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16 minutes ago, newbie alert said:

That's pretty decent for any attempt, awesome for a first one, what camera is it please?

3 hours ago, neil phillips said:

Mostly RGB colour balance on registax. Nice capture

hi Neil its a asi462 mc with 2.5x powermate on a c8 edge

3 hours ago, neil phillips said:

 

Thanks Neil tried the RGB colour balance in astrosurface but obviously not cracked the method yet😬👍

2 hours ago, neil phillips said:

Mostly RGB colour balance on registax. Nice capture

 

Thanks Neil tried the RGB colour balance in astrosurface but obviously not cracked the method yet😬👍

10 hours ago, symmetal said:

Looks pretty good for a first attempt. If you mention what the exposure, video duration, fps, percentage stack in AS3 was etc. we could possibly offer some tips. 🙂 Did you use the ADC?

I took some Jupiter videos tonight, first time since last year, at different exposures from 2 to 5mS, and varying video durations, so will see how they compare when i process them tomorrow. The ADC tuning in Firecapture showed quite a large red/blue split and still needed about 20 deg on each ADC lever to correct it at the meridian.

Alan

Hi Alan just looked at my settings and they are

Exposure=8.2420ms

Duration=74.825s

ActualFrameRate=72.1552fps

about 60% stack

i also used the adc which didnt seem to make much difference until i went too far and then in introduced colouring,so jury out on that one,processed in astrosurface which has become my new best friend😁

well first go with the above equipment what would you suggest getting a better image thanks

6 hours ago, Cornelius Varley said:

Using this adapter https://www.firstlightoptics.com/barlow-eyepieces/tele-vue-125-powermate-t-ring-adapter.html

now sorted thank you

hi all just wondered what this thread is this on my powermate please thanks

just got my powermate out and looked where the eyepiece would go and its a smaller image than if i look into the end that goes into the diagonal am i going mad?? confused1.gif

well,just going to add the televue 2.5 to my imaging train on a c8 edge but what back focus does it add please

well had a go with astrosurface last night and must admit it looks very good initailly

21 minutes ago, Simon128D said:

What size is your video file? Reason I ask is becuase Registax has a video file limtation of 2-2.5GB or something like that, so can no longer do planetary alignment and stacking from mondern planetary cameras. 
It's becuase of this (and also knowing there will never be a new version of Registax to correct this issue) we all user AutoStakkert or AstroSurface for aligning and stacking our AVI and SER files. 

Though, Regi is still boss for post processing the waveletts on tiff files 

thanks Simon just checked and the minimum file size i have is 8gb explains why the moon captures worked ok as they were all less than a 1gb,so you stack with AutoStakkert then use registax? thanks

can anyone suggest why  this ser file wont open correctly in registax its just a blank screen but when i play it in ser player ,it plays fine

another problem im having is when i put the ser file in registax its just a black image but when i play the ser file on its own its just like the video file i captured

1 hour ago, happy-kat said:

I haven't imaged Jupiter though when not using an IR blocking filter I used on general and astro R64 B93

Are you using an IR/UV filter?

hi happy kat,no uv filter but using an adc which doesnt seem to do much

5 hours ago, CraigT82 said:

I would personally capture in RAW8 instead of RGB24. Id also use a longer exposure time of around 5ms, and lower gain if necessary. 
 

Try switching on high speed mode and see what frame rates you get. You’re using a USB3 camera but in a USB2 port, do you have any USB3 ports on your laptop? 

thanks craig im capturing through a usb over lan which takes it down to usb 2 speed

hi just wondered if these settings look ok thanks

does anyone have a screen shot of there video for comparison please

thanks they were that bad didnt bother capturing it could just make the two bands out just

Hi just tried the following combi,dont know if it was poor seeing last night(although it looked clear) or is this not a good combi,trying with jupiter and na adc in line ,moon was up as well here in the uk,any thoughts thanks,also does the adc effect viewing stars

hi all is an adc still essential with jupiter now its higher cheers

hi all,just collimated my c8 edge with the HoTech Advanced CT Laser Collimator ,just wondered if anyone that uses one could give me feedback on my results,everything looks ok apart from the bottom laser which is slightly off centre,the secondary was ok as well thanks

first image ,how can i improve thanks

thanks craig your a star

hi followed a you tube video to get this image but when i go to levels to add some colour it just says grey and no rgb available ,here is the screen shot if that helps,i know the image isnt brilliant but im happier than i was a few months ago in the direction im going thanks to you guys.

would look so much better without the rings you might be surprised

well just tried my 414ex ,is it my eyes but does this look better although im now getting what i think are newtonian rings