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- Thu Jan 25, 2024 1:46 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Jupiter Chronicles
- Replies: 0
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Jupiter Chronicles
Found this during a disk tidy, posted to encourage those starting out - persistence is the key. June2017-January2024.PNG Both were captured with a Celestron C8 SCT and ZWO ASI120MC USB2 camera. The 2017 image was captured with SharpCap 3, stacked with Autostakkert 2, tortured with Registax 6 and 'fi...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 2:25 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Jupiter: C8, 2X barlow, ASI120MC
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2556
Re: Jupiter: C8, 2X barlow, ASI120MC
On the night of the capture I had 5 videos captured in less than 3 minutes (5x22=110s). 110s satisfies the 3 minutes maximum capture for Jupiter recommended by imagers such as Damian Peach and Martin Lewis ( https://skyinspector.co.uk/ ). I used WinJUPOS to process and combine the 5 images. This is ...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Jupiter: C8, 2X barlow, ASI120MC
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2556
Re: Jupiter: C8, 2X barlow, ASI120MC
Bob
Thanks for the link.
Dave
Thanks for the link.
Dave
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:22 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Jupiter: C8, 2X barlow, ASI120MC
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2556
Re: Jupiter: C8, 2X barlow, ASI120MC
Thanks Bob. A decent result for 22s of capture. The Planetary LiveStack is on my to do list. I was thinking I can use the data for the above image and carry out some testing on the bench. I was hoping there might be some Gallery posts appearing which give details of capture/processing setting. Dave
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 1:42 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Aristoteles & Eudoxus 2-panel mosaic
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1773
Aristoteles & Eudoxus 2-panel mosaic
A 2-panel mosaic, captured 18th Jan 2024 around 17:23, of a 50% waxing moon. Equipment: Celestron AVX mount, Celestron C8 SCT, Celestron 2X Barlow, Altair 183M camera, IR685 filter, JMI motorised focuser. Software: SharpCap 4.1 64-bit, Autostakkert 3, Microsoft Image Composite Editor, WaveSharp beta...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:57 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Jupiter: C8, 2X barlow, ASI120MC
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2556
Jupiter: C8, 2X barlow, ASI120MC
Captured 18th Jan 2024, very close (1°) to a 50% waxing moon. Equipment: Celestron AVX mount, Celestron C8 SCT, Celestron 2X Barlow, ZWO ASI120MC USB2 camera, no filters, JMI motorised focuser. Software: SharpCap 4.1 64-bit, Autostakkert 3, Registax 6.1. Capture details: 2000 frames @ 90fps (22s tot...
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 4:09 pm
- Forum: Feature Suggestions
- Topic: PIERSIDE in FITS headers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2207
Re: PIERSIDE in FITS headers
Robin
I have seen
in data captured by RoboScopes kit located in Spain. No info on the southern hemisphere notation.
Dave
I have seen
in data captured by RoboScopes kit located in Spain. No info on the southern hemisphere notation.
Dave
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 11:52 am
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: M78 Casper the friendly ghost
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5617
Re: M78 Casper the friendly ghost
Nick
Nice job capturing/extracting the faint stuff.
Dave
Nice job capturing/extracting the faint stuff.
Dave
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:45 am
- Forum: Solar and Lunar Imaging
- Topic: Tips needed for imaging the 2024 solar eclipse
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14778
Re: Tips needed for imaging the 2024 solar eclipse
John I found this https://www.amazingsky.com/EclipseBook . Might be worth an $11 investment given how often these events come along. I found this via the astrobackyard website https://astrobackyard.com/how-to-photograph-a-solar-eclipse/#:~:text=As%20a%20review%2C%20a%20solar,a%20particular%20point%2...
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 12:46 pm
- Forum: Solar and Lunar Imaging
- Topic: Tips needed for imaging the 2024 solar eclipse
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14778
Re: Tips needed for imaging the 2024 solar eclipse
John
A search on Astrobin for 'solar eclipse' gives many pages of images. Searching through these will give you some ideas for capture. Look for the ones that are 'Image of The Day', 'Top Picks' or have many 'Likes'.
https://www.astrobin.com/search/?q=solar+eclipse
Dave
A search on Astrobin for 'solar eclipse' gives many pages of images. Searching through these will give you some ideas for capture. Look for the ones that are 'Image of The Day', 'Top Picks' or have many 'Likes'.
https://www.astrobin.com/search/?q=solar+eclipse
Dave