Saturn | Jupiter with GRS animation | Mars with hump | Luna craters | 2016-06-02

[Archonom]

I'm still a bloody beginner, so I was very happy when I saw the results for my imaging efforts last night. For the first time, I am at least half satisfied with the stacked and sharpened pictures.

I configured my new ADC correctly for the first time, so Jupiter showed me at least some details when I captured 21 stacks over approx. one hour. The best pictures are part of the rotation animation in the GIF. 

Since I have been practicing on Jupiter for over 3 months, I tried to use my learnings on Saturn. Unfortunately I had to wait 2 full hours until Saturn was high enough, but it was worth it:

(Greetings to @RolandKol :P)

 

Mars showed a hump for some reason, I guess that this planet was still too low and besides that, I know that it is very hard to catch any detail from the surface:

 

 

At the end, I tried to capture some sharp moon craters, but I guess I could have done better:

I hope you like some of those pics!

 

Equipment:

• Newton 8'' f/5
• EQ6 with GoTo
• ASI ZWO 290 cooled, color
• Barlow 3x Premium for Jupiter, Mars and small Saturn pics (f/15)
• Barlow 5x Premium for large Saturn pic (f/15)
• Firecapture, AS!3, Registaxx, Gimp just for putting the pictures into a larger frame so the forums and facebook won't enlarge the image when viewing it

Site:

• Small city in Germany, city center..
• Seeing was bad or "it could be better", as usual

[Pete Presland]

A very nice collection of images, you did have a busy night!

[knobby]

Nice captures 

[Chris]

Very productive night! Nice images  

[Ben the Ignorant]

The differences in seeing quality are striking in the little animation.

[Archonom]

Thanks!! I appreciate it.

 

@Ben the Ignorant True. The best pictures are the ones at the end, and they were taken when Jupiter reached the highest spot and when there was no wind at my site. However, as soon as the moon appeared, the seeing was bad for half an hour. I was really glad I completed my Jupiter recordings at this time..

[U Cyg]

A nice set of images, and a lovely little animation  ?

Angie

[AstroKane]

Great nights work!