Some additional data and better image processing leads to the images shown here. See the post of a few days ago for the context:
Image 1: Jupiter, imaged October 2, 2023 at Lac Teeples
This image was stacked using 2x "drizzle", bringing out more of the detail. It was then processed using "Astra Image" with deconvolution, wavelet sharpening and denoise. I used 4% of the 2000 images (80) which is slightly more than before. This is to ensure that the drizzle process has enough data.
An unexpected discovery is that two of Jupiter's moons appear above and below the planet. They are dim but obvious. They did not appear in previous images.
Image 2: Earth’s Moon from Lac Teeples, October 2, 2023
The October 2 image of the moon is definitely crisper. Less reprocessing was possible because the data file from lunar imaging is over 200 GB in size and I didn't have any portable disks big enough to carry that around. the main improvement likely comes from using a larger circle for deconvolution.
Images captured at Lac Teeples on October 2, 2023. Camera was the ZWO ASI-6200MC, Telescope was the antique 14” Celestron SCT. No filters used.
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