oldfruit Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 No GRS or moon or shadow transits. Just a few cloud belts. The seeing has been better than last night and i think this shows as there is more subtle detail captured in this set of images. Helios 8 inch newt, spc900 with sharpcap, approx 1000 frames from 1800 and stacked in registax 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T A WOW Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Do you live on the top of a mountain or something?!?!?! I've not seen anything but cloud for weeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Really good detail. Is that with x5 barlow ? No imaging for me tonight just visual. GRS was lovely and clear at 214x mag in the 12". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 Paul i am currently using a Televue 3x barlow, i would love a 5x image mate but will wait for one to come along at the right price. Have to agree though that Jupiter does look pretty spectacular through that light bucket of yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I knew you had the Televue but couldn't remember if it was x3 or x5. A friend of mine has just started imaging Jupiter with a SW200p on HEQ5 and using my spc900 but only has the SW x2 barlow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 (edited) He should get some decent images with that set up but the image will be quite small and of course it will all depend on the quality of the barlow, collimation, seeing etc etc. You may already be aware of this but you can effectively increase the power of a barlow by using an extension on it or even an old barlow with the lens part taken off. If you slot this into the end of the barlow you are using for imaging it increases the length from the imaging barlow lens to the camera, in effect increasing the focal length, (if i have got this correct?) I use an empty barlow tube as an extension on my 3x barlow and it does increase the image size from what i get using the 3x barlow alone if that makes sense. Edited January 4, 2013 by oldfruit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Definitely looks sharper-lovely images. Great stuff, thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Thanks Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyboy1970 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 More nice images mate. I didn't get a chance last night before the cloud rolled in. You've got a large barge starting to break up in the SEB at the top right of the image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Meteoriot Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Nice pictures! I am just waiting for the right moment to have a go myself. I havent used the camera before or sharpcap but looking forward to it. Any tips please or settings advice? Thanks. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic dave Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 You really got this off to a tee now Mark, these are good enough to put in books, great stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Very nice, the second ones my fave, it is really sharp. Great work Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 very nice images, i allways struggle alittle with the focusing, but you seem to have it bang on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fluke Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Nice images Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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