Jupiter n Ganymede 15.9.11

[AztecastroMcJ]

few restacks and reproceses from last capture, and few other pics i been messing with,

any comments particularly on brightness contrast levels appreciated

think i went bit mad with contrast and noise tho so still not happy with these versions, look bit soft and faded

but can see some things i like

1st stacks i did were affected by artifacts, by vdubing avi and restacking less frames meant artifact was removed

http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-planetary/155995-jupiter-15-9-11-c11-spc.html

so these vdub versions were between 600-1000 frames instead of 1400 and are much more noisy in general,

also didnt use any noise reduction on these, which i did with 1st stack, but think higher % of good frames altho stacking less may have helped bit in some areas

i can def see some more detail in certain areas near N polar region that wasnt noticable on sharper smoother versions

the ganymede pics were done by placing alignment point on moon and stacking the 280 frames when the moon appeared on capture,

the moon was slightly underexposed at capture so meant processing was fairly easy, i adjusted wavelet slider 6 till moon brightnened only,

i then did rgb align, very slight sharpening and colour balance, and real detail or not its still my best moon capture to date

the 10fps 4.25am capture i got wasn't as good so added to original stack from 4.10 for quick 2frame 15m gif @75% size

also added my 2 recent captures for map projection in winjupos

for true sizes click on pics

1st 2 @100%

2nd @ 125% and 100%

3rd @93.75% and 75%

James

[neil phillips]

Way to go James, your getting into your processing stride i see. Much better processing, by a long shot, the 4th one bottom does it for me. good resize and colour, just the right amount of sharpening, and size. On that one

[lukebl]

Really nice images! Just wondered if these are the first webcam images of the surface of any of Jupiter's moons? I've seen them done with dedicated planetary cams, but not the trusty old SPC900s!

[Olorin]

awesome work on the Ganymede details! thanks for the explanation of the process

Dror

[Space Cowboy]

Very impressive James, lovely colour balance and amazing moon detail. You are milking that extra aperture now!!

[AztecastroMcJ]

thx for compliments and feedback

appreciated as always

and i'm 'over the moon' (sorry couldn't resist )

with my Ganymede pic

esp as this was an accidental capture

James

[bigal1]

More excellent results James can't wait to see what you can squeeze out of that c11 the image of Ganymede is a cracker like it a lot

[frewi808]

Just Super, yes amzaing nice images set, the animation is going past the speed limit !!

Freddy