Jupiter
Jul 17, 2018 17:24:13 #
I tried Jupiter and Mars this last weekend. Even tho the weatherman says how clear it was gong to be, everything gin the sky was twinkling and the planets were bouncing all over. I know its not as bad as you east coasters have it, but was disappointed that Mars was a complete bust.
This is my Jupiter, going to try it again this weekend.
This is my Jupiter, going to try it again this weekend.
Jul 17, 2018 19:40:37 #
Jul 17, 2018 20:48:26 #
Brian , that's awesome ! your processing skills are shining and Saturn is really good , just because the stars are twinkling isn't all bad . That's just our crappy atmosphere getting in the way because the planets are riding lower in the sky , I've got to cut though the soup and take many 1000's of frames to get a couple decent frames to stack .
Jul 17, 2018 21:12:25 #
Jul 18, 2018 11:03:33 #
Jul 18, 2018 11:20:22 #
I used a QHY5III224C for video on an old Meade etx125, with a 2.5 Televue Powermate. Captured 85k frames and used 70% of that as my stack. Stacked in Autostakkert2, wavelets in Registax, a little clean up in Photoshop. I had 4 videos of 85k frames, was trying to stack the 4, but was having some problems.
According to the quality graph, I should have only used ~ 2% of the frames, but using the higher percent seemed better.
According to the quality graph, I should have only used ~ 2% of the frames, but using the higher percent seemed better.
Jul 18, 2018 11:21:04 #
Jul 18, 2018 13:50:24 #
Europa wrote:
I tried Jupiter and Mars this last weekend. Even tho the weatherman says how clear it was gong to be, everything gin the sky was twinkling and the planets were bouncing all over. I know its not as bad as you east coasters have it, but was disappointed that Mars was a complete bust.
This is my Jupiter, going to try it again this weekend.
This is my Jupiter, going to try it again this weekend.
I can only dream of a Saturn this nice! My last good one was in May 2010!!
bwa
Jul 18, 2018 14:35:15 #
bwana wrote:
I can only dream of a Saturn this nice! My last good one was in May 2010!!
bwa
bwa
Thanks Brian, I tried stacking several of the AVIs. got this...
Jul 20, 2018 01:08:30 #
One of the prettyist Saturn's I've seen.
I haven't even seen my equipment for over 40 days now.
No need to unpack it in Washington.
Dark was after 10PM, Light came on at 4:30-5:00AM, and couldn't see the sky for all the trees.
I just unpacked the equipment. Couldn't find my telescope.
The remembered it was in a more forward compartment of the basement.
Tomorrow is another day, and maybe I can get it set up before the concrete melts for the day...
I haven't even seen my equipment for over 40 days now.
No need to unpack it in Washington.
Dark was after 10PM, Light came on at 4:30-5:00AM, and couldn't see the sky for all the trees.
I just unpacked the equipment. Couldn't find my telescope.The remembered it was in a more forward compartment of the basement.
Tomorrow is another day, and maybe I can get it set up before the concrete melts for the day...
Jul 20, 2018 17:25:23 #
Saturn has been very cooperative this season for all of us it seems.
Except Sonny, and it wasn't even his fault this time.
Nicely done and the second shot is really nice.
Jim
Except Sonny, and it wasn't even his fault this time.
Nicely done and the second shot is really nice.
Jim
Jul 20, 2018 18:16:56 #
Albuqshutterbug wrote:
Saturn has been very cooperative this season for all of us it seems.
Except Sonny, and it wasn't even his fault this time.
Nicely done and the second shot is really nice.
Jim
Except Sonny, and it wasn't even his fault this time.
Nicely done and the second shot is really nice.
Jim
Heh, heh, heh....
I'm all set up and ready to see how far off I am now.
Back in the saddle again.
Jul 20, 2018 21:09:02 #
Cool, the weekend looks like a tough one, at least near me with all the humidity and marine layer.
Aug 10, 2018 11:36:32 #
That is a splendid Saturn Brian , how do you stack your avi's Brian ?
Aug 10, 2018 11:52:22 #
stepping beyond wrote:
That is a splendid Saturn Brian , how do you stack your avi's Brian ?
Thanks, I stacked the individual avi’s with autostakkert2, then stacked the stacked images from autostakkert with Registax, if I recall, I had 4 avi’s.
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