3rd try at Jupiter

[Arushin]

O.k. I am all Jupitered out now as far as imaging goes. I am going to give it a break for a month or so until it is higher in the sky a bit earlier in the evening.

This is my 3rd processed AVI capture using the Mak 127 & Phillips SPC900NC webcam. Took the good advice from you guys and used a 2X barlow and reduced the FPS to 10. This is a stack of about 1100 frames and I tried not to over process the detail this time.

I am pretty pleased with this one as I even managed to catch a shadow of one of its moons and the GRS.

Any and all further advice greatly received.

Regards and thanks for getting me this far,

Tony

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[Merlin999]

Those are trully amazing pics Tony. As a new owner of a 127 MAK, you have made me positively salivate at the thought of producing images like yours. I'll have to have a read through your posts to see how you've managed to capture those.

I was out looking at Jupiter with my MAK last night but didn't manage to get anywhere near as much detail as you did. Can I ask, at what time of night did you take those images? You've certainly given me something to aim for!

[Space Cowboy]

Very good Tony! Maybe need to have your gain set a little higher to prevent the onion rings.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Really nice. Captured a transit as well.

[Joe gray]

Really nice, alot better than i can do.. congrats

[Arushin]

Those are trully amazing pics Tony. As a new owner of a 127 MAK, you have made me positively salivate at the thought of producing images like yours. I'll have to have a read through your posts to see how you've managed to capture those.

I was out looking at Jupiter with my MAK last night but didn't manage to get anywhere near as much detail as you did. Can I ask, at what time of night did you take those images? You've certainly given me something to aim for!

Hi Merlin999

Read 'Primer - planetary imaging with a Toucam' located on this forum... absolutely brilliant. The only difference is that I use SharpCap instead of K3CCDTools as the latter seems to hang on my laptop everytime I try to capture AVI's.

I don't use Virtualdub either, but may well play around with that at a later date.

The image you refer to was taken around 11.00pm in my south facing garden. Unfortunately at this time Jupiter was siting right above a streetlight and the full moon was just off to the east so not the best of conditions. This was a 2 min capture at 10fps using the Mak 127 and Phillips webcam. I seem to get better results processing the AVI with Registax 4 than I do with Registax 5, but I am sure this is just personal preference.

I hope you do give it a go as it is a great feeling to get an image you have captured yourself. This is a very affordable way to get into imaging and there is tons of great advice and 'How to's" right here on SGL. I look forward to seeing your results on the forum.

Thanks for looking and for your comments,

regards Tony

[Merlin999]

Thanks Tony, I'll go check that primer out. I only hope I can get as good results as you!

[AztecastroMcJ]

decent result there Tony

cheers James

[iamzoso60]

HI everyone, I have had my 127 for a few weeks but cannot get any where near the detail shown in these amazing pictures. I am using a Celestron neximage and the supplied 25mm and 10mm eyepieces. All I can seem to get is a fuzzy ball!

Any tips would be welcome.

Is there an easy way that I could check the allignment of my

telescope?

Thanks.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

HI everyone, I have had my 127 for a few weeks but cannot get any where near the detail shown in these amazing pictures. I am using a Celestron neximage and the supplied 25mm and 10mm eyepieces. All I can seem to get is a fuzzy ball!

Any tips would be welcome.

Is there an easy way that I could check the allignment of my

telescope?

Thanks.

Collimation could be an issue, but I would first see in you can come to focus at all. I would first try with a barlow, rather than EP projection (which I gather you are using), I find the latter can be a bit tricky.

You could perhaps test the kit in daytime, which is what I did first time round.

[mrwhippy14]

Well done pal. Good shots.

[Arushin]

HI everyone, I have had my 127 for a few weeks but cannot get any where near the detail shown in these amazing pictures. I am using a Celestron neximage and the supplied 25mm and 10mm eyepieces. All I can seem to get is a fuzzy ball!

Any tips would be welcome.

Is there an easy way that I could check the allignment of my

telescope?

Thanks.

Hi,

I am afraid I don't have any experience with Celestron Neximage but from what I can gather it gives about the same quality of image as the Phillips webcam. All I do is to center the object starting with a 32 or 25 eyepiece and then re-centre with a 9mm and finally a 6mm. I then replace the 6mm with the webcam & 2X Barlow and make a minor adjustment to the focus. In the webcam control I initially leave the auto adjust on as this gives a bright fuzzy blob to home in on and then I adjust the gamma/brightness/contrast once I turn off the auto settings. Maybe the bright fuzzy blob you are seeing is down to the software settings as well, but as I said, I am not familiar with the Neximage software so I couldn't swear to it.

Hope you crack it soon... I am sure you will.

Regards Tony

[iamzoso60]

Thanks for your reply Tony. That could well be my problem, as I left the settings on auto.

Becuse of the weather I have only had an hour or so to fiddle about with the set up.

Hopefully we shall have some clear nights soon and I can have another try. I will post any results that are half decent.