1st attempt at Mars

[Kirscovitch]

After getting my 1st ever images of Saturn I decided to try for mars. Not the best but with my setup I don't think it's that horrible. Taken with my Nexstar SLT and an Orion Starshoot 5MP and a 2x barlow. Ran it through RS6.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

A bit overexposed but the gibbous shape shows

[Kirscovitch]

Exposer was set at default. I think its like 20ms. I admit I raised the red level way too much when processing as the final image was way too green. 

Any advice on where to set the exposure? I usually just click the auto exposure. But it can be set manually to minutes, seconds, and I assume miliseconds.

[jambouk]

Loads better than my first ever mars.

Great starting point.

James

[Pete Presland]

nice first start, well done. i wouldnt allow the camera to auto set any of the settings. i have not used the Orion Starshoot 5MP, but i would think the best thing to do is adjut the settings yourself and experiment with the different settings to see what works best for you.

[Kirscovitch]

I would have played with the settings a bit more and manually set them. But after almost 2 hours out in -14 temps. Auto was good enough for that attempt lol.

[cepheus42]

I'm only a beginner myself but the great thing with today's systems is that you can reprocess the raw data over and over till you get what you want.

I was bale to reprocess my first images of Jupiter many times as my understanding increased and what had been a fairly bog standard initial  output, turned out very nicely when I understood how to use the software. 

I may well be trying to teach you to suck eggs. Lots to learn for all of us :-)