You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Solar System Imaging & Processing Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Lunatiki Pooh-Bah Reged: 08/07/05 Posts: 1148 Loc: Amarillo, TX Jupiter 09-22-07 (DBK 2nd light, better seeing)       #1857810 - 09/22/07 12:44 AM Attachment (90 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi guys. Based on the laptop screen image during capture and visual observation though the eyepiece I still have to call the seeing conditions poor - average. I'm happy with the result based on that. I knew seeing was better than the first session, so the result would be better, but I didn't expect quite this much improvement. I'm going to use this thread to post the results of different settings with my new camera and processing methods. All images were taken 09-22-07 0115 -0130 UT, 8in SCT 2x barlow This was shot at 30fps in UYVY. K3ccd to sort/stack files (ended up with 552 frames stacked) and create 3 FIT files stacked in Registax. Very light processing done in wavelets 1 and 2 with filter on Gaussian and scheme Dyadic. Brought blue down two, green one and didn't touch red. Adjust the contrast in PSP 8. Gamma, Brightness and Hue left untouched. Like I said, very little over all processing. Image is at 100% scale -------------------- Mars Watch All images taken with: Celestron NexStar 8i SCT DBK 21AF04.AS K3ccd/Registax4/PSP8 ALPO Member #4287 Post Extras:       Lunatiki Pooh-Bah Reged: 08/07/05 Posts: 1148 Loc: Amarillo, TX Re: Jupiter 09-22-07 (DBK 2nd light, better seeing) [Re: Lunatiki]       #1857813 - 09/22/07 12:46 AM Attachment (48 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Same sequence, same processing, but 1104 frames stacked, which is a number I have never been able to stack before with Jupiter. Opinions compared to the first? I think I prefer the smaller stack. You can see theh most difference in the dark cloud belt at top. Anyone feel free to play with my images. -------------------- Mars Watch All images taken with: Celestron NexStar 8i SCT DBK 21AF04.AS K3ccd/Registax4/PSP8 ALPO Member #4287 Post Extras:       Mike Phillips professor emeritus Reged: 02/21/06 Posts: 612 Loc: Swift Creek, NC - 35.682 N, 78... Re: Jupiter 09-22-07 (DBK 2nd light, better seeing [Re: Lunatiki]       #1857845 - 09/22/07 01:14 AM Attachment (50 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Joel, Looking great! I was tempted to adjust your color balance, but I only made it too blue, so I left it alone. It's always hard to play around with 8bit JPG, but I had a crack with only some Lucy-Richardson Deconvolution in AstraImage. Here's my settings on the biggerstack: Curve 1.9, Iterations 3 Mike -------------------- Varied Astro Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/maphilli14 Planetary Processing Routine http://maphilli14.blogspot.com/2008/02/partial-planetary-processing-routine-v5.html Post Extras:       Lunatiki Pooh-Bah Reged: 08/07/05 Posts: 1148 Loc: Amarillo, TX Re: Jupiter 09-22-07 (DBK 2nd light, better seeing) [Re: Lunatiki]       #1857851 - 09/22/07 01:16 AM Attachment (60 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This is from a second sequence, 5 minutes later, but at 15fps. 1000 frames stacked, same processing. I'm not seeing too much of a difference at this point between the 15/30 fps. But I've been staring at these for awhile now. Any opinions on the best result so far? -------------------- Mars Watch All images taken with: Celestron NexStar 8i SCT DBK 21AF04.AS K3ccd/Registax4/PSP8 ALPO Member #4287 Post Extras:       Lunatiki Pooh-Bah Reged: 08/07/05 Posts: 1148 Loc: Amarillo, TX Re: Jupiter 09-22-07 (DBK 2nd light, better seeing) [Re: Lunatiki]       #1857858 - 09/22/07 01:18 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Mike, that certainly brought out more detail in the polar regions I didn't know was there. -------------------- Mars Watch All images taken with: Celestron NexStar 8i SCT DBK 21AF04.AS K3ccd/Registax4/PSP8 ALPO Member #4287 Post Extras:       Lunatiki Pooh-Bah Reged: 08/07/05 Posts: 1148 Loc: Amarillo, TX Re: Jupiter 09-22-07 (DBK 2nd light, better seeing) [Re: Lunatiki]       #1857897 - 09/22/07 01:56 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This is the final version of the 0115 sequence. A bit more processing and adjusting. I'm currently doing one more sequence, but it looks like the 30fps 552 frame stack is the one I'd prefer. Still hard to tell though because I did hit some real bad patches of air more in some sequences than others. The lower stack number producing the better quality would make sense based on seeing. Opinions and suggestions on ways of improving always appreciated. -------------------- Mars Watch All images taken with: Celestron NexStar 8i SCT DBK 21AF04.AS K3ccd/Registax4/PSP8 ALPO Member #4287 Post Extras:       novbabies Postmaster Reged: 06/05/05 Posts: 15678 Loc: Northern Georgia! Re: Jupiter 09-22-07 (DBK 2nd light, better seeing) [Re: Lunatiki]       #1858008 - 09/22/07 05:43 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Joel (Lunatiki?) those are very nice captures!!! -------------------- Good Seeing! Mark Orion 12" XTi f/4.9 VERY old Edmund 6" f/8 reflector Assorted binoculars Post Extras:       Lunatiki Pooh-Bah Reged: 08/07/05 Posts: 1148 Loc: Amarillo, TX Re: Jupiter 09-22-07 (DBK 2nd light, better seeing) [Re: novbabies]       #1858192 - 09/22/07 10:19 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Mark, I answer to both, but prefer Joel. I'm doing a quick processing of a Mars avi right now (I shot a total of 12 gig from 2:30 am - 4:00 am. I'm really hoping I have a result with Mars worth posting for once so far this apparition. Hopefully the DBK will keep on surprising me. -------------------- Mars Watch All images taken with: Celestron NexStar 8i SCT DBK 21AF04.AS K3ccd/Registax4/PSP8 ALPO Member #4287 Post Extras:       gazerjim Postmaster Reged: 02/12/04 Posts: 7539 Loc: San Angelo, TX Re: Jupiter 09-22-07 (DBK 2nd light, better seeing [Re: Lunatiki]       #1859463 - 09/23/07 01:33 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Joel, you are catching some good detail there! Jupiter is not an easy target at these latitudes. -------------------- Jim Fisher If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Henry J. Tillman Edited by gazerjim (09/23/07 01:33 AM) Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 1 registered and 6 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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