Space Cowboy

16 hours ago, geoflewis said:

Well I tried, but the seeing was awful and then the clouds rolled in. This is a quick look from the best of the three runs tonight (21/12), well two and a half runs as clouds crashed the last one....

It's just a blur, so I won't be bothering to take the processing any further. It is best 20k frames, I also tried best 10k and equally as bad....🙄.

At least I'm back inside in the warm nice and early tonight.... 😀

 

That's a shame. I did better than the previous night though at a slightly lower alt. Over 100 gigs to sort through.

That's a very nice image under the circumstances Geof. We fight for scraps in the UK despite our best plans.

  I'm going to try again tonight though it looks another similar forecast.

59 minutes ago, geoflewis said:

Excellent Stuart, I was out fighting the clouds and iffy seeing last night too. Will post my attempt soon...

Thanks Geof! I shall await your produce 🙂

Very nice!

Thanks Craig.

Cheers Kostas. I wasn't expecting anything but after missing out last week (frozen up on farm so couldn't get out at night) this was a bonus even though the cloud tried it's best to deny me after being completely clear when I first put the scope out.

Histo was up and down like an Argentine football supporter but managed to get nearly 5 mins footage.

Just managed to squeaze one image out of a clearish gap in the clouds. Not a bad one considering the wind was picking up.

Auto Dob 250 & asi224mc :

f18 @ 21.33ut :

Thanks Kostas I was late to the Jupiter party this year. Missed out on the better seeing you guys got early in October. Hopefully next year when the big fella is nice and high I'll be ready and waiting.

Cheers Geof I always liked to get at least one shot of the Jupiter family.

Brilliant job Kostas! I never thought someone using a manual Dob could produce a level of detail like this.

Seeing was not the best on this night and hadn't bothered to post until now. 

Auto Dob 250 & ASI224MC giving f18 :

Super detail once again Geof! Repro much better though still slighlty burnt on the hood?

Lots of detail again Geof. Bit noisy on my 32" monitor. Have you tried the noise control on Astro surface?

Nice detail on that one Kostas! Glad you were able to get something despite your cold.

Fabulous!

2 hours ago, geoflewis said:

So do you think my 65" Sony Bravia OLED would cut it....?

Oh yes! 💪

Since I've been using a 32" monitor (old hd TV) it's been a revelation for processing. 

You could always connect your laptop to your TV with an hd cable. There's nothing on the box now England are out of the world cup!

5 hours ago, geoflewis said:

How about this Stuart.....

Quite a bit stronger wavelets used on the left version compared with my original post shown on right for easier comparison. Is it now too much.....?

Here's a re-work of a single stack from my data on 10 Dec, so no de-rotation in WinJupos, but given similar treatment to the above revision...

It's how I originally processed it, but decided it was too much, so what do you think of it please?

 

Repro looks great Geof! Love the cap definition. Limb rind showing a little on the other nights image so maybe that one not benifitting as much.  Top notch for the UK.  Most imagers would kill for this data 🙂

16 hours ago, geoflewis said:

Thanks Stuart, are you suggesting that I push a bit harder on this image? I already pushed harder than I thought I should.

My observatory does have a warm room, with a little fan heater, which I sometimes use if I'm out there shooting DSOs, but I've never automated my planetary imaging. I sit next to the mount to use the HC to periodically nudge alignment, plus I don't have a motorised FW, so if doing mono RGB that's a manual change. I'm also using a manual focus controller to the EF, hence I'm sat outside under the stars in freezing conditions, which starts to become pretty unpleasant after a couple of hours at sub 0C, despite me wearing thermals and several layers on top...... 🥶🥶

Definitely can push more on this  (said the midwife). Very responsive to selective contrast/sharpening. Your best Mars image to date I reckon.

Sounds very swish in your Observatory 😉 I too have a warm room (pop up toilet tent) 😎

That's a sweet image! 

Lovely image Geof! Maybe more in that one?

Isn't your Observatory centrally heated? 😎

Well done Kostas! Another feather in your cap 😉

10 hours ago, Barv said:

Very Nice Stuart. - Doesn't look bad for a rushed focus!

All the best

Harvey

Cheers Harvey!

Super image again Geof!

12 hours ago, Rob said:

Nice!... I've been out these last few nights. Its been so cold with air frost also.. that can soften it. Been -6 by night down here.

Rob

Best image I ever got was on Jupiter Dec 2010 at minus 15 Celsius so that's the only aspect I'm not blaming 😉

5 hours ago, si@nite said:

Hi Stuart, after down loading both images for comparison looks like you have pulled out a little more, however can see collimation or conditions were probably a factor as it was with my post on the 7th, sometimes thin cloud ive found can produce a softer image!

Thanks Simon. I've forgotten certain things since I've been away from imaging and one is star collimation! Was watching YouTube about collimating the laser (mine is a baader so can't be collimated) and came across star collimation which I'd completely forgotten about. 

14 hours ago, neil phillips said:

Sods law Stuart been there done that. But still looking good for a rushed capture

Cheers Neil!