tbird Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 A bit of a battle last night with technical problems and passing cloud but managed this of Jupiter and Callisto with the Great Red Spot just appearing. Usual kit, Celestron c9.25 on Skywatcher Neq6, QHY IMG0H camera with Televue x2 barlow and extension. Had to use EZplanetary to capture (2000 frames) as firecapture not working since downloading v2.2. Processed in Pipp / Autostakkert and wavelets in Registax 6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/100738975@N07/11906022545/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest foundaplanet Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Bloomin great image there Paul.. I do prefer to see it on the page though... conv_0-54-39-382_pipp_g2_b3_ap4 by ptbird66, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted January 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Thanks Col, I seem to be having trouble posting images lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 I would say that is one of your best Jupiters to date Paul. Nice capture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted January 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Thanks Mark, I put a load on FB with various processing on them. Looking at that now, I should have cropped the edges. I was pleased to get some reasonable images because at some points the seeing was really good but I was struggling with technical difficulties. We never did try your camera on the c9.25 thursday night, need to give it a go at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eddy Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Nice Paul, bags of detail in that, i'm curious what people mean when they say with an extension, Is that just so you can focus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted January 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Nice Paul, bags of detail in that, i'm curious what people mean when they say with an extension, Is that just so you can focus? Thanks Eddy, the extension goes between the barlow and camera and increases magnification. http://www.televue.com/engine/TV3b_page.asp?id=52&Tab=_photo#.UtMCyPRdU7U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest foundaplanet Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Eddy, adding an extension means to place a barlow lens with the lens element removed on the camera side of the optical train. So if you are already using a barlow lens you would place it after that thus increasing image size. I have a skywatcher barlow with the lens element removed.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eddy Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Hmm interesting, I've got a normal TV 2x barlow, what would I need to achieve this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted January 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 If conditions permit, I just put a barlow body ( ie lens removed ) between my Televue x2 and the camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 That's easily your best yet-absolutely cracking detail-wise, love it. Processing is sympathetic too-very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Hmm interesting, I've got a normal TV 2x barlow, what would I need to achieve this? All you need Eddy is a metal tube hence why people use the option of buying a cheap Barlow and removing the glass. I have a couple of extensions that I sometimes use, one is 2 inches the other 1.5 inches. I stacked both last night on top of the 2x powermate. I'll upload the images later or tomorrow. Still got a load of footage to go through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Good stuff Andy keep em coming I managed one run and is was no good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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