on New Year’s Eve

Or this is shot in the morning

[urban loom]

This was shot in the night between the 30th and 31st if I am not mistaken.

[vague valve]

https://tenor.com/view/the-goat-gif-4115569673926897153

[pine rune]

morning of the 31st

[austere path]

Oh god.

[austere path]

Also tom would u possibly be able to get surface detail on titan or would the ir needed make the resoultion too low?

[urban loom]

There’s this little wobble?

[undone ore]

@pine rune send seeing to Hawaii we’ve had about 50 jet streams in the span of 3 months

[summer ice]

@pine rune i dare you to challenge Ceres

[undone ore]

He did, got the disk, close to getting detail

[summer ice]

huh

I expected more since you can get ceres disk with a 8" telescope

[undone ore]

Really? Hard to believe

[summer ice]

Yeah i saw a post once but im not sure where it went

No detail of course but the disk

@undone ore

[undone ore]

I see

Well tom did post it about a year or two ago but I’m too lazy to find it

[summer ice]

oh

[undone ore]

With his work it’s worth it to make his own website, Damian peach, ceravolo,

[summer ice]

True

[pine rune]

I've not done Ceres recently. Only with my 16" back in 2023. Vesta I did resolve with the 24" however.

[summer ice]

then wait