Jupiter with an undriven dob -2x barlow

[mdstuart]

My latest efforts with Jupiter higher in the sky now.

You can see a moon shadow and a few markes but its still fuzzy. Perhaps due to the undriven set up and only having about 20 seconds as the planet flies accross the screen!

Mark

[Clayton]

The first image is a nice result Mark.

Do you have more info Re. the capture?

[mdstuart]

Yes..

[Philips SPC 900NC PC Camera]

Resolution=640x480

Frame Rate (fps)=10.00

Colour Space / Compression=I420

Exposure=-6

Brightness=64

Contrast=32

Saturation=0

Gamma=21

ColorEnable=255

BacklightCompensation=0

Gain=5

Is the first one..

[johnkirkpatrick]

not bad at all mate...

[willdabeast182]

That looks very good for undriven! hope mine come out half as good!

Cheers,

Will

[Clayton]

Yes..

[Philips SPC 900NC PC Camera]

Resolution=640x480

Frame Rate (fps)=10.00

Colour Space / Compression=I420

Exposure=-6

Brightness=64

Contrast=32

Saturation=0

Gamma=21

ColorEnable=255

BacklightCompensation=0

Gain=5

Is the first one..

A couple of things strike me.

1. Saturation=0, try it at a relatively high setting (I have mine at max)

2. Gamma=21, try it at 0

I have no idea what Exposure=-6 means in terms of a time frame?? but you may be able to reduce the exposure a notch and bump the gain up a little. You should be able to still get a sharp image with a dob but will be a bit limited by the total number of frames you can capture. If I were you I would also experiment with 20fps

[mdstuart]

Thanks for the advice..Clayton try those settings...

Mark