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Thank you to all, very helpful!

Very kind of you. It's not much compared to some of the other images on here! Wish I knew exactly where to improve/What to work on - is it general seeing conditions, camera settings etc. Think I need to read through a few tutorials/ Watch a few videos.

Hello, This is my first try at planetary imaging, Jupiter was fairly low on the horizon, close to an almost-full moon. Managed to snap a video on sharpcap (1500 frames) between clouds and put this together using Autostakkert & Registax. I know it's not great, I'm pleased just to make out the bands! Equipment used: Celestron C6 XLT on HEQ5 and ZWO ASI120MC-S Camera. Any comments or criticisms on how to improve this image in the capture or processing would be greatly appreciated. Abdulrahman

I just picked up a jump-starter 12V 17Ah battery as my Skywatcher Powerbank stopped working - left it uncharged for too long! Instead of making the mistake of buying another one for £100-odd, got one of these - https://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/garage-equipment/battery-chargers-jump-starters/phaze-4-in-1-jump-starter Can get the exact same one online from eBay for £40 instead of £50. Abdulrahman Alhasso

I've got an odd selection - but that's because i got mine from a mix of places, either being given for free, bought new or second hand. Currently with my F/5 6" i've got a 6mm WO, 9mm unbranded that has a 66˚ field of view, a 17mm celestron plossl (worthless really), a seben 8-24mm zoom (surprisingly good), a 30mm vixen and a x2 barlow unbranded. Honestly, all are great barr the 17mm celestron plossl, it's just such bad quality compared to the others and has awful contrast when viewing. I did buy it second hand off ebay, however. The 6mm WO and 9mm I use for lunar and planetary which are fantastic and give good detail and contrast when barlow'd. The other 8-24mm and 30mm are the low power EP's I use for wide-field. I find the 30mm vixen great and it's really good for the price. The Seben 8-24mm zoom is fantastic until you get close to 8mm or 24mm, with this one i found it's best to stay between 10-20 which gives good contrast and nice stars. I almost always start with this one in the scope, and it's probably the one i use most often. I'm not awfully bothered with great eyepieces, more interested in learning imaging so I suppose great quality, expensive eyepieces would be a waste for me. These ones are a lot better than the stock EP's that come with the scope but not as good as the higher-end, i think they sit nicely in the middle - except the 17mm plossl. i'm not sure why i haven't sold or thrown it out the window.

This was my first attempt at M45,