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I had a quick session last night on Jupiter while the temperature was down to -4C. Nearly excellent seeing while imaging that went really bad really quick for som reason but as I had to be up early I stopped. This is a 3x120s derotation. My usual 8" Dob. There is a very interesting feature in the NEB that has a a reddish appearance to it (towards 9 oclock). Thanks to Geof @geoflewis for being second eyes in my processing.

Very nice images. I quite like the animation from the 26/9 as it's really cool seeing, I presume, Io coming in and out Jupiter's shadow.

Nice images. I like the filament (I hope that's the correct term) almost wrapping around from 9oclock. Interesting structure.

It's a different kind of smoothness which I am not sure how he achieves it. You saw my smooth reprocess last night but with severe loss of details. Layers kind of looked better but still soft. Unless he uses some other software postprocess that I don't know.

As we have already discussed, the smoother one is a 'more pleasing' to the eye but with loss of the final details. I am not sure if putting the two together with layers might do the trick? Despite our lengthy discussion, I think original is the best, especially seeing them side by side here.

RGB balance in Registax gets rid off the yellows. The weird green cast is probably blown whites during sharpening.

Nice images. The first image has some nice details but the colours in both images are off; too much yellow. Io also has a strange green cast to it. Did you colour balance in registax? I have found it does the best job.

Thanks. My earlier captures through the most where a lot softer despite the stable seeing. I only got the three captures through a gap in the mist. Looking forward to seeing your images.

Thanks Reggie. I hope we can get a few more nights like this. I am glad I go the nice seeing with the GRS.

Thanks Stu. When the data are nice, they make processing a lot easier and can hold back on the sharpening as the detaisl are already there.

Thanks Roy. A lot of good advice here at SGL. I only started 2 years ago; a lot of good tips and feedback.

Thanks Stuart. That's very kind thing to say. I agree it's probably my best one to date. While I was processing I remembered one of your comments that Jupiter is a gas giant and it doesn't have defined sharp edges and Geof made a similar one as well. You are both inspirational and good eyes for processing.

Thank you. Your comment made me laugh 😂

Thanks Geof, I really appreciate this coming from you. And always great with the offline chat.

Thanks Ian. I was out for nearly 2 hrs when the haze parted for that split moment. I have nearly 30 videos but nothing as good as this one. I hope you get your good seeing soon.

Thanks Jeremy.

The moon halo seems to have got a lot of attention on Saturday but it was messing with imaging; stable seeing but it was making images soft. When the haze cleared I managed to get an excellent imaging session although it only lasted for 6mins before Jupiter started boiling (most likely the warmer currents were coming). This is a 3x120s image derotation. I have been battling the urge to push it and I keep messing with the colours; thanks @geoflewisGeof for your feedback on the sharpening and for telling me to stop with the colours and post it. I also managed a 2x120s derotation of IR while the boiling started happening so a bit softer. Geof described my inital attemots as crunchy 🤪. I am very pleased with the final results. 8" Dob, manual, asi462mc or 462mm, UV/IR cut or IR pass, 2.5x TV powermate.

I think 2min is ok and you could combine your 3 captures in Winjupos. By the way, 64fps seems low for this camera. What settings did you use for your capture? A small ROI will give you a much higher FPS too.

Good effort on Saturn under our current conditions. Do you use an ADC, it should help quite a bit at the low elevation.

Very nice Roy. It has a nice natural look to it. (I feel you might be able to tease a few more details. Worth trying Astrosurface.). I never got drizzle to work well to get more out of my images.

I agree this is really nicely processed and agree with Stuart's comment. The methane is still very interesting and I would like to see what more you can get. Christopher definitely has his settings right for methane although I haven't seen any numbers regarding acquisition. I have found with my limited experience and sub par results that Anu haze kills the methane signal and you need excellent transparency. I don't think you are far off of the weather plays ball.

Excellent details on the colour image; as I said in our messaging, one of your best this apparition despite the less clear sky. The IR is outstanding, so much more going on. Your methane is getting better and better. I feel you might be able to push it a bit more.

Excellent image and processing Reggie. I am glad you got it.

Thanks Nicolàs. Lucky imaging; a 20min ser; drift through the sensor, recentre and repeat (no pause in between). The Uranus rotation is quite slow and in my stretched image (this is a composite here) I could not see any moon trailing. I think around 30 min you do start seeing the relative rotation. I used the asi462mm as it already had the filter on but the 462mc has the same performance in IR. The settings were 32ms exposure with a histogram at 95% (gain a bit higher than normal due to hazy skies). I was at f15 with a 2.5x TV powermate. The image is resized 200%.

Thank you. I am all manual, yes manual pushing and tracking for 20min; just to clarify it was a 20min ser.