Mars with the 100p f/4 mini Dob.

[Chris]

This was a real challenge for three reasons. Tiny f/4 scope, terrible seeing, and the fact that Mars is approaching it's furthest distance from Earth. 

It's kind of amazing I got anything really lol 

Heritage 100p f/4, ASI120mc, PIPP and Registax. 

[Chris]

Don't laugh ?

[dweller25]

Thats actually as good as it’s going to get at the moment ?

[Chris]

Just now, dweller25 said:

Thats actually as good as it’s going to get at the moment ?

Yeah I think I milked the tiny shaving mirror for all it's worth ? I only got the image below even with an 8" the other night:

[Alan White]

22 minutes ago, Lockie said:

Don't laugh ?

I didn't Chris, promise...but it did make me smile.
Why do we all like a challenge in Astro rather than easy?
 

[rwilkey]

Well done Chris, I think that's great, all things considered!

[Chris]

2 minutes ago, Alan White said:

I didn't Chris, promise...but it did make me smile.
Why do we all like a challenge in Astro rather than easy?
 

lol I know, I could have just got the CPC out again when I saw Mars, but I looked at my tiny little mini Dob sitting on the shelf and thought, go on little 100p, you can do it!? 

[Chris]

3 minutes ago, rwilkey said:

Well done, I think that's great, all things considered!

Cheers, Robin  

[Alan White]

2 minutes ago, Lockie said:

and thought, go on little 100p, you can do it!? 

At least you didn't say it out loud though, or did you?? 

[Chris]

15 minutes ago, Alan White said:

At least you didn't say it out loud though, or did you?? 

I can't remember, but it is the kind of thing I would do  

[Chris]

I've just spotted a strange red object flying by Mars on one of my AVI files. It's likely just a satellite but it's redder than Mars?? 

I'll link a video to it and get opinions. if it's not a satellite it could be NEO perhaps? Nah it's probably a satellite. 

[Peter Drew]

Nice colours.   ?

[Kokatha man]

On ‎04‎/‎02‎/‎2019 at 22:35, Lockie said:

Yeah I think I milked the tiny shaving mirror for all it's worth  I only got the image below even with an 8" the other night:

...not really Chris - a channel alignment & adjusting the black-point for the background around the planet etc will improve your image significantly: you have done very well indeed actually & some dusky surface detail is evident when the image is cleaned up a bit! ?

Our website details the steps required which can be done in Registax6 & several other free softwares...

[Chris]

4 hours ago, Kokatha man said:

...not really Chris - a channel alignment & adjusting the black-point for the background around the planet etc will improve your image significantly: you have done very well indeed actually & some dusky surface detail is evident when the image is cleaned up a bit! ?

Our website details the steps required which can be done in Registax6 & several other free softwares...

Thanks! I'm terrible at post processing planets as you can tell, but to be fair, I was talking about milking the 100p image, I knew the C8 image wasn't great, looked mushy. so many thanks for that, great improvement  erm, do you have a link to your web site tutorial please.

[Kokatha man]

Website: http://momilika.net/  

 

Tutorials: http://momilika.net/WebPages/ImageProcessing_PostCapture&AS3Processing.htm  

 

 

[Kokatha man]

No idea why the links are playing funny buggers - just type in momilika.net & click on "Astro Intro" on the RHS & then the tute links at the bottom of those links on the LHS.

[Chris]

33 minutes ago, Kokatha man said:

No idea why the links are playing funny buggers - just type in momilika.net & click on "Astro Intro" on the RHS & then the tute links at the bottom of those links on the LHS.

Cheers dude!  

[orion25]

Nothing to laugh about at all, Chris. Your images accurately show how Mars is zooming away from us, and the C8 image shows hints of of detail, too! Cheers for the effort

 

Reggie