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Post by howie1 on Feb 25, 2016 7:22:51 GMT
My local astro club main honcho posted up on our clubs page the link to Damian Peach's (UK) 2011 video Damian made of numerous stills (of course) of a complete rotation. Superb. www.facebook.com/peachastro/videos/10150445844570934/?fref=nfThought given Jupiters visible at the moment, that many might enjoy it.
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Post by Dragon Man on Feb 25, 2016 11:36:36 GMT
Fantastic! Thanks for posting the link Howie. I don't know how I missed that one!!!
That is 9.8 hours worth to get a full revolution. Nicely processed!
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Post by johnno on Mar 4, 2016 0:58:50 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 2:33:36 GMT
Thanks for sharing this. It is a beautiful set of images. For planetary work I need a better camera than my Mallincam XT-418, but I don't want to get into imaging. Any suggestions?
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Post by Dragon Man on Mar 4, 2016 11:51:43 GMT
Tim, any of the simple planetary cameras do a great job. You don't need to spend big dollars for planetary work.
Just get one of the popular commonly available ones with good reviews like the Celestron 'Neximage', Meade 'LPI', or for an even better camera Celestron now have a USB3 planetary camera called 'Skyris'.
They are all tried and trusted. There are many other brands but they don't improve much relative to their much dearer prices.
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Post by Rick in NWArk on Mar 4, 2016 14:24:11 GMT
I recommend the ZWO ASI120MC and I see them pop up on the used market all the time. $200 new or $150-$175 used. The Firecapture software works very well with it. I'm also anxious to try the new SharpCap with it.
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Post by Rick in NWArk on Mar 4, 2016 14:26:18 GMT
My local astro club main honcho posted up on our clubs page the link to Damian Peach's (UK) 2011 video Damian made of numerous stills (of course) of a complete rotation. Superb. www.facebook.com/peachastro/videos/10150445844570934/?fref=nfThought given Jupiters visible at the moment, that many might enjoy it. That is Jaw-Dropping!! Wow!
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Post by howie1 on Mar 4, 2016 20:50:52 GMT
Re try out new SharpCap ... yeah ... me too Rick. Hopefully tonight as the cyclone along the coast just about gone and the astro club is heading out tonight. Cross fingers. BTW no damage to us, but Fiji was just about wiped out. We got windy conditions for a week, then rain for a week off and on, then cloud for a week, and huge surf so they had to close all the beaches for a week (that last ones really a catastrophe ... no use of the beach ... in Oz!!!! ). Now we got beach erosion and sand spits are getting washed away. Mother nature. Tim, will be interested to see what you get to try planetary. 10" VRC you could just about go 2" powermate and DSLR!
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Post by howie1 on Mar 4, 2016 21:07:59 GMT
Blow me down! Tim, I just posted the earlier one re wondering what you might get for planetary and opened my emails to see this post on the NSN facebook page from a guy named Baz Pearce ... looks like he likes his ASI1034. " Moons on the move:- An hour of Jupiter's Mistresses, dancing for an hour. 13 x 5 minute intervals. Left to right are Callisto heading to towards the planet. Ganymede heading away, Europa beginning to turn, and Io on the other side heading towards eclipse and occultation. Look closely, each moon has it's own distinct colour. Just shows how good at colour the ASI1034 is in tandem with a catadioptric scope. MAK127 was at native focal length (1500mm) with the Baader ir cut filter on the cam. PIPPed to match the resolution of the recordings at 728x512 to fit everything in. Stacked in Registax and Animated with AnnimateGIF. " The post link is ... www.facebook.com/groups/nightskiesnetwork/757912067642664/
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 14:39:02 GMT
Thanks for the input. The ASI 1034 and the 120MC both look interesting. There are so many cameras available today it takes a lot of time to read through the specs and make a decision. By the time I finish, new cameras will have been introduced. I tend to study things deeply before making a purchase as to avoid buyers remorse. However it is easy to lapse into analysis paralysis. For now I'll do some more experimenting with my current equipment. I have a Telvue 2.5X powermate and a F/8 scope and I'm sure I haven't achieved the best views capable with this yet.
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