Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009jbaa..119..120a&link_type=abstract
Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.119, no.3, p.120-121
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
A presentation given at the Pro-Am session of the Joint European National Astronomy Meeting (JENAM) on 2009 April 21. The past decade or so has witnessed a revolution in amateur studies of Jupiter and Saturn. This has come about through the new capability of fast frame-rate cameras, generically known as "webcams", coupled with fast home computers and image-processing software, to record images of these planets at a sensitivity and resolution beyond that of the visual observer. These technologies have allowed amateurs to transcend the seeing limitations previously imposed by the atmosphere as well as the spectral range and colour sensitivity of the human eye. The result has been that images recorded today with modest amateur equipment far exceed anything achieved by professional telescopes 20 years ago, and rival the early space probe results.
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