Finally a clear night for Jupiter

[Clayton]

Wow what a wait:icon_confused:

This is my first for some time

I think I have some slightly better stuff but I have work in the morning:rolleyes:

[neil phillips]

A nice one you got there Clayton

[lukebl]

That's superb. Was it taken on the 200mm Newtonian, and how many frames did you use? Mine never managed that level of detail.

[Clayton]

Thanks Neil. The seeing helped a lot. Overall it was only about 7.5 but there were some nice moments.

Luke, It was with the 200, and I used 190/2100 frames, Castrator, Registax, CS4 to process

[russ]

Nice image Clayton. It was great to see Jupiter under some decent conditions for a change.

[Space Cowboy]

Nice shot Clayton!

[bus_ter]

Wow how did you get such a high resolution? Was your image filling the webcams sensor to get that?

[Astrokev]

Looks great to me!

[Clayton]

Thanks guys

Below is a full frame that Registax has judged to be the best of the 2100 from the 6th avi on the night. Later I bumped the scale up a bit with a longer extension tube.

I am still working with a 2x Barlow and various extensions. I recently bought a 2.5X Barlow but early tests are indicating that it may be a dud with colour fringing in one direction??:headbang:

Oh and I decided to add the worst frame just for comparison

[Coco]

Great result... am getting fascinated by Planetary imaging

[Clayton]

Great result... am getting fascinated by Planetary imaging

Stay away from it. It can take over your life:eek:

[Ludd]

I'm interested by the idea of using extensions to increase image scale. I take it this is an extension tube between the Barlow and the webcam?

And although I've been using Registax for a while now, I didn't know it could identify best frames - might you be able to clarify how that's done? That one frame you've got is better than my stacked results!

[Clayton]

I'm interested by the idea of using extensions to increase image scale. I take it this is an extension tube between the Barlow and the webcam?

And although I've been using Registax for a while now, I didn't know it could identify best frames - might you be able to clarify how that's done? That one frame you've got is better than my stacked results!

Yes the extension goes between the Barlow and the Camera. Most Barlows can be used in this fashion, but some will not. It's easy to try with an eyepiece on a distant landmark in the daytime.

In the first stages of Registax processing (Align) if you select 100% for the lowest quality you will end up with only one frame which Registax has deemed to be the highest quality frame. I hope this is clear as my head is't after a big last night and a few Ports tonight

[Ludd]

Thanks Clayton - all makes sense, and I'll try extension tubes when I get a chance as it seems a goo idea to avoid unnecessary glass (eg stacking barlows).