Jupiter 27th Feb 2013 In poor conditions

[tich]

It started to look promising last night so I got set up for a spot of imaging, however it got quite hazy so my results turned out quite poor & I was really struggling at times. I did manage to capture the Great Red Spot before conditions got so bad so I packed up. I only did a 1000 frames per image as the EZPlanetary software splits the video into 1.75GB files which is a bit annoying.

Taken using my QHY5L-II, 200P & 3X Barlow, the TIFF files looked a bit better but Photobucket converts them to JPEG for some reason.

I did make up this animation with 45 images & used PIPP to piece them together but it wasn't a great success which was down to the conditions.

[Atlas]

Nice images, especially given the conditions.

[tich]

Thanks glad you like it.

[lennylovit]

Nice one Tich , that cam is working good , still no first light with my qhy5l-II

[Grotemobile]

You have really pulled out some

good detail on the planet.I have

got the IMG 132 camera.How do you

find the EZPlanetary software.

I have only just worked out, how

it all works.I down load with

tiff files.I then use Registax 5

to sort them out.I save with PNG

files.

Steve.

[stevetynant]

Tich - fantastic stuff mate

[tich]

Nice one Tich , that cam is working good , still no first light with my qhy5l-II

Cheers Lenny glad you like them, I do prefer the middle image as it seems to be showing up more detail especially on the polar regions. Hope you get to use yours soon & I don't think you'll be disappointed.

You have really pulled out some

good detail on the planet.I have

got the IMG 132 camera.How do you

find the EZPlanetary software.

I have only just worked out, how

it all works.I down load with

tiff files.I then use Registax 5

to sort them out.I save with PNG

files.

Steve.

It took a bit of head scratching I have to admit as in the cameras drop down menu you've either got mono, GR, RG & a couple of others that I can't remember off the to of my head & you need to find out the right one for your camera. As for capturing the image I found it pretty straight forward as you just adjust the levels until you can see the planet & some details. I then click on the spot WB then double click on the planet which helps to level everything out. I was saving as an AVI then stacking in Registax although I might try the TIFF method one night to see if I can save more frames as for some reason EZP splits them up into 1.75GB files.

All in all though once you've got your head round it I find it a good program to use with some nice features.

Tich - fantastic stuff mate

Thanks Steve glad you like it.

[Superdavo]

Awesome animation! I usually find that a little haze indicates a steady atmosphere, and Jupiter is bright enough to shine through. I had a couple of nights like that recently.

[tich]

I must admit when looking at Mars at Hereford last year one night was a little hazy but I was getting some great detail, the following night was really clear & all I was getting was an orange disc.