{"id":812,"date":"2013-11-06T01:31:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T23:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/?p=812"},"modified":"2018-09-10T10:27:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T08:27:52","slug":"maximum-video-time-jupiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/en\/maximum-video-time-jupiter\/","title":{"rendered":"How long is too long on Jupiter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p
style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>A recurring topic of discussion for planetary imaging is how long the videos can go on planets without losing contrast because of their rotation. Jupiter, that offers so much details but that spins so fast is of course the first concerned! So how long is &#8220;too long&#8221; on Jupiter?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">For this test I&#8217;m using different videos with a length of 3 to 4 min that I got over the past weeks to derotate with WinJupos, a software that is able to correct the rotation of the planet and to increase noticeably the time of video grabbing.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span
style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>How much time is necessary to detect the rotation?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a
href=\"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/juprotate3mn.gif\"><img
loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-795\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==\" data-lazy-original=\"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/juprotate3mn.gif\" alt=\"juprotate3mn\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><noscript><img
loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/juprotate3mn.gif\" alt=\"juprotate3mn\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you process an entire video of 2-3 min you may not be able to detect the rotation in itself: the details can still look good. I have made a simple test here, by separating a 3 min movie obtained with the Astronomik R filter on October 30th, 2013 into three 1 min parts (without any frame selection) and I have done an animation to see if the details move&#8230;<\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rotation of the planet is well visible in each 1 min part.<\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">The size of the planet is 40,7 arcsecond, still far from the maximum of 49&#8243; (47&#8243; for the current 2013-2014 apparition), and the diameter of the telescope used is 250 mm, quite smaller than the biggest diameters now frequently found among the amateurs (350\/400 mm). So even with a moderate resolution one can see that\u00a0<strong>only one minute is enough to detect the rotation of the planet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">But is there a real difference when stacking 2 minutes instead of one?<\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a
href=\"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/juprotate1-2mn.gif\"><img
loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-799\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==\" data-lazy-original=\"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/juprotate1-2mn.gif\" alt=\"juprotate1-2mn\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><noscript><img
loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/juprotate1-2mn.gif\" alt=\"juprotate1-2mn\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">At left are two stacks of 1 min and 2 min. Apart of the rotation that is also visible, it is clear that the 2 min image shows a lower contrast despite having a better signal-to-noise ratio.<\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of course this is not a big difference but why should we of ourselves introduce a deterioration of the image while we must otherwise face seeing conditions, optical problems&#8230; ?<\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, modern softwares are really powerful&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span
style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>WinJupos derotation <em>vs.<\/em> AS!2 multipoints<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a
href=\"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/juprotate3mnWJAS.gif\"><img
loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-803\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==\" data-lazy-original=\"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/juprotate3mnWJAS.gif\" alt=\"juprotate3mnWJAS\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><noscript><img
loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/juprotate3mnWJAS.gif\" alt=\"juprotate3mnWJAS\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of course, today we have WinJupos to overtake this problem. Derotating the whole 3 min movie, or derotating the final images of the three 1 min sequences would allow you to get an excellent final image.<\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, while making a comparison with Autostakkert!2 instead of Registax 5 (a software of the preceding generation that processes the entire raw frame in a whole) I had a surprise&#8230;<\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">The third comparison is a 3 min stack of a derotated WinJupos image (finally processed with AS!2 but again without any frame selection), and the original SER file\u00a0<em>not derotated<\/em> but still processed with AS!2.<\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">The images are really close! It is possible to see a subtile deterioration of contrast, but not as much as the 2 min image got from Registax 5 above.<\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, a fourth comparison is made with a RG610 movie got on October 13th 2013, whose length is 4 min instead of 3.<\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a
href=\"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/juprotate4mnWJAS.gif\"><img
loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-805\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==\" data-lazy-original=\"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/juprotate4mnWJAS.gif\" alt=\"juprotate4mnWJAS\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><noscript><img
loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/juprotate4mnWJAS.gif\" alt=\"juprotate4mnWJAS\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">This time a deterioration of contrast is easier to see on the edges (take a look at the GRS region for example). The difference is still not huge but the resolution is even lower and that difference would certainly be more important at higher resolution.<\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">I would conclude two things&#8230;<\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">1) If there is slight loss of contrast in 3 min, it looks clear that <strong>AS!2 is able to process a 2 min file with no need of performing any previous derotation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">2) The WinJupos derotation is still able to get better results,\u00a0<strong>but is really interesting only with files of at least of 3 to 4 min.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p
style=\"text-align: justify;\">Results to be confirmed by further experimentation as usual, of course!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recurring topic of discussion for planetary imaging is how long the videos can go on planets without losing contrast because of their rotation. Jupiter, that offers so much details but that spins so fast is of course the first concerned! So how long is &#8220;too long&#8221; on Jupiter?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1939,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/1939\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<!-- This website is like a Rocket, isn't ? Performance optimized by WP Rocket. Learn more: http://wp-rocket.me -->