Jupiter through the murk

[mightymonoped]

Really pleased with this given the horrible conditions. Had to wait about 3/4 of an hour, then the conditions improved for a little bit.

ED80, TouCam and TAL 3x Barlow

a bit of wavelets and almost no processing.

Tony

[mightymonoped]

Just noticed on my work monitor that the colour and saturation etc.. are pretty carp on this, so I'll redo it properly when I get home.

:D

Tony

[Cloudwatcher]

Looks fine from here.

Think I can see one of the moons out to the left.

Cheers

CW

[mightymonoped]

Looks fine from here.

Think I can see one of the moons out to the left.

Cheers

CW

Indeed you can! I just haven't bothered bringing it out yet

Tony

[legion48]

I see the moon too and the planet looks great to me. Well done.

[beamer3.6m]

Fantastic shot.

Best I have seen this year I reckon.

[mightymonoped]

Thanks all

I had a play and also processed the image taken with the Televue 2x Barlow.

Do you think these are any better?

Tony

[Cloudwatcher]

The rework of Jupiter and single moon looks excellent.

It may just be the scale or my screen but in the second image Jupiter appears a tad bright and lacks the definition achieved in the previous one.

Am I right in thinking that both images are cropped from a larger frame? If so,would be interested in seeing the original.

Cheers

CW

[mightymonoped]

The rework of Jupiter and single moon looks excellent.

It may just be the scale or my screen but in the second image Jupiter appears a tad bright and lacks the definition achieved in the previous one.

Am I right in thinking that both images are cropped from a larger frame? If so,would be interested in seeing the original.

Cheers

CW

Hey CW

You are right about the brighter image...it's always a bit of a guess posting onto the forum, I find. Generally, my laptop monitor seems a little too good to be taken as what it's going to look like once posted :-) I'll try to post the re-re-worked one at some point (may just stick the finished article on my website.

Strangely enough the two images are actually full size. One captured using a TAL 3x Barlow, the other with a Televue 2X Barlow.

I used a technique I read about in Practical Astronomer...basically, I captured using QCFocus in a 352 x 288 resolution. This smaller frame size allowed me to capture at 15 fps without too much compression; I was therefore able to capture a decent number of frames in a 2 minute avi (about the maximum for a fast rotating planet like Jupiter if you want to avoid blur caused by rotation).

Tony

[Jeff RV]

You have penetrated the murk fine Tony, Nice image!!

Jeff.

[jarbi]

Tony,

You catched so many details with a 80mm scope :shock: !

I like the colours specially, looks like the view through the eyepiece, so natural.

cheers,

Janos