Jupiter Sept 22nd Skymax 127 reprocess

[Space Cowboy]

Just realized I've not been using the RGB alignment correctly in registax. It's only been adjusting the RGB in the stack alignment area instead of the whole image. Here is the image from Sept 22nd with proper RGB alignment..cleaned up blue fringe on Jupiter and the it's moon nicely.

First image 150% size, 2nd is actual size. (3x Barlow, SPC900 & Skymax 127)

[MrJulius]

That is pretty good to come out of a 127mm aperture.

I like the contrast between the missing SEB and the GRS.

I prefer the non upscaled version.

[Astrokev]

Great image!

[bigal1]

Great image Stuart the colors show up well .

[Space Cowboy]

Cheers guys it's definitely my best Jupiter yet

[neil phillips]

Quite a bit of detail for the little mak, good resize and process.

As for rgb on reg, i often find it doesnt always estimate to the best of the misalignment. And manual can often do better, sometimes its worth resizing, adding colour saturation, to really see the woods from the trees. I often do this, as i find i cant see the missalignment on reg easily. Then as soon as i colour saturate BINGO one side is blue or red. taking me right back to the beggining again, ouch, better to get it right straight off.

your alignment looks ok to me

[Space Cowboy]

Cheers Neil thanks for the RGB tip! Learning all the time with Registax...it's amazing what a difference subtle adjustments can make.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice stuff! Great image for such a 127 Mak, as others have pointed out.

[Bobcat]

Impressive... most impressive

[iamzoso60]

Wow, I didnt relise that you could get that sort of detail out of a 127. I must practice more. In the few attempts that I've had, I cant seem to get a sharp enough image on the comp screen. Whats your secret?

[Leedsgreen]

Fantastic image, Stuart, thanks for sharing! I imagine 3x barlow is probably the max we can push the Skymax 127 although I hope to combine my 2.5x barlow and 1.5x to make 3.75 when its next clear. I've read that beyond f/40 is wasted magnification so it'll be interesting to see what comes out.

Well done again, brilliant result,

Nick

[Space Cowboy]

Cheers guys! Actually it turns out this image was 2.5x not 3x. That 3.75x combo sounds well worth trying Nick. I have got a decent pic on here at 4.25x.