
Jupiter September 4, 2009
#1
Posted 04 September 2009 - 08:55 PM
Scope: Meade LX-90 LNT 8". Meade LPI; settings: Gain 100, offset 50;.0226 for shutter length; Auto Contrast 21, Shadow enhance 80. Processing done in Registax. Hope you enjoy!
#2
Posted 05 September 2009 - 11:46 AM
I think I had a good focus, but I am a little "iffy" on Registax. If someone would like to take this task on, you can email me direct at tberthaume@yahoo.com. Please put something like, "Jupiter Pic" on the title line, so I don't delete it. Thanks.
#3
Posted 05 September 2009 - 01:47 PM
Yesterday, Io and Europa were very close and I could resolve them visually but photographically, they appeared as a single bright moon:
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#4
Posted 08 September 2009 - 06:45 AM
#5
Posted 12 November 2009 - 06:24 AM
I agree with notes, if you are using an LPI camera, let it do the stacking for you. I usually take about 250 images and set the tolerance to keep only teh best 20% of teh images. That way 80% of the blurred ones get tossed and don't degrade my image. I alos take frames that on the screen look underexposed or darker than your final image. I have the sharpening filter set to hard. Then when you process them, I use .tif files in photoshop, you can increase the contrast with curves slightly, and use color balance to bring out the contrast between bands. seems to help. see attached taken with my LX90 8" and a telextender.
By taking so many images, aren't you getting "smear" from Jupiter's rapidly spinning clouds, etc.? [especially if you set envisage to throw away the bad frames and the seeing is "iffy] What exactly is a telextender?? And should I get one? I Have a 2x barlow lens, is that the same? Your pic looked 10x better than anything I ever got.
#6
Posted 12 November 2009 - 08:38 AM
Google Televue Powermate.
Meade LS-8 ACF
Celestron SkyScout
#7
Posted 12 November 2009 - 10:51 AM
My LPI is one of the original ones and is "old technology" in a sense against the newer offerings from Orion for their two solar system imagers that claim to have very fast exposure capabilities, and small pixels for hgih resolution. I've not tried them yet, but have seen some good images of planets.
I've wanted to try my DSI Pro II on the moon in black and white and see what it might record.
cheers
#8
Posted 12 November 2009 - 11:08 AM
Please do take them and share!
Also LMK how you felt about the software.
Thanks
Meade LS-8 ACF
Celestron SkyScout
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