Sol 23-4-2020 Ha

[ApophisAstros]

 

Astrobin link for caphttps://astrob.in/5yuub7/0/ture details

The earth top left for size comparison

Roger

Edited May 2, 2020 by apophisOAS

[Rusted]

Your top right or ours?

Making great progress Roger!

Now you need to capture a flat to "flatten" the brightness across the image.

[ApophisAstros]

5 hours ago, Rusted said:

Your top right or ours?

Making great progress Roger!

Now you need to capture a flat to "flatten" the brightness across the image.

Any tips on Flats , re wrong side it was late last night and i was tired when i posted , it was left.LoL

thanks Sub.

Roger

Edited April 25, 2020 by apophisOAS

[Davey-T]

Hi Roger, similar setup to you, I use the veg bags from supermarket over the end of the scope for flats.

What capture software are you using ? I use Firecapture and take a flat with it then use AS3 to save it.

Dave

[ApophisAstros]

1 hour ago, Davey-T said:

Hi Roger, similar setup to you, I use the veg bags from supermarket over the end of the scope for flats.

What capture software are you using ? I use Firecapture and take a flat with it then use AS3 to save it.

Dave

I use SharpCap, seems quite good,

Roger

[xtreemchaos]

well done mate, great disc.  charl.

[Rusted]

46 minutes ago, apophisOAS said:

I use SharpCap, seems quite good,

Roger

I use SharpCap too.

Right at the top of the screen in SharpCap there is a Capture heading.

Cover your objective with your poly bag and then choose Capture Flat.
You get a choice of number of frames. Keep that number small as it takes some time to capture a Flat.

 

Now just increase the gain until you get an OK.  Now you can Start your Flat capture.

Once it has captured your flat you can remove the poly bag.
 

Don't move the telescope between the two captures.

Now start your normal video capture from the same drop down box.

The Flat will automatically be loaded on top of the captured video.

So when you open your video in AS!3 it will already be evenly lit.

At this point you will have become an expert imager and can start offering advice on Flats.
I finally managed my own very first flat today.  Once I twigged the simple routine it was easy!

[ApophisAstros]

13 hours ago, Rusted said:

I use SharpCap too.

Right at the top of the screen in SharpCap there is a Capture heading.

Cover your objective with your poly bag and then choose Capture Flat.
You get a choice of number of frames. Keep that number small as it takes some time to capture a Flat.

 

Now just increase the gain until you get an OK.  Now you can Start your Flat capture.

Once it has captured your flat you can remove the poly bag.
 

Don't move the telescope between the two captures.

Now start your normal video capture from the same drop down box.

The Flat will automatically be loaded on top of the captured video.

So when you open your video in AS!3 it will already be evenly lit.

At this point you will have become an expert imager and can start offering advice on Flats.
I finally managed my own very first flat today.  Once I twigged the simple routine it was easy!

Top Banana🍌 mate , cheers for that,

Roger

[Pete Presland]

Nice looking disc.