The clarity of your telescope footage (post processing) is absolutely amazing. I always though you can't see extra-terrestrial bodies like nebulas and other galaxies using ground based telescopes like yours.
The clarity of the processing is astonishing enough, even without the anomalous event on Io. The sophistication that amateur astronomy has progressed to in the past decade just blows my mind.
I just saw Jupiter through a telescope for the first time this past week. Awesome experience, now I just need the money for a scope of my own.... Great video!
Fascinating footage TF. Looked like an impact to me... You should send this off for analysis, you may have captured something really amazing. Your trip has certainly been eventful, enjoy the rest of it. :)
Thanks for showing some shot of your equipment. I know a few of us asked for it on you last Jupiter video. Now I can start researching whether or not this is an investment I'm fiscally capable of making.
Hey Thunderf00t, a few minutes before posting this I'm watching this TV show "A travelers guide to the planets" on national geographic channel, about Jupiter. I didn't catch the exact date (no dvr), but in 2009 an amature astronomer in Australia captured an impact on Jupiter. Chances are small, but perhaps what you saw was a real impact on Jupiter, and what you saw was the same thing that astronomer saw.
Great stuff, Tf00t. Hope you've captured something exciting. Any chance you'll get to record another transit with your equipment any time soon to see if the anomaly recurs?
This probably counts in the Being Smart category, but I think it's also worth noting that thunderf00t seems quite frugal in many aspects. That goes a long way in being able to afford such a trip.
Nothing wrong with a bit of excited optimism once in a while... If film was captured of a comet strike on Io, that would be awesome. If it was captured by Thunderf00t, working from the back of his car, that would be awesome to the power of I don't know what! Also, was that Orion rising over Devil's Tower? Cool.
It's conceivable that we're simply seeing Io eclipse its own shadow. My bet would be that the processing software uses a filter that increases what we call the acutance (or edge contrast) of the image. Photoshop users know this as "Unsharp Mask". Both the moon and its shadow will appear bigger and bolder as a result, but artificially so. Add to that the interpolation between frames and we might get an effect exactly like what we're seeing.
Yes Jupiter draws in a lot of material - but considering the size of Io and it's orbital path (things hitting Jupiter tend to head straight for Jupiter due to it's huge gravity - unless they have significantly great velocity) so catching a moon on the inside edge of Jupiter (The side facing us) being struck by such a large object (if indeed that is what this is) is pretty damn rare footage.
Well Io is amazingly active moon, maybe it was a rather big eruption, and that would also be a pretty cool thing to witness. Anyways I hope we hear more from you about this.
Apparently, Thunderf00t is back home now. He survived! I think dprjones probably just lost a lot of bets because of that. ;) If his Jupiter footage turns out to really be significant, that'll be interesting. We might find out his true identity from the news.
Someone posted a photo of Jupiter and its moons on another site, there was also a strange anomaly on the photo. I thought it looked like a comet, but could it be a dust/vapor plume from this impact on the Io?
I would bet that it is a real meteor strike, and I say that because the velocities match up to what that would be. It may not be as uncommon as you think, as I am sure Jupiter draws in alot of material.
these events (comet hits Jupiter) used to be once-in-a-thousand-years events, back in the old times of SL-9 impact. Now they happen every 3 months. .... and everything is just fine??
can we technically consider an impact on a satellite as "effectively" occurring on the large planet? Because it looks like we're in "comet/asteroid hits Jupiter" season. What do you think?
1) Being Smart. 2) Being Educated. (not the same thing) 3) Being lucky enough to find people willing to pay you lots of money for being smart and educated.
His ture identity is hard to narrow down. He is from the future and yet he is from the past and lives in the present. He does this simultaneously while he lives in the inner dimmension as well as the outer dimmension. All from a town in Ithaca but he doesn't live there in the physical sense.
I agree. I thought i was looking at and impact untill i realised it was Ios shadow i was thinking was Io, then when I looked harder i saw you can just make out Io moving infront of the shadow and when it reaches the 'impact point' as i were you can see how the shadow is eclipsed and can be mistaken for an impact.
Mmm interesting of course to get these results checked they have to be cross referenced. Yes it takes many attempts to get things just right. I tried photographing the moon :( I was left with a hazy 1megapixel sized crop *sigh*
I was very drunk last night. This morning, one of my friends said I was 'gibbering' about some video. Turns out, it was this one.. I'd caught sight of Jupiter through the window & it sent me off on one. It's OK, my friends already know I'm a geek.
Easy there C3PO, We'll get Michael Bay on the job and he'll make mincemeat of that thing. Oh, wait, he sucks. But Chuck Norris will have it taken out with one swift roundhouse!
