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2012 Planetary imaging showcase


MartinB

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Please use this thread to showcase your best images captured during 2012. Just one post per member but you can include up to 5 images if you want.

The thread is for all imagers novices and advanced. Hopefully we will be able to do the same again next year. Over time we will be able to see the progress which is being made by individuals and as a forum.

Please keep details to a minimum - scope and camera possibly along with a few comments.

The thread needs to be packed with images so please don't respond to the postings

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This is my capture of Mars on the 18th March 2012 using a 2x TAL Barlow and a 3x Televue Barlow stacked together, on my 254mm f/4.7 Newtonian (c. 7.2m focal length), around 3000 frames captured with a DFK21AU618 cam. What I really liked seeing after the stacking process were the 4 big volcanoes (Olympus Mons, Ascreaus Mons, Pavonis Mons and Arsai Mons) showing clearly above the mist/cloud layer on the plains below.

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Kind of a few more than five images here, but only because I made them as montages. Hopefully I can be forgiven. That was the way I set them up. All the images were captured with an SPC900 and 127 Mak on a motorised EQ3-2 with various combinations of barlows and extensions. My favoured arrangement is 2.5x barlow, 40mm extension and camera.

Saturn from March 2012:

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Mars from later the same month:

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Jupiter in October:

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And Jupiter again from December, during a transit by Europa:

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James

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All these images were taken with my Skywatcher Auto Dob 250 and DFK 21AU618.AS.

Processing done using PIPP >AS!2 >Registax >Image Analyser.

Mars March 28th

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Venus April 10th

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Saturn May 16th

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Jupiter with moons Ganymede & Callisto Dec 5th

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Finally an animation :

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