Jupiter 15/16th - Mak127 - SPC900NC

[Revs]

Just finished my first webcam image . After 3 weeks of cloud I finally managed to get the scope out and play with my new bits! Really pleased with the result as it's far more detailed than my previous efforts with the EOS. This was taken at 12:25am from 3 mins of vid captured with SharpCap, reduced to 1377 frames, stacked and optimised in Registax with a final tweak in Lightroom. Astronomik IR Block filter and Ultima 2x Barlow were used. Seeing was average, with high light pollution (taken from Hudds town centre)..

[red dwalf]

very nice first effort, you must be chuffed, these 127 maks make great planetary image scopes

[Pete Presland]

well done! thats a really nice image quite a bit of detail and nice colour

[omneferuss]

Yep, very nice!

[kris h]

Great image lots of detail

[rawhead]

Very nice

[Revs]

Cheers guys

I was astonished to see how much detail stacking can bring out. When I first loaded up the .AVI I thought it was going to be pretty poor, but I went through Kokatha man's Registax tutorial (cheers KM ) and when I got to the point of adjusting the sharpening sliders it brought out so much detail my jaw literally dropped, followed by a big smile

I could have tweaked more and got a bit more detail, but it started to look a bit over done, so I limited the sharpening sliders to about 25-40, trying to keep a more natural look. It's probably as good as it'll get with this scope and with Jupiter being quite low at 31*Alt.

Really looking forward to my next attempt!

[bus_ter]

Really great image, you've even captured the GRS as it started it's journey around.

[beamish]

Good effort- hopefully you should find a number of opportunities over the next few days

[Space Cowboy]

Excellent first image! I find Craterlet works better than Sharpcap (better colours) A 3x barlow is well worth trying too.

[Revs]

Excellent first image! I find Craterlet works better than Sharpcap (better colours) A 3x barlow is well worth trying too.

Agreed, though I think he'll have to be a little higher in the sky to get more detail. I wish I had the cam a month ago . There's always time, though. I'm really looking forward to imaging Saturn!

[Revs]

I'm I right in thinking there's another GRS-like spot near the GRS?? I've been looking for a higher quality pic to check but I can't find any from last night. Can someone confirm, please..

[rawhead]

This is from calsky at the date and around the time of your image ...

[AztecastroMcJ]

agree very nice detailed pics

Yes the spot nearby is Oval BA or Jnr Red spot,

seems to show a slightly lighter colour than GRS itself,

check some of the older pics and u will see it, it was actually directly under GRS a few weeks ago.

Nice capture

regards James

[Clayton]

Very nice image!

[SeedyF]

Great shot Revs.

Like you i cant wait to have a stab at saturn - first image i ever took was with a compact camera aimed at the vuew finder. Now i have some decentish kit i want to get a proper shot

[harry]

Very nice, detailed image indeed

[brianb]

Great start with your new kit!

[Virgoman]

Excellent, detailed, image. The first of many I am sure. Very well done to you.

Best regards,

Ralph:)

[Revs]

Thanks again peeps

Tried again last night. It looked like there was less turbulence in the atmosphere, but I just couldn't get any detail out of him. Meh, there always time

Clear skies!

[oldfruit]

Great firt picture. you must be very pleased with that. Nice detail too.

[ezza123]

Like it :-)