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Rhea transit (at least the first half) 12/2/24

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#1 dcaponeii

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Posted 05 December 2024 - 12:44 PM

Seeing was not great on the evening of the 2nd of December but I collected data as best I could after collimating using Metaguide.  The cold was bothering me for some reason that evening more than usual so I took to setting up 5-image auto capture sequences in FC and coming back into the house to wait for that 5 minutes to elapse along with a second 5 minutes.  Then back outside to focus and start another 5 minute sequence.  As a result there are 5 - 6 minute gaps between each set of 5 captures.  I decided to derotate the groups of 5 images but not to try and use WJ to bridge the gaps between sets.  It would probably come out fine and certainly would be smoother than this animation but frankly the data just isn't good enough to bother with that much effort in processing.

 

Here is the entire animation.

Rhea transit 12/2/24 - shadow enters right at end - animated Bb Nr align  equal w600h362
 
I also finished up the final 5-image derotation as it's the only frame in which Rhea's shadow also appears.
 
2024-12-03-0226_3-U-L-Sat_AS_P10_lapl6_ap76_1203_0853_dr5_WS_P.png

 


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Posted 05 December 2024 - 12:49 PM

 You can see the seeing is not that great BUT the animation if terrific cool.gif ........waytogo.gif


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