Jupiter with “Mickey’s head”
Since a few weeks, a curious pattern of white spots is evolving in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter, with a clear look-alike of the Mickey’s head. I have been able to image it last 22nd January; what is it exactly?
Monthly Archives: January, 2014
Prefer natural colors to mono-band luminances
After reviewing why it is better to use a true green filter for planetary imaging, I’m now talking about the use of luminances realized with mono-band filters, in particular with red or infrared images. If you appreciate this kind of processing this is fine, but just keep in mind that…
Planetary ephemeris with WinJupos (I): getting started
WinJupos is well known for its functionalities about image processing. But its offers as well a performing module of ephemeris. Here is how to get started
Use a true green filter for your images
Among the different techniques of imaging that we saw over the years, there was the use of a “synthetic” green image. Here is why it is less interesting than a true green image. This technique is quite outdated now and has never been really widely used, but this is a…