Winjupos and Mars

[chiltonstar]

There seem to be different opinions as to whether Winjupos is worthwhile with Mars or not. Looking at a series of avis of Mars from 23rd October, I could see detectable movement from stacked images from avis as little as 120 secs apart, so I decided to venture into Winjupos. I'm not that good with software, so my first try took two hours and the Sky at Night tutorial. Taking 8 avis from the 23rd October  using my 180 Mak, ADC, 1.4x barlow, ASI224 MC, 600 frames each from 5000 and processing each avi in Autostakkert and PS, I derotated the series, and included the non-derotated frame and the BAA Mars Mapper for comparison. Worthwhile, I think so. I have a 1 Tb hard drive full of avis to try on rainy evenings!

Chris

Edited October 29, 2020 by chiltonstar

[astroman001]

Definitely use WinJUPOS, you can easily combine 20 - 30 mins of videos to get a smoother result.

Peter