Jupiter 2014-05-03 with new QHY5L II

[Stargazer33]

Finally managed to get first light with my new QHY5L II.

Transparency wasn't too good and seeing was abysmal, but I am really happy with my first go with the new planetary camera!

This is a quick process in PIPP and then RS6 for stacking and wavelets and then finished off in Photoshop 7.

Equipment:

C8 XLT

CGEM

Revelation 2.5x barlow

QHY5L II

 

Any thoughts/comments welcomed.

Edit: Oh, by the way, that's Io in the lower right hand corner.

[oldpink]

pretty nice
I've not had a lot of luck with Jupiter recently, tried to get 3 moons the other night but when I goth them Jupiter came out hazy masking most of the detail

and its getting too far over west for me now

[kenny k]

Very Nice!

Well done for first go!

Kenny

[sologuitarist61]

Great image!

[hobsey]

Very nice.

You done better than I did last night.

I didn't even manage to get an image on the screen.

[PeterCPC]

Very nice - well done. Bit more adjustment to brightness/contrast maybe.

Peter

[Stargazer33]

Thanks everyone!

This wasn't actually from the best video clip. I was so excited about getting the camera working that I rushed in after it got too misty - the crescent Moon was very milky - that I just downloaded the first video on the laptop and process that. As you can see from the time of the OP I finished at midnight.

hobsey: this wasn't actually first light as I set up a few nights previous and like yourself got absolutely nothing on the screen. Not sure if it was the software - ezplanetary keeps locking up - focus, or what! The night that this capture is from I had the Moon to align/focus on first which got me where I needed to be.

oldpink: I agree, Jupiter is getting too far West now, but I just couldn't resist, it's been sooo long now since I have managed to get out let alone image anything!

Peter: yes, it still needs adjustment, I agree. As I say, it was a very excited quick process from probably the worst video of the night, just to get something posted.

When I get all the videos processed I will put the best in another post. I did a few close-ups of the Moon, then Jupiter and finally a couple of Mars before I gave up as the high level cloud was getting too bad.