Jarvo

That’s for the note Moonshed. No camera definitely plugged in thanks. I’ll do a test in the morning to see if it’s ok. 
Fingers crossed 😊

Hi All, I was a little taken aback at just how much Mars has shrunk as I haven't taken an image for a few weeks.

Can someone advise what causes the secondary edging that is there on the image.  I've reprocessed twice and manually gone through 4k of frames but still the ring exists.

If anyone has any suggestions I would be eternally thankful.

Taken with the C9.25, 2 x Apo Barlow and QHY5III-290C, processed in Registax and minimal tweaking in Gimp.

P.S Is it possible to blow the chip on your CCD camera? I slewed over to the Moon after I finished and the cameras stopped working .

Thanks for looking.

Steve

Busy Bee last night. I love this planet and even though I wasn't expecting anything I love viewing its colour and having a go at capturing a picture or two. 

Tried an overexposure to capture the Moons but it just wasn't going to happen last night

Thanks for looking.

Jarvo

Hi All. Been away last week so this is the first opportunity to take piccies (Actually missed opposition as well...D'oh!)

It looked a bit watery last night - couldn't make much out visually but I wanted to give it a go.

Have I captured some high level cloud on the right hand limb and bottom limb or is it a optical thing? Feedback welcome.

Skysafari image for comparison added.

C9.25
2 x Apo Barlow
QHYIII - 290C Camera

Captured with Sharpcap, tweaked in GIMP.

Still need to work on the colour balance

Thanks for looking.

Jarvo

I was using Saturn as a test subject ahead of Mars earlier in the evening.

I'm heavily compromised with Saturn (here come the excuses!) as the lip of the Observatory cuts the telescope and reduces the beefy 9.25" aperture to 4.75".

But it does show what a superb telescope it is - I absolutely love it.

Processed in PIPP/Registax/Gimp.

Jarvo

Hi All

Took quite a few files last night with the C9.25 before the clouds rolled in and the best of the bunch was the one without any assistance from the 2.5 x Powermate.

Played around with the colour balance as well to produce a more realistic view.

This isn't my favourite side of Mars ("...Banish him Moderators...") but more than happy to have a decent planet with decent elevation. It's been too long....

Thanks for looking

Jarvo

9 hours ago, andyhulme1966 said:

Sorry I mucked up my login details above. 

Just found my old password. 

Here is a shot from a few days ago. Using the 120MC, and the Mak 180, stacked in Autostakkert and finished off in Registax. 

As I mentioned my images are exactly the same colour. I have tried the tweek the colour but I'm not having to much luck. Hopefully some one can give us both some advice. 🤞

Thanks. I’ll give Autostakkert a try an report back. I still think that debayering  hasn’t been mastered on these cameras. 
 

great image by the way 😀

8 minutes ago, wornish said:

Nice image. I have the same scope. Where was this shot taken, what country?

Leeds Uk Wornish. 

Cheers Stu. That’s the plan. 

Hi All, best of the bunch. I'm convinced the colour and fuzzy nature of the image is an aspect of the camera. There was some thin cloud last night but that helped things especially visually.

So if I can move any further forward it may be time to go Mono with a filter wheel or if the iPhone project I'm going to attempt works then who knows....

Any suggestions always warmly welcome.

Its all about the journey

Kit: Celestron C9.25 xlt, QHY5III290C, 2.5 x Powermate. Processed in Registax & tweaked in Gimp.

Thanks for looking.

Steve

Thanks Alan. Just ordered a Celestron bracket and a remote as I’m interested to see how far I can go. 

5 minutes ago, Alan White said:

How did you see through the cloud and rain one asks.... or were you a lucky soul and had a gap.
That is quite something from a phone camera.

 

In Leeds it was sunny all day and clear by night Alan. There was a thin film of misty cloud at first which improved. It was still clear when I packed up at midnight. 
 

i have to admit I was shocked by the quality for a first attempt, one shot, hand held. 
 

im seriously thinking about ditching the planetary camera and getting a eyepiece adapter and remote control. 
 

it’s the colours that hit me. They are what you see in the eyepiece with no sickly orange or distortion. 
 

I’ve got some avis to process today so let’s compare. 
 

Steve

Hi All

I’m normally lurking in the Planetary Imaging space but I thought I’d venture in here for the first time. 
 

Aren’t there some fabulous images in here?

I normally use a dedicated camera set up but just thought I’d have a pop last night. 
 

It’s taken through a C9.25 and 10 mm Delos. 
 

Thanks for looking. 
 

Jarvo

Lovely and sharp. Love it 😊 

Buy the cheapest carpiest pair of 10 x 50 binos  from China for a fiver. You’ve got a spare cap then 😀

***Mono picture alert, Mono picture alert !!!!!!!***

Yeah no pretty pink pictures but still wanted to post what I did last night. I was experimenting to see if I turned off Debayering on the Colour camera I could increase the sharpness of the final image. Short answer is no.

It was worth it to understand further to see what I could achieve with the different formats and settings in Sharpcap.

Bits I tweaked:

Processing Resolution;
Binning 1x1 versus 2x2;
RGB8 / RGB16 / RBG24;
Debayering.

Main things I learned was that Registax keels over when you take an RGB24 bit .ser file, Reducing the screen format size boosts the fps rate, and binning either 1x1 or 2x2 makes no difference (for me anyway).

Anyway - useful learning curve (yes another).

Kit used:

C9.25
QHY5III-290C Camera
2 x APO Barlow

Did a bit of visual as well and this scope plus the 10mm Delos is fabulous. 

Best of the bunch below.

Thanks for looking.

Jarvo

Great image. Love the colour 

Lovely bit of kit ...

7 hours ago, si@nite said:

A fair image there, are you using an ADC with your colour cam!

I would forget WJ at this stage unless you are experienced with it , I use it occasionally, makes good data better but can make poor data worse! You have a good setup & the C9 can punch above its weight on a good day, the processing can also make or break a good capture!

Thanks si@nite. Looking at the output of 3 of the 6 .ser files I don’t think derotating will add anything. 
 

I’m manually deselecting bad frames from each 4000 frame file so it’s taking a bit of time. Not convinced Registax takes out all the chaff. 

Hi All. 
 

First one of the night. Sharpness of detail is my bugbear at the moment. If I over process it looks false. 
 

Taken with the C9.25, QHYIII 290c, 2x Apo Barlow. 
 

I’ve taken six files in total. Going to have a go at derotation next. Wish me luck. 
 

Steve

Well done getting the Moons. I tried the other night and failed miserably 

Superb!

Beautiful image. How do you resample at 140%?

I found that the 11mm televue plossl hit the sweet spot with my 150 mak. Little bit more pricey but you’ll never need to buy another one. 

I’m 48 and a bit wheezy but I’ve got an observatory. I’ve got a c9.25 set up. The thought of wheeling it out every time I wanted to use it would fill me with dread and it probably wouldn’t get used. I find it quite heavy (get to gym Jarvo I hear from the forum) .  Everybody’s different though.