Jupiter through the 8!

[Rustang]

I finally had the chance to capture Jupiter through my 8inch Orion reflector tonight. The seeing was the best Ive experienced so far while planetary imaging.

Best 20% of approx 18,000 frames

ZWO 224MC, UV IR CUT, 2x Barlow at f10

Firecapture, Autostakkert, Registax.

Its a big improvement from my 100mm refractor, the colours are so much nicer and I have no magenta cast for a start! and there is a definite improvement in detail.  I just need to try the 3x barlow that's on its way to bring it up to f15.

Do you think 120 second videos are to long with this set up, should I be using Winjupos to rotate the data?

 

 

Edited November 28, 2022 by Rustang

[vlaiv]

7 minutes ago, Rustang said:

Do you think 120 sec videos is to long with this set up, should I be using Winjupos to rotate the data?

No, not too long, in fact - you can bump that up to double that and you'd still be fine.

[geoflewis]

Nicely done

[Space Cowboy]

Looking good!

[astrolulu]

Hi, I use a 180 sec exposure with a 200/2000mm setup and I don't see any traces of image blur due to rotation.

[BGazing]

I use 3 mins with my color cam and same aperture, you can see the results on my flickr page. You are safe with 3 minutes for sure.

[Rustang]

Thanks guys