Very, very impressive. Or, compared to my personal attempts at trying to see even the moon through my toy telescope, haha. Especially when taking into account that this is an "amateur" video. Would you see structures on the moon like in the conspiracy theories? :P
you never know TF...the odds of winning a lottery are next to zero, but someone eventually wins the jackpot. After millions(?) of people watching Jupiter for years...maybe you 'won the lottery'.
The clarity of your telescope footage (post processing) is absolutely amazing. I always though you can't see extra-terrestrial bodies like nebulas and other galaxies using ground based telescopes like yours.
I don't know very much about astronomy, but these astronomy videos are really cool, it's awesome seeing the rotation of jupiter.
The clarity of the processing is astonishing enough, even without the anomalous event on Io. The sophistication that amateur astronomy has progressed to in the past decade just blows my mind.
I just saw Jupiter through a telescope for the first time this past week. Awesome experience, now I just need the money for a scope of my own....
Great video!
Fascinating footage TF. Looked like an impact to me... You should send this off for analysis, you may have captured something really amazing.
Your trip has certainly been eventful, enjoy the rest of it. :)
Incredible stuff. Thanks for the considerable effort.
Thanks for showing some shot of your equipment. I know a few of us asked for it on you last Jupiter video. Now I can start researching whether or not this is an investment I'm fiscally capable of making.
Since about July 8th or 9th. So it's at two months this week.
And here we have another great video from thunderf00t. :)
Wouldn't that be a fantastic prize to take from your astronomy trip? They're fine shots anyways. Thanks for sharing them with us!
Hey Thunderf00t, a few minutes before posting this I'm watching this TV show "A travelers guide to the planets" on national geographic channel, about Jupiter. I didn't catch the exact date (no dvr), but in 2009 an amature astronomer in Australia captured an impact on Jupiter. Chances are small, but perhaps what you saw was a real impact on Jupiter, and what you saw was the same thing that astronomer saw.
I am so envious of you right now, tfoot.
it is quite interesting and inspiring that such software enables the average Joe to make cool stuff.
Great stuff, Tf00t. Hope you've captured something exciting.
Any chance you'll get to record another transit with your equipment any time soon to see if the anomaly recurs?
Great vid. It would be so awesome if it turns out you observed such an impact event.
You're going to let us know if/when you find out more info on that impact or optical effect or w/e it was I trust? Damn interesting stuff.
This is so awesome; especially if it turns out there WAS an impact.
Learned anything else regarding that, since?
Awesome! Well done.
The Crab Nebula is amazing. It would be great if you could get some close ups of it.
That's a fantastic effort on the Horsehead.
Well done TF, worth more than 5 stars in my opinion!
This probably counts in the Being Smart category, but I think it's also worth noting that thunderf00t seems quite frugal in many aspects. That goes a long way in being able to afford such a trip.
Nothing wrong with a bit of excited optimism once in a while...
If film was captured of a comet strike on Io, that would be awesome.
If it was captured by Thunderf00t, working from the back of his car, that would be awesome to the power of I don't know what!
Also, was that Orion rising over Devil's Tower? Cool.
Awesome work!
Great videos! 5* + fav!
It's conceivable that we're simply seeing Io eclipse its own shadow. My bet would be that the processing software uses a filter that increases what we call the acutance (or edge contrast) of the image. Photoshop users know this as "Unsharp Mask". Both the moon and its shadow will appear bigger and bolder as a result, but artificially so. Add to that the interpolation between frames and we might get an effect exactly like what we're seeing.
Yes Jupiter draws in a lot of material - but considering the size of Io and it's orbital path (things hitting Jupiter tend to head straight for Jupiter due to it's huge gravity - unless they have significantly great velocity) so catching a moon on the inside edge of Jupiter (The side facing us) being struck by such a large object (if indeed that is what this is) is pretty damn rare footage.
This is very impressive. Whatever university he's at I'm sending my kids to.
incredibly interesting.
The shadow of Io on Jupiter looks like the Bat Symbol as it transits.
Or is that just me.
Great vid again.
Could this be an artifact of the stacking software?
Any independent corroboration of an actual collision yet?
Wow, that would be really amazing if do have something there. Either way, those are some nice videos of heavenly bodies.
I'm no expert on these things but just looking at the video the first time, this was my impression.
great video!
amazing stuff!
How did you attach your HD camcorder onto the telescope? That's something I'd like to try. I think I might have the same camcorder as you.
That's quite a find.
Well Io is amazingly active moon, maybe it was a rather big eruption, and that would also be a pretty cool thing to witness.
Anyways I hope we hear more from you about this.
Apparently, Thunderf00t is back home now. He survived! I think dprjones probably just lost a lot of bets because of that. ;)
If his Jupiter footage turns out to really be significant, that'll be interesting. We might find out his true identity from the news.
Looks like a shadow of the passing object :)
Actually there was another transit. Almalthea was transiting at the exact same time. It was in the shadow of Io.
