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Lovely scope Kon. Aperture fever comes to us all 😁 Can't wait to see what you get with that beast. I absolutely love my 12" newt, not sure how it works with a goto dob but on my eq mount I don't bother to star align just a basic polar align then turn on the tracking, it tends to keep the planet in view 👍

Appreciate the comments Kon 👍

To be honest wasn't going to bother going out but the postman delivered my new Svbony ir 685 filter from China & would you believe it the sky cleared a little! Just had a couple of 2min vids one with 3x barlow thre other with 2.25 barlow with normal setup. Seeing wasn't great but the IR pulls out a little more. Didn't bother with colour as it was awful. Did manage a quick compare with my 850 IR & was impressed how much more comes through with 685. Already looking forward to the next opposition.

Really like that, it's look rather nice well done 👍

Appreciate the comment 👍 You could be right my eyes aren't great at achieving accurate focus, although I did soften the image quite a bit in image analyser. I really love the help you guys provide many thanks

Interesting.... Blending one over the other that actually makes perfect sense. Forgive my lack of knowledge but how do you do regional sharpening? Is it a case of selecting an area in gimp/PS & just adjusting that particular part of the image?

Thanks again for your advice Kon. Your last couple of images showed good detail but we're also processed softly enough to show the gas giant as just that. Just wondered what tools you & Geof used to get the balance between detail & soft appearance? Really appreciate all the feedback given by all on here, it's so helpful in trying to improve the end result 👍

Lovely image Harvey, really nice to look at, you must be pleased with that one 👍

Thanks Kon I'll have a look at that when I get home 👍 I use pipp, autostakkert, registax, image analyser & PS to process. I see ones talking about fourier transform & deconvolution which mean absolutely nothing to me are these worth playing with? I presume they are on AstroSurface a program I'm new to.

Thanks Geof I had 3 two minute avis timed at 8.34 to 8.40 so I'm probably thinking it was down to me not measuring the images exactly the same 🤦 Thanks for the feedback 👍

Thanks Kon appreciate your comments, I have to be honest not sure what you mean by LD to 0.6-0.8, what program is that on? 🫣

As usual the seeing wasn't great down here but you just have to have a go, its addictive. Not in the same ball park as Geofs but I love to see the details coming through on his 👍 I had some trouble with winjup aligning the colour as you can see from the left limb having a shadow, not sure I'm using correctly. setup- NEQ6, VX12L, Baader 2.25 Barlow, QHY5 462, UV/IR cut

As usual thats a stunning image Geof I was out that night to & can see what I got a lot clearer in your image. Its really nice to see what the detail should look like when processed well. Looks superb 👍

That is truly fascinating, didn't think it was possible to get that through the earths atmosphere, well done Geof & thanks for sharing 👍

Thats a tough one Geof I love both images I can see what you mean its softer than your original, I like the slightly warmer colour in the second but if I'm honest I prefer your original (probably says more about my sharpening methods 😉) I just find it more pleasing on the eye