Finally xBox WebCam and Jupiter

[Langy]

After a couple of sessions and reading the forums for settings on the cam I finally managed to capture something reasonable for a starter. It was still a little cloudy tonight and the wind knocking the scope.

Images captured on Sharp Cap, processed in PIPP as I don't have tracking and the finally processed in Registax.

First image was with the settings below straight into the EP holder.

[Video Camera           ]

Frame Divisor=1

Resolution=960x720

Frame Rate (fps)=7.50

Colour Space / Compression=YUY2

Exposure=-9

Brightness=72

Contrast=45

Hue=0

Saturation=18

Sharpness=0

Gamma=228

WhiteBalance=5555

BacklightCompensation=0

Gain=40

Second image was through the 2x Barlows with the following settings.

[Video Camera           ]

Frame Divisor=1

Resolution=960x720

Frame Rate (fps)=7.50

Colour Space / Compression=YUY2

Exposure=-5

Brightness=60

Contrast=24

Hue=0

Saturation=21

Sharpness=0

Gamma=229

WhiteBalance=5498

BacklightCompensation=0

Gain=2

I'm hoping this is the start of some better planetary images as I've finally captured some detail.

Also I thought I'd better include the settings for each image to help anyone else new. Just be warned that different telescopes will require different settings. I searched the forums for examples of settings, saved them all in a profiles before I even got outside. This allowed me to quickly change settings to each extreme and then modify the closest to catching detail.

[Pete Presland]

welcome to the world of imaging, congrats on your 1st images. i can definitely see some equatorial belts, so have you done better than i did with my 1st image so keep going. your set up is certainly capable of more detailed images so good luck!