Thunderf00t's crater... has a ring to it.
That shadow DID look elongated, and none of the other features showed similar distortion...
Who knows (yet). :)
Oh, that's great!
Hey TF I was wondering if you have managed to get that bad boy on ISS. Will the motor slew fast enough to keep up?
Someone posted a photo of Jupiter and its moons on another site, there was also a strange anomaly on the photo. I thought it looked like a comet, but could it be a dust/vapor plume from this impact on the Io?
Have you been able to cross reference your imagery with imagery taken by somebody else at the same time?
thanks for info
Amazing footage :) Makes me want to get a telescope and do that myself
Wow!
how clear is the horse head through the telescope by just looking through it?
Did you ever find out what the anomaly was?
I would bet that it is a real meteor strike, and I say that because the velocities match up to what that would be. It may not be as uncommon as you think, as I am sure Jupiter draws in alot of material.
Impressive..
I think you may have found something here, it remains incredibly consistent in its location when you slightly changed the camera angle.
these events (comet hits Jupiter) used to be once-in-a-thousand-years events, back in the old times of SL-9 impact. Now they happen every 3 months.
.... and everything is just fine??
can we technically consider an impact on a satellite as "effectively" occurring on the large planet? Because it looks like we're in "comet/asteroid hits Jupiter" season.
What do you think?
Its not likely that he has had anyone look at it yet. He is out on his vacation, and I dont think he is back yet.
1) Being Smart.
2) Being Educated. (not the same thing)
3) Being lucky enough to find people willing to pay you lots of money for being smart and educated.
His ture identity is hard to narrow down. He is from the future and yet he is from the past and lives in the present. He does this simultaneously while he lives in the inner dimmension as well as the outer dimmension. All from a town in Ithaca but he doesn't live there in the physical sense.
On it's way to the Sun!
i'm not exactly sure what you're seeing. Isn't that "double transit" Io and its shadow cast onto Jupiter?
can't you call up some some observatory to see if they saw the impact in question?
I agree. I thought i was looking at and impact untill i realised it was Ios shadow i was thinking was Io, then when I looked harder i saw you can just make out Io moving infront of the shadow and when it reaches the 'impact point' as i were you can see how the shadow is eclipsed and can be mistaken for an impact.
Exactly what I was going to say.
sooo getting one of those things :D
We're doomed, DOOOMMMEEDDDD I TELL YA!!!
Would be awesome if it really was an inpact, but I kinda doubt it, I think that its just a optical effect of the telescope.
the moon in transit, is it Io?
It's a piece of Hellion 1957! :P
Wow
Mmm interesting of course to get these results checked they have to be cross referenced.
Yes it takes many attempts to get things just right. I tried photographing the moon :( I was left with a hazy 1megapixel sized crop *sigh*
If it did happen they sure as hell better name it after him!
I was very drunk last night. This morning, one of my friends said I was 'gibbering' about some video. Turns out, it was this one.. I'd caught sight of Jupiter through the window & it sent me off on one.
It's OK, my friends already know I'm a geek.
It does look like the object accelerates from Io.
I would also like to know this.
I know TF's true identity.
At 1:46/1:47 it looks like maybe something bounced off Jupiter's atmosphere rather than hitting Io...
(layman's interpretation)
YEP!!!
That would indeed be something if the impact on Io were real and not an optical effect.
Easy there C3PO, We'll get Michael Bay on the job and he'll make mincemeat of that thing.
Oh, wait, he sucks. But Chuck Norris will have it taken out with one swift roundhouse!
Very, very impressive. Or, compared to my personal attempts at trying to see even the moon through my toy telescope, haha. Especially when taking into account that this is an "amateur" video. Would you see structures on the moon like in the conspiracy theories? :P
epic
nearly invisable without collecting light for a while
There space programs on this moon.
is a serious warning from "someone"....after "you" just kiss the moon......(impact size of earth???)
I am siding with its an optical illusion.
the time continiuam is weird too hmm what if they could send a camera into a wormhole or a black whole infinity the end or paradise? its weird
more ratings than views here.. Numbers fixed?
you never know TF...the odds of winning a lottery are next to zero, but someone eventually wins the jackpot. After millions(?) of people watching Jupiter for years...maybe you 'won the lottery'.
You are close yet very cold
I think that was never and impact or an optical effect just some other space object flying through the sky
wow dude i think the WHOLE universe is a living cell, part of a living thing like a skin cell on a human...
Well, I don't know if we'll find out his actual true identity, but maybe the 'true' one he uses while visiting us on Earth.
Shhhhh.
use CCDstack instead. (fanboi remark) =P
4th
i just have to do it....
FIRST!!!:D:D:D:D
LUL I TROLL U XD
Last
First fail? You sure are.
Wow!