Mars 22.10.2020

[knobby]

Hi, I've been getting really wound up with the weather spoiling my Mars fun. Last night looked promising but as soon as I set up it clouded over again 🙁

I sat outside patiently waiting and managed 5 runs in the cloud gaps. So glad I stuck it out.

This is a quick process - autostakkert / registax / PS6 of 1 of those runs.

3 mins approx 18000 frames stacked best 5%

My best ever Mars (so far)

C8/2x barlow/zwo adc/zwo 224mc

[knobby]

Processed one from slightly earlier in the session, maybe a teeny bit more detail ...

 

Edited October 23, 2020 by knobby

[knobby]

And last post ...

First attempt at a gif 

[Tommohawk]

Nice set of images, worth the wait!

[knobby]

Thanks Tommo

[knobby]

last one , I promise 🙂

possibly now over processed but increased local contrast on planet surface.

Looks better on my phone, not sure on web ?

[Tommohawk]

Bit over-cooked for my taste TBH!

[knobby]

5 hours ago, Tommohawk said:

Bit over-cooked for my taste TBH!

Agreed, it's so difficult to know when to stop 🙂 it looks so different on the pc screen to my phone 😊

[Tommohawk]

Thing is it's a great image especially for 8" aperture.

Just a thought...at the risk of thrashing the data again, if you have 2 more or less adjacent runs, you could join them in PIPP, and then do best 5% in AS. Might get you a smidge more. 

[knobby]

1 hour ago, Tommohawk said:

Thing is it's a great image especially for 8" aperture.

Just a thought...at the risk of thrashing the data again, if you have 2 more or less adjacent runs, you could join them in PIPP, and then do best 5% in AS. Might get you a smidge more. 

Maybe tomorrow 😉

[geoflewis]

Nice set of images and annimation, though as others have said and as you suspected, the last one is overprocessed.