first Jupiter of year

[gonzostar]

First pics of Jupiter with the SCT at F10

184 frames each frame 0.4"

Stacked with registax the processed in P.S

 

Second image

with 2*barlow at 1.3" 116 frames stacked and processed in P.S

 

Hope you can see them  

[gonzostar]

Forgot to mention taken with the canon 450d camera! 

 

[Pete Presland]

I would definitely try to get some more frames if you can, have you tried your Autoguider on the planets? I don't know much about it, but it might be worth a go as well maybe.

[gonzostar]

Havent thought of that, will look into it. What software would you use to capture the data?

 

Cheers 

Dean

[wimvb]

Looks great. I'm not convinced that guiding will improve the quality, since the exposure time is shorter than what the guiding software can correct. I think you can improve quality by only stacking the best subs. Examine each sub and discard the obvious fuzzies.

 

Btw, Dean, I don't see your latest acquisition in your signature. Has your APO seen first light yet?

[gonzostar]

Tonights the night! (weather permitting!) Was having to wait for the correct shoe for finderscope.  Had a play with focus, balance etc this morning. Very exciting 

I do need more subs you are correct and to be vigorous iwith subs i use

I think what Pete was getting at was using the autoguider as a camera instead of the DSLR. Think its worth looking into

 

Cheers

Dean

 

[wimvb]

Using the guide camera as a planetary camera makes more sense. Is your guide camera a colour camera? If not, you could combine the colour from the DSLR with the luminance (detail) from the guidecam.

Have fun

[gonzostar]

Wlll look into this next cloudy night! (probably tomrrow)