Jupiter & Io 22/11/13 Using a C80ED

[tich]

I was out at the dark site doing some DSO imaging which turned out to be a bit of a disaster again due to weird diffraction spikes on the stars, more about that on another thread. Anyhow as it was quite blustery I only had the C80ED set up so I thought I'd have a go at Jupiter again as my earlier attempts this season haven't turned out at all well. I first did a few using a 3X Barlow but as it was so tiny I upped the mag using my 5X Barlow & I don't think it turned out to bad.

3X Barlow image;



I'm not sure why Io turned out so orange!!

5X Barlow image;



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o2RvKgrkE0

[Beardy Bob]

That's brilliant with only 80mm of aperture. Which camera were you using?

[tich]

These images I used the QHY5L-II although I did fancy having a go with the Philips SPC but I got clouded out in the end, I know there's no such thing as a good all round scope but the ED80's come pretty close as regards imaging.

 

[Rihard]

Not bad at all !

I've haven't been able yet to push the C80ED to that level of magnification! 

[tich]

I also used a 4X imagemate & if I'm honest I couldn't see hardly any difference in the size, here's one of them.

[Space Cowboy]

Did you use the GRBG bayer option?

[Beardy Bob]

Ah, I didn't know there was a OSC version of the qhy5. Very nice.

[tich]

Did you use the GRBG bayer option?

Sorry I don't know what the GRBG option is, I just EZP the software the camera came with & select the GR option (Whatever that is) I have tried Firecapture once but it was only recording in mono so I need to mess around with that a bit more.

[Space Cowboy]

Yep I use EZ planetary and GR but assuming you stacked in AS!2 did you choose GRBG or auto detect on the colour option?

[tich]

Yep I use EZ planetary and GR but assuming you stacked in AS!2 did you choose GRBG or auto detect on the colour option?

Ah got ya now, I used Registax to stack these as I seem to get on with it better than AS!2, I have tried AS!2 a few times but I've never found any improvement in the final image.