LX90 8" UHTC, HEQ5, Moonfish 2x ED Barlow, SPC880 flashed to 900 webcam. Guided on a star with PHD (not a moon).
480/600 frames @5fps using SharpCap processed in Registax 6 using default settings and a fair bit of wavlets. No darks or flats.
A clear night at last! Juputer was 25 degrees high when I captured the avi. Hoping to do a lot more in a month or so when Jupiter is up all night. I was very pleased to get the moons in the shot.
This is full size.
(http://www.ancientlight.amateur-astronomy.org//images/Jupiter25d%202011_08_15%2001_37_24.png)
Sharpcap settings (it creates a txt file for each capture):
[Philips SPC 900NC PC Camera]
Resolution=640x480
Frame Rate (fps)=5.00
Colour Space / Compression=YUY2
Exposure=-7
Brightness=64
Contrast=32
Saturation=1
Gamma=0
ColorEnable=255
BacklightCompensation=0
Gain=57
Wow! Very nice indeed!
It's a great scale and the processing gives a very natural looking result. You must be really pleased with that image.
How was the seeing (atmospheric turbulence) - I guess it must have been pretty good to produce a detailed result like that.
Mark
Thanks Mark,
I am very pleased with the scale, getting two moons in is amazing.
This is the first webcam image I've done for ages. I got an SCT to 2" adaptor to take the ED barlow so the light didn't have to negotiate a diagonal as in all my previous attempts. I also made sure collimation was spot on and focused with a bahtinov mask on a nearby star. I started imaging when Jupiter was only +10degrees altitude to get some practice.
Seeing was not great, the planet was a bit like a blancmange on a bouncy castle with a herd of kids playing on it! I think Registax 6 has done an incredible job of pulling the pixels together. Guiding helped a lot and I was surprised to be able to see a couple of stars on the webcam. The scale of the guiding image was too small to use a moon - I tried.
Next trick is to find a better spot in the garden where I can polar align and see Jupiter when it's above the trees at the back of garden. Just south of your pond would fit the bill!
Nice image Dunc. It's good to see people having a go at planetary images again.
Thanks Mike. Jupiter is going to be big this year. :D I hope others give it a go.
Nice one Duncan
Very Nice.
Love the colours.
Mac.
Very nice Duncan. Nice to see the SEB back again. Where did you find clear skies last night, I looked out several times and it just seemed to be cloudy?
Carole
Thanks Carole.
It was completely clear in Beckenham from about 11:45 to 01:30 when some cloud started to appear.
Well done Duncan, and it's nice when you process something, and you get that little extra (Moons), which makes it even more worthwhile. ;)
Tony G
Very nice. Jupiter's set to become an excellent target this time around.
Really very good Duncan, I missed seeing this. I see you used the SPC, I have one but have not used it yet.