Jupiter - not brilliant but not bad for a first time effort!

[Sam Baker]

Managed to stack 43 images - manually, Registax didn't seem to be too happy at aligning the images itself so i gave it a go and adjusted the gamma setting for a bit of detail. Any feedback, tips and tricks would be greatly appreciated!

[Kirscovitch]

Not too bad for a first effort. What were you using? Webcam? DSLR? You need to get a lot of frames for stacking. 

[Sam Baker]

Canon 600d mounted on focuser. It was my first time. I don't really know what settings to use either so it's currently more faffing than taking images. Have you got any tips on settings and how many images should be used?

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[Sam Baker]

Also love the fact that it looks like a bigmac!

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[Pete Presland]

nice first image both halves of the bun are clearly visible as is the burger  seriously its a nice start, i would try to increase the image scale with a barlow though.

[johnh]

Thats a promising start, I think you need to concentrate on collimation as the moons of Jupiter should be points.  Keep going as you love the results with longer focal length.

John.

[Sam Baker]

I'll give that a go next time. And hopefully be able to get something a bit better. I've done an image of mates as well which I'm pleased with but there's only slight detail. please see. Personally i don't really understand what I need to do to achieve good photos - I seem to have to align manually because registax is not playing ball and it's a struggle but I'm going to try video mode next down and get the frames off it to see if theres any difference

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[Sam Baker]

Mars*

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[PeterCPC]

When you use the Canon in planetary mode you have the choice of a 5x or 10x digital zoom which will help with focusing and give you a much larger image. I would also use a Barlow lens. I would be taking at least 2000 frames to stack in Registax but I would also put them through PIPP first to select the best frames. Good for a first go though - better than my first for sure.

Peter

[Space Cowboy]

Thats a pretty decent Mars image Sam. As has been said video mode is your best bet to capture several thousand frames. I would not worry about using PIPP at this stage but would suggest trying Autostakkert instead of registax for stacking the frames as it is far superior http://www.autostakkert.com/wp/download/

Youtube has plenty of tutorials :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLeBLyAMdl0

[sologuitarist61]

Well done!

[Sam Baker]

I downloaded pipp this morning and used it on my jupiter pictures and found I got a much better stack without have to align manually either . It wasn't until today when I really started to understand that the more frames the better - im going to give video mode a go. Is it worth changing the settings on my camera periodically or is it just get it in focus and get as many frames as possible and stack them together?

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[Sam Baker]

Would it be worth doubling up my Barlows? I have a 3x and 2x

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[Sam Baker]

I did this before I started work and just processed it as soon as I got home. Hope you all enjoy it!

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[Sam Baker]

Managed to take a 4 min video of jupiter in the strong winds so struggled getting good focus but still rather impressed with the results

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