Popular Post catman161 Posted April 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2015 OTA: Planeta 10 inch Cassegrain Mount: AZEQ6 Camera: ASI120MC SO after much faffing and cable tidying and getting EQMOD and CdC running and attempts at getting collimation better I mounted the scope last night as it was clear and managed a few runs on jupiter at native F18 and came up with the two below pictures. It was great to be back out again and under the stars, the icing on the cake was that the GRS was on show. These are the best 80% of 2500 frames. Preprocessed in PIPP, then stacked in AS!2 and the waveltes done in registax and then post processing in PSCS2. They are not the best images but I am still getting used to the scope and plus I am awaiting a new extra counterweight from FLO to get the balance spot on but I was quite pleased with the detail I was able to capture in a relatively short period of time. I have also experimented with each image slightly different processing with regards to colour balance etc. Let me know which you prefer and as always constructive criticism is always welcomed. I hope to get to grips with the setup the more I use it but for a second attempt I am looking forward to what I will be able to get the more I get used to it and settled in the routine. jupiter 2015-04-06T21_30_54_pipp_g2_b3_PSP by Gattouomo161, on Flickr jupiter 2015-04-06T21_27_27_pipp_g2_b3_ap25 PSP by Gattouomo161, on Flickr +Ibbo, xanthic, +Graham and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Not the best!! They look pretty fine to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 how do you do it ? my jupiter, saturn and alot of my dso`s are rubbish, glad to see your back on form, i`ve always liked seeing your efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 those are just fantastic :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyaardvark Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Just clicked on "Like This" and apparently I have reached my quota of positive votes for the day! These are really nice Felix and needless to say I like them very much! Great to see you back imaging. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Thanks for the compliments guys I guess I'm my own worst critic (like we all are!) I was fairly pleased with what I saw when processing considering I am currently focusing by hand. I have order a JMI Motofocus but it won't arrive for a couple of weeks. I quite like the fact I don't need a powermate in the image train to get a larger scale with the scope being F18 however I am thinking of trying that but I think taking it to F36 may be a squeeze with the pixel size of the ASI120MC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Yep thats working:-) Nice one Felix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 They are brilliant Felix. So much detail and colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Thanks Phil/Pete. I think I can get better with the right conditions and once I have this collimation malarkey. I had the scope off the mount yesterday trying to sort it and got it somewhere near but certainly not perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Felix is back, and in some style! nice to see you're back in the saddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Thanks Mike [emoji106] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Very nicely done looking forward to your Saturn images already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Cheers Steve, I am not sure I will be able to see saturn from my location with it being so low but I will definitely try for it if possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanthic Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Nice work Felix, good to see your work again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Cheers Leigh I feel like a novice again. The new scope is a beast that I need I somehow tame and once I have managed that and got the Motofocus installed i hope to get some good quality raw data. It's great to be back out there trying again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 They are great images! 10 times better than my efforts so far! I would be well pleased with a result like yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Thanks [emoji106] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Yeah they are OK............ Who am I kidding, fantastic job Felix! catman161 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Maybe he cheated - I've seen plenty of images just like that on the Hubble website! tuckstar and catman161 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Awesome stuff Felix. catman161 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 You have got to be chuffed with those Felix, I mean you have only just bagged your first images from the new scope, and you are turning out those! They look quality, and for me the top image doesn't seem as washed out. catman161 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werisit Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Lovely images Felix. And you're expecting to improve on them!!! Probably number 2 is more like what you see through a scope but I think the whole point of imaging is that you can pull out more detail than is possible visually. I was out earlier on Monday and caught the Io shadow transit too. I use Cartes Du Ciel to plan my GRS observations. catman161 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Yeah they are OK............ Who am I kidding, fantastic job Felix! Ha ha Thanks Daz Maybe he cheated - I've seen plenty of images just like that on the Hubble website! I can assure you no copyright infringement here Awesome stuff Felix. Cheers Graham You have got to be chuffed with those Felix, I mean you have only just bagged your first images from the new scope, and you are turning out those! They look quality, and for me the top image doesn't seem as washed out. Thanks Martyn, I prefer the top one as well but just wasn't sure whether I had gone too far with the red so posted a less red one as well, they are two different images just 3 mins apart but thought I would try with altering the colour balance in ps to see which looked more natural. I say I prefer top image but i think maybe the bottom one looks a little more natural. Lovely images Felix. And you're expecting to improve on them!!! Probably number 2 is more like what you see through a scope but I think the whole point of imaging is that you can pull out more detail than is possible visually. I was out earlier on Monday and caught the Io shadow transit too. I use Cartes Du Ciel to plan my GRS observations. Thanks I think the more washed out version looks more like what I see through the eyepiece but the top image shows more detail with a little more contrast and more on the red slider in colour balance in ps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Yeah they are OK............ Who am I kidding, fantastic job Felix! Ha ha Thanks Daz Maybe he cheated - I've seen plenty of images just like that on the Hubble website! I can assure you no copyright infringement here Awesome stuff Felix. Cheers Graham You have got to be chuffed with those Felix, I mean you have only just bagged your first images from the new scope, and you are turning out those! They look quality, and for me the top image doesn't seem as washed out. Thanks Martyn, I prefer the top one as well but just wasn't sure whether I had gone too far with the red so posted a less red one as well, they are two different images just 3 mins apart but thought I would try with altering the colour balance in ps to see which looked more natural. I say I prefer top image but i think maybe the bottom one looks a little more natural. Lovely images Felix. And you're expecting to improve on them!!! Probably number 2 is more like what you see through a scope but I think the whole point of imaging is that you can pull out more detail than is possible visually. I was out earlier on Monday and caught the Io shadow transit too. I use Cartes Du Ciel to plan my GRS observations. Thanks I think the more washed out version looks more like what I see through the eyepiece but the top image shows more detail with a little more contrast and more on the red slider in colour balance in ps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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