Mars & Jupiter from 3/4 May

[Stargazer33]

Here are my captures from the night of 8/9 May.

First Jupiter which was over in the West. There way thin high cloud that looked more like mist.

Next is Mars.

These were taken on my new QHY5L II. First light for the camera and still getting used to the software - ezplanetary keeps freezing!

I am really impressed with this camera, it is much better than my SPC900NC web cam!

Anyway, here they are:

C8, CGEM, Revelation 2.5x barlow, QHY5L II

[oldpink]

very nice captures
Jupiter is looking very nice with the moon and GRS

but can you tell my how you manage to time travel as I'm sure this is the 5th of May

i'd love to be able to leap forward to clear skies

[FunkyKoval35]

Here are my captures from the night of 8/9 May.

Hmm... Are You from the future? Nice captures

[oldpink]

hope you don't mind me editing your Jupiter
its a lovely shot but needed a bit oh histogram shift to set the black point and take out the halo

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[Stargazer33]

Hmm... Are You from the future? Nice captures

Damn!   I've given the game away, my real name is John Smith, aka Dr Who.

They were actually taken on the night of 3/4 may!

[oldpink]

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[Stargazer33]

That looks much better oldpink, thanks!

I was also processing some Mars images from my last evening out - 8/9 APRIL - which is where the confusion about the date came in! 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Damn!   I've given the game away, my real name is John Smith, aka Dr Who.

They were actually taken on the night of 3/4 may!

Sorted!

Nice images, BTW

[jackruff]

Could you please share your exposure data? Those are nice shots. I'm envious!

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk.

[Stargazer33]

Hi Jackruff. The log file is on my laptop at home, but I will post the details as soon as I get an opportunity.

I am really pleased with them myself. After struggling with various web cams, having the extra fps really makes a difference. I think I had frame rates of 40-56 fps, much better than my old Philips SPC900NC which I had to use on 5-10 fps or it would compress the data in order for the USB1 driver to keep up with the frame rate.

[Pete Presland]

a couple of excellent images well done!

[Stargazer33]

Thanks Michael - I don't look quite so daft now! 

I was out last night so couldn't get the log files for the images but I will post them tonight jackruff.

Thanks everyone for all the positive comments - I can't tell you how chuffed I am with this little camera. 

[Stargazer33]

Hi jackruff, sorry this took me so long.

Here is the camera details for the two images above.

Jupiter:                                                            Mars:
[QHY Camera (Native WDM)]                          [QHY Camera (Native WDM)]
Frame Divisor=1                                             Frame Divisor=1
Resolution=800x600                                       Resolution=800x600
Frame Rate (fps)=55.00                                 Frame Rate (fps)=55.00
Colour Space / Compression=RGB24            Colour Space / Compression=RGB24
Exposure=-6                                                   Exposure=-7
Gamma=1                                                      Gamma=1
Gain=46                                                         Gain=53

These are just what I used on the night with no previous experience with this camera or much knowledge of what I was doing, period!

BTW: these were taken with SharpCap.

[Barv]

A nice couple of images. I am sure things will get much better when you get used to the camera.

Regards

Harvey

[U Cyg]

Two very nice images!  Jupiter is still looking good for so late in the season.

Angie

[theo]

They look great!! Nicely done.

Pete

[Stargazer33]

Thanks Harvey, Angie & Pete,

With the Moon bubbling as much as it was I was really surprised at how good the final image of Jupiter came out, especially as it was well over to the West when I imaged it.

[tingting44]

lovely detail with your new QHY5L-ii !!! i take it you have the color version?