Lucas_M

It was amazing! Only after i took a look at the resolution image with the trails. I tried to capture Ceres transit on M100, but light pollution in my location made It Impossible. Only Ceres and stars appear in the field (Borttle 9 here).

Congrats! Good images!

Hi friend. Yes, i did. I got some more shots but had no time for processing yet. So i will share single frames, only stretched. First image in native focal ratio f5.6 i see perfect stars corner to corner, even with a APS-C sensor size (i would like to try a full frame sensor, but haven´t one). Second one was taken with the f/3.9 reducer. With a small sensor (as the ASI1600) we can see not perfect corrected stars in the corners. I have no reason to complain about that because my last apocromatic triplet refractor had worse correction, even in native focal ratio with a good flattener.

I love to do these animations after processing the videos. It really seems to bring more reality and life to the images. Many thanks!

Thank you Mark.

Thanks a lot, Pete.

That is a great scope. Excellent optics and mechanics. Also beautiful. The stars are pinpoint corner to corner. I´m very happy with that new rig. Soon i will bring more details. For while, an image can say a lot by it self. No cropped edges. ASKAR FRA 500 F/5.6 quintuplet + ASI1600mm L 20x60s + RGB 10x60s (each filter) Urban sky Borttle 8 Messier 7

Anyone who waits up until 6 o'clock to capture Jupiter, for sure capture Saturn too. 😅 Follows an image with the planet almost at Zenith and good seeing conditions. C11" HD + TV Powermate 2x + ASI462mc Date: 2022_06_06 08:29h UT

12 frames animation

Progressively the gas giants are losing altitude for us in the southern hemisphere and arising for you in the north. It's a fair taking turn for everyone to enjoy. 😃 At the time of capture, Jupiter was 55º above the horizon, apparent size of 37.9 arcsec. The seeing was fair, but far from perfect. Io's shadow in transit. North Pole down. Setup: C11" HD + TV Powermate 2x + ASI462mc Date: 2022_06_06 08:48h UT

Thanks a lot!

Thank you! A challenge in astrophotography is fighting to beat the noise. I'm capturing the first planetary images with a monochromatic camera and realized that it's easier to deal with the noise than using the color camera (ASI290mc). I still need more tests to notice imx178's shortcomings. On PlayerOne's website there is an explanation about HCG Mode which appears to be a new technology for dealing with noise in high gain situations. HCG Mode The Sedna-M camera has a unique HCG mode, which will automatically turn on when the camera gain setting is >30. The HCG mode can greatly reduce the readout noise and retain the same high dynamic range as the low gain.

Sedna-M is the name of Player One's camera carrying a monochromatic IMX178 sensor. I'm the lucky winner of the brand's contest and received this great camera as a prize. It was developed for guiding, but I've been testing it for planetary captures, as the quality of the 178 sensor is already known and approved for this purpose. Below is one of the first complete images in RGB that I was able to complete. The seeing wasn't perfect, but it was fair enough to extract an image with Jupiter details and features. RGB (60s videos)

Sério isso?

Another entry. Now a recently one, of this month. 2021-Aug-09 03:14h UT 14min de-rotation with WinJupos C11" @f/18 + ASI290mc