catman161 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I was watching the seeing forecast especially since the back end of last week as I saw (on Wunderground weather site) that conditions were looking favourable for Tuesday for a bit of planetary imaging and I wanted another go at Mars. So I set up and in rolled a high layer of fog right where Mars would be once it cleared the trees at the end of my garden so I set to having a go at jupiter but it was wobbling all over the place so am not holding out hope for when I process that! The fog became a little thinner but still clearly visible to naked eye but I thought I am not packing up without having a go and I am so glad I did! Once I got Mars on the chip it looked the most stable I have seen it yet! The seeing came in fits and starts and from 22:30-23:45 I managed 6 runs at Mars and of those 6, there are 4 of the best images I have managed of Mars yet to be seen below. All capture/process details are with the pictures below. Advice/comments always welcomed as usual Mars Taken with an ASI120MC with the below settings through a Televue 4x Powermate and 200P on a belt driven NEQ6 Pro. Captured in Sharpcap 2 and processed in PIPP (as polar alignment was a little off and causing a little drift) then stacked in AS!2 and curves, levels and unsharp mask in Photoshop CS2. Best 75% of 5000 frames stacked.Camera Settings:[ASI120MC Camera (ZWO Design)]Frame Divisor=1Resolution=320x240Frame Rate (fps)=MaximumColour Space=RGB24Pan=0Tilt=0Exposure (s)=0.01561Brightness=5Gamma=50WhiteBalance=5000Gain=41 Mars 15_04_2014 23_04_21 PSP Rot by Gattouomo161, on Flickr Mars Taken with an ASI120MC with the below settings through a Televue 4x Powermate and 200P on a belt driven NEQ6 Pro. Captured in Sharpcap 2 and processed in PIPP (as polar alignment was a little off and causing a little drift) then stacked in AS!2 and curves, levels and unsharp mask in Photoshop CS2. Best 75% of 10,000 frames stacked with 1.5 DrizzleCamera Settings:[ASI120MC Camera (ZWO Design)]Frame Divisor=1Resolution=320x240Frame Rate (fps)=MaximumColour Space=RGB24Pan=0Tilt=0Exposure (s)=0.01561Brightness=5Gamma=50WhiteBalance=5000Gain=41 Mars Drizzle 15_04_2014 23_17_10 PSP Sorted by Gattouomo161, on Flickr Mars Taken with an ASI120MC with the below settings through a Televue 4x Powermate and 200P on a belt driven NEQ6 Pro. Captured in Sharpcap 2 and processed in PIPP (as polar alignment was a little off and causing a little drift) then stacked in AS!2 and curves, levels and unsharp mask in Photoshop CS2. Best 75% of 10,000 frames stacked with 1.5 DrizzleCamera Settings:[ASI120MC Camera (ZWO Design)]Frame Divisor=1Resolution=320x240Frame Rate (fps)=MaximumColour Space=RGB24Pan=0Tilt=0Exposure (s)=0.01561Brightness=5Gamma=50WhiteBalance=5000Gain=44 Mars Drizzle 15_04_2014 23_24_49 PSP by Gattouomo161, on Flickr Mars Taken with an ASI120MC with the below settings through a Televue 4x Powermate and 200P on a belt driven NEQ6 Pro. Captured in Sharpcap 2 and processed in PIPP (as polar alignment was a little off and causing a little drift) then stacked in AS!2 and curves, levels and unsharp mask in Photoshop CS2. Best 75% of 5,000 frames stacked.Camera Settings:[ASI120MC Camera (ZWO Design)]Frame Divisor=1Resolution=320x240Frame Rate (fps)=MaximumColour Space=RGB24Pan=0Tilt=0Exposure (s)=0.01561Brightness=5Gamma=50WhiteBalance=5000Gain=44 Mars 15_04_2014 23_33_01 PSP by Gattouomo161, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanthic Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Great results Waiting it out paid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Some of the best Mars pics yet this season, well done Felix. Very detailed and well processed by the looks of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 the first and the last ones are certainly some of the best i`ve seen this year, you make me sick L.O.L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Great results Waiting it out paid off. Definitely! Thanks to you and James for keeping me company via the texts whilst I waited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Some of the best Mars pics yet this season, well done Felix. Very detailed and well processed by the looks of it. Thanks, very kind of you to say but it was the conditions that were in my favour. I did spend a while in CS2 with them, more than usual to see what I could eek out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 the first and the last ones are certainly some of the best i`ve seen this year, you make me sick L.O.L. Ha ha! Thanks Rob! As I said it's all about the conditions and luckily this time they were good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Am I right in assuming this is OSC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Am I right in assuming this is OSC? Indeed you are Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I need to get one of them there cameras ordered I think, very good indeed Felix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyaardvark Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Super work that Felix. Really very nice and loads of detail. Have you've watched/read the sky at night this month? All the features you've captured get a mention. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Wow. Nothing more to add... Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 I need to get one of them there cameras ordered I think, very good indeed Felix I would highly recommend them-easy to use, affordable and when conditions allow, they really deliver Thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Make excellent guide cameras also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Where is best to buy them from now? I it still Teleskop Service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Yep thats what I saw last night only youve got alot more detail there mate :-) Super tidy image Felix, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 great stuff Felix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Where is best to buy them from now? I it still Teleskop Service? I got mine direct from ZWO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Yep thats what I saw last night only youve got alot more detail there mate :-) Super tidy image Felix, well done Cheers Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 great stuff Felix Thanks Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Actually your image has confirmed something I was not too sure of so didnt allude to it in my sketch, there was thin cloud around the tip of Syrtis Major. The blue filter hinted at it occassionally but it was not pronounced like that on the eastern limb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbz2 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 They're superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Where is best to buy them from now? I it still Teleskop Service? got mine direct from wesite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 They're superb Thanks Tibbz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T A WOW Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Totes amaze Felix. I got my first ever view of mars last night. I was pretty sure I could see two white areas on it, and your amaze balls pics confirmed it. Totes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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