Jupiter 29 Sept 2011 0:49am

[The Thing]

LX90 8" UHTC with Moonfish 2x ED 2" barlow, 2" Baader Neodymium filter and SPC880/900 unmodded webcam. The filter makes a real difference to the contrast between the light and dark features.
Guided by QHY5 on Finderscope with PHD.
Captured with SharpCap.

This is the full size image 500/1000 frames, no processing except AviStack's automatic stuff and bit of tweaking the wavelets in AviStack.



This one was captured two minutes earlier...


SharpCap settings

[Philips SPC 900NC PC Camera]
Resolution=640x480
Frame Rate (fps)=10.00
Colour Space / Compression=YUY2
Exposure=-5
Brightness=64
Contrast=31
Saturation=9
Gamma=0
ColorEnable=255
BacklightCompensation=0
Gain=46

[Carole]

That's looking good Duncan, your best Jupiter yet.

Carole

[The Thing]

Thanks Carol.

:idea:Maybe we should have a Jupiter imaging competition Saturday night!

[mickw]

Nice one, that filter really makes a difference

[MarkS]

That's a very nice result Duncan - especially since the conditions were not that brilliant.

Mark

[Rocket Pooch]

Very very good for an 8" Duncan looks great, I bet when I get home it will be cloudy!

[The Thing]

Thanks Chris.

That's a very nice result Duncan - especially since the conditions were not that brilliant.

Mark

Try AivStack on your captures, I'm sure it will do a better job. Just use the defaults. It takes a while to process as it's very thorough. The wavelets seem to work better as well.

[PhilB]

Very nice, Duncan. Hoping to give Jupiter a try myself tonight, hope the weather holds

[RobertM]

That's a great result, even more so considering your location.  the Baader ND is supposed to be a great help on planets.  I'll wait till Jupiter's a bit higher before having a go with mine.

Robert