1st Jupiter Pic

[physicus]

Well, first post actually, apart from my hello. This is C9.25, virtually all of 2000 frames taken over a minute, Canon 7D 1/30s ISO800, eyepiece projection 25mm Celestron Plossl w Revelation 2.5x barlow, .MOV loaded into Lynkeos (Mac), + some not particularly intelligent fiddling to get something that looked reasonable.  I'm aware of the issues / limitations around dslr's for planetary, but am a great believer in squeezing out what you can from what you've got (up to a point) before splashing out on more kit; you always learn something, even if it's hiccups in the workflow.  Having got this out of my system,  I'll take a closer look at the merits of the ASI120MM-S or MC-S (or similar  - I really want to stay native to Mac, and note the tyranny of the PC in astrophotography software!).   Incidently, I noticed I could see a lot more detail on the planet using live view on the cameras monitor than direct through the eyepiece: dimmer, but more colour and contrast; so I'm thinking about an appropriate filter for visual now?  Anyhow, genuine first image with GRS, a few white spots and a sign of turbulence in the belts; I'm happy enough .  BTW, the recently acquired AZEQ6 and C9.25 are an absolute dream.

[Pete Presland]

A very nice start some very good detail showing.

[johnh]

The first pic is always the most memorable and to get the GRS too.   Well Done.  You have to keep going now we are all depending on you!

John.

[DrRobin]

Fantastic first image, well done. Great to get as much out of the kit you have especially with a new scope and mount to get working correctly, very sensible. New kit brings advantages, but sometimes a whole heap more problems.

There are a few people on here who use Mac, so they might be able to advise on software.......

Robin

[Stargazer33]

Nice picture, with some good detail. Well done!

I agree with your philosophy of getting as much as you can out of your existing equipment. You do learn a lot more that way than just chasing the latest tech/fashion.

[physicus]

Thanks for the encouragement guys.  Yes, got lucky with the GRS showing up.  Plenty to go at in thsi game; good job I'm not a perfectionist (he lied!).

[stepping beyond]

Well done, you've got image scale, color,banding and GRS very well done.