Jupiter at opposition

[jimness]

Hello folks,

I've been lurking round this forum for a while but I think it's time to start posting and hopefully get some feedback / tips etc.! I have a Celestron 9.25 SCT on an EQ6 in a permanent shed with roof hacked off observatory, and have started imaging Jupiter recently with a Neximage and cheapo 2x Barlow (the TV Powermate 2.5x is currently in the post). This is my best so far from last night - though I intend to do some more processing on other captures I've got. Resampling in VirtualDub before going into Registax is one approach I'm yet to try....anyway I've got a long way to go before I can compete with some of the fabulous stuff I see in this forum!

Cheers

Jim

[AztecastroMcJ]

very nice debut Jim,

u very lucky to get Jupiter at opposition aswell

was too cloudy here last night

how many frames is image ?

James

[jimness]

Why thank you!,

520 or so from 600 - 2 mins at 5fps (using the RAW colour mod in the Neximage). This is a pretty quick 'n dirty Registax output with a bit more in Photoshop - noise ninja, sharpened highlights, curves, colour balance. I captured loads with a 3x barlow too tho initially they look a bit blurry - I'll try a bit harder with them when I have more time (i.e. not at work!)

Jim

[jimness]

OK had a go at splitting the RGB channels...think there's a bit more to see there. Not sure whether upsampling would make any more improvements cos it's probably a bit too blurry for that...must try and focus next time!