Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction
Jan 10, 2021 12:58:20 #
I know I am a little late to the party but it's been a busy few weeks.
This was shot with my Celestron C8 and my Canon 7D Mark ii.
I shot using the video mode with a 2X Barlow and converted it to AVI using PIPP.
I stacked 400 images out of 1200 frames using Autostakkert2.
I then ran it through Registax6 to enhance the sharpness with the wavelet adjustment.
Final processing was completed in Photoshop.
I doubt if I will ever be able to image both of these planets in one frame again.
Over all I am pretty happy with the results.
Stay safe...
Jim
This was shot with my Celestron C8 and my Canon 7D Mark ii.
I shot using the video mode with a 2X Barlow and converted it to AVI using PIPP.
I stacked 400 images out of 1200 frames using Autostakkert2.
I then ran it through Registax6 to enhance the sharpness with the wavelet adjustment.
Final processing was completed in Photoshop.
I doubt if I will ever be able to image both of these planets in one frame again.
Over all I am pretty happy with the results.
Stay safe...
Jim
Jan 10, 2021 13:38:24 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
Albuqshutterbug wrote:
I know I am a little late to the party but it's be... (show quote)
Nice work. I would recommend selectively brighten Saturn if possible. I found that taking multiple different exposures and then compositing the image works well when you have large difference in brightness. Here are some example links where I used this process.
The first link was to bring out Jupiter's moons
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-611819-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-611819-2.html <- On page 2 of this link I have a more detailed description.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-678596-1.html <-first shot at the conjunction (with description of the process)
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-679025-1.html <-better shot of the conjunction (detailed discussion lower on the page).
Jan 10, 2021 17:04:11 #
You're not late to the party, Jim.
You are early to the next one!
Nice!
You are early to the next one!
Nice!
Jan 10, 2021 17:33:46 #
SonnyE wrote:
You're not late to the party, Jim.
You are early to the next one!
Nice!
You are early to the next one!
Nice!
Thank you Sonny.
I hope you and your wife had a great Christmas and New Year.
Stay safe old friend.
Jan 10, 2021 17:36:39 #
Ballard wrote:
Nice work. I would recommend selectively brighten ... (show quote)
Thank you.
I was wanting to show how things looked through the eyepiece.
I have done many composite photos but wanted Jupiter to be the star.
Stay safe...
Jan 11, 2021 08:21:57 #
Nice image, especially considering it was done with an 8" scope. Well done and thanks for sharing!
Jon
Jon
Jan 11, 2021 17:35:41 #
Albuqshutterbug wrote:
Thank you Sonny.
I hope you and your wife had a great Christmas and New Year.
Stay safe old friend.
I hope you and your wife had a great Christmas and New Year.
Stay safe old friend.
Yep, as good as can be expected with this freak-out the media hypes up.
One daughter sez USC Hospital is ~60% capacity, and small amount is Covid 19. (Inside news)
We just take our precautions, and are promoting recall of our Governor.
I am having a great time with the new mount. Getting great images.
Hope you are getting some clear skies and the time to play at least a little bit.
Keep your mounts moving!
Jan 11, 2021 17:53:26 #
fjwallace wrote:
Nice image, especially considering it was done with an 8" scope. Well done and thanks for sharing!
Jon
Jon
Thank you for the compliment.
Stay safe.
Jan 11, 2021 17:58:43 #
SonnyE wrote:
Yep, as good as can be expected with this freak-ou... (show quote)
Starting to beat on Orion and working on issues with my 6” SCT.
It really is doing well visually but I am picking up nasty flares in the camera corners. I had this once before but don’t remember what I did to get rid of it.
In the meantime I picked up a very nice Lunt 102 doublet that I am hoping to try out tonight.
Fingers crossed that I have everything I need to get photons onto my sensors.
Stay safe.
Jim
Jan 11, 2021 22:47:20 #
Jim, great job on the conjunction...it’s a lot tougher than one would think.
Jan 11, 2021 23:24:24 #
Europa wrote:
Jim, great job on the conjunction...it’s a lot tougher than one would think.
Thank you very much.
I have a thing about merging photos and really don't like to do it very often.
I did think about it for this event but changed my mind.
Stay safe out there..
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