1st light Dbk21

[MisterT]

Finally had a chance to try out my new camera on Jupiter.

I listened to the forecast for clear skies and like Neil had to wait until nearly sunrise for a clear patch.

I am quite pleased with the result, certainly a step up from my toucam.

8" sct, 2x barlow, 30fps, 1400 frames stacked in registax, 04:30 UT.

Martin

[cosmicdonkey]

Very nice m8 great detail

[Space Cowboy]

Excellent image is that with the new 618 chip?

[MisterT]

Not the new chip just the standard dbk.

[neil phillips]

Nice Colour and detail, DBKs are great on jupiter

[Helen]

That's lovely! If I can get somewhere near that when Jupiter clears my trees I'll be really happy. I haven't really used my dbk21 very successfully so far, would you mind detailing the camera and then registax settings you used?

Thanks!

Helen

[northcanadian]

Beautiful shot!

I have a 9.25sct and a Dbk21 and 2.5x Powermate but can't get anywhere near that clarity in spite of a lot of trying!

Do you mind letting me know the codec/settings you use?

Thank you...and hopefully I can get some clearer shots!

[MisterT]

Thank you all for your kind words.

The video settings i used are as follows.. video format is y800, video codec is y800 and debayer is turned off.

For this shot i used 1/30th sec at 30 fps with gain at 800 and gamma at 80. Still on a learning curve with this cam after using a toucam for a few years but looking forward to jupiter getting closer in the next few weeks.

Martin

[northcanadian]

Thank you...I will certainly try that!

Cheers

[hayju01]

Wo!! Now thats a very nice image great shot.

[Helen]

Thanks for the info Martin

Helen

[todd8137]

nice shadow you must be very pleased great

[Sam]

Wow, that's fantastic! capturing the shadow has reallly put the icing on the cake for that image.

[neil phillips]

Y800 y800 will produce a mono image Unless its debayered if i remember correctly. been a while since i used my DBK though. did you debayer on registax ? if so, theres a tutorial for others here who may not know how to do it. Hope its useful

Getting Started / Astrophotography / Astronomy Cameras Blog

[MisterT]

Y800 does indeed produce a mono image which has to be debayered to show colour. I used registax 4 for this as i am having problems with alignment points in R6 and could not get debayering to work in R5.

Thanks for the link neil.

Martin

[Gadget]

That really is a stuning image

Looks like a Dbk is back on my to get list

Kevin

[northcanadian]

Tried the settings that you used, and still I can't get good clear resolution. Maybe collimation off...thought I had set that pretty well(?)

Any way that I may be able to get better focus???

Thanks again!

[AztecastroMcJ]

excellent result, nice processing aswell

cheers

James

[Luis Campos]

That's a super result for a first experience with the new camera, keep it up

Cheers,

[Rustysplit]

Very good detail in there.

[Steve 1962]

Cracking shot - congrats on the POTW mention!

[cosmicdonkey]

amazing shot. so much detail.

[Vali x]

lovely pic mate !

[spaceboy]

Great image. I'd say it was worth the wait.

[The Viper]

very nice picture i am currently saving my pennies for the dmk with the new chip