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G'day All, Greetings from the Riverland of South Oz! New to astrophotography, & new to the forum! Been having great fun imaging Saturn & Jupiter, & while I am very happy with my results so far, I wonder how much better should I be able to get them. I am using a small 5 inch SC scope, & a SV 105 camera. My histograms dont seem to do what they are supposed to do, despite tutorials from here & elsewhere. Perhaps this is it with a small scope & a cheap camera. Still really happy anyway, & will probably (probably?) upgrade down the track..... Anyway, here are some pics so far. (Hope they work...)

Hmmm.....didnt work.....

Got it.

Hi,

welcome to the forums! Those are nice images for a first try with basic equipment.

Your larger saturn image looks like it might take a little more sharpening (and perhaps a spot of colour balance adjustment). The Jupiter image looks a little noisy - perhaps capturing and stacking more frames might help there?

Sometimes the amount of black around the planet can dominate the histogram to make it hard to see the rest - try checking the 'logarithmic' box in the histogram area to swap the vertical scale to logarithmic (which can help). Alternatively use the selection area tool to select a box around the planet - then the histogram only measures that box, so will exclude most of the black background.

cheers,

Robin

Thankyou Robin, your suggestions make sense, I'll give them a go! Must be human nature - I freaked out when, just 6 months ago, a mate showed me Saturns rings for the first time from my backyard, now I've had a camera for a few weeks, & I'm wondering if the pics I'm taking could be better..... all good though, love it! Cheers!