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Post by Rick in NWArk on Apr 15, 2017 4:23:02 GMT
Here's Jupiter from tonight: Jupiter and its Moons - Just trying to get them all focused Jupiter at 3.5 milliseconds and 3 gain Jupiter at 5 milliseconds and 5.12 gain No stacking. The stacking in the software didn't really give me anything worthwhile. I did snag some video to see if I could do some other stacking.
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Post by Dragon Man on Apr 15, 2017 7:28:00 GMT
Woo-hooo, well done Rick! All these 224's are giving great results.
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Post by Rick in NWArk on May 7, 2017 3:33:25 GMT
Snapshot of Jupiter from tonight.
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Post by Dragon Man on May 7, 2017 9:53:11 GMT
Nicely done Rick! Bands look good and the Red Spot shows out well! Colours are good too. Well done
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2017 11:23:06 GMT
"Jupiter at 5 milliseconds and 5.12 gain"
That's nice.
So is there any software available to live stack planetary images, similar to DSS, Astrotoaster etc?
Seems you're only a few frames away from a really spectacular image.
I suppose the rate of data acquisition and processing time could be a problem....
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Post by Dragon Man on May 7, 2017 12:18:23 GMT
"Jupiter at 5 milliseconds and 5.12 gain" That's nice. So is there any software available to live stack planetary images, similar to DSS, Astrotoaster etc? Seems you're only a few frames away from a really spectacular image. I suppose the rate of data acquisition and processing time could be a problem.... If the 224 camera is one of the 'Touptek' cameras, yes. The ToupSky, RisingSky, etc software has excellent stacking and Frame Alignment. Also has stacking selections for Planetary or Deep Sky.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2017 2:17:01 GMT
Yes I have that software. Never used it on planets.
So it works well for that purpose?
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Post by Dragon Man on May 8, 2017 13:59:09 GMT
Yes I have that software. Never used it on planets. So it works well for that purpose? Sure does. For a clean stable 'Live' view of planets I select 'Align Frames' and select '5' in stack numbers, select 'Average', and select 'Planet'. Then all you have to do is click on 'Enable' and off it goes. It shows you a view of the Planet that is stacked and aligned every few milliseconds so the view still looks live, but much cleaner and detailed.
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Post by Rick in NWArk on May 8, 2017 14:17:02 GMT
Well, maybe I am doing it wrong, but I have not gotten good results from Planetary stacking on either Jupiter or the Moon. In fact, for me, it makes it look worse than the live view.
The only "help" the Toupware has given me is additive stacking on DSOs to pull out more detail in faint regions.
I have saved some video from both my earlier session above and last night and I was going to give Registax a go.
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Post by Dragon Man on May 8, 2017 14:28:02 GMT
Well, maybe I am doing it wrong, but I have not gotten good results from Planetary stacking on either Jupiter or the Moon. In fact, for me, it makes it look worse than the live view. The only "help" the Toupware has given me is additive stacking on DSOs to pull out more detail in faint regions. I have saved some video from both my earlier session above and last night and I was going to give Registax a go. Next time I'm out doing Planetary observing with the 224 I will take some shots of Jupiter with and without the ToupSky/RisingSky stacking settings I quoted above.
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Post by Rick in NWArk on May 8, 2017 23:18:29 GMT
Yeah, I need to do the same.
By the way, the image above was thru a crappy 2x Barlow. I think my exposure was 60ms and gain was at minimum of 1. No other tweaks other than hitting the white balance button.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2017 23:41:08 GMT
Yes I have that software. Never used it on planets. So it works well for that purpose? Sure does. For a clean stable 'Live' view of planets I select 'Align Frames' and select '5' in stack numbers, select 'Average', and select 'Planet'. Then all you have to do is click on 'Enable' and off it goes. It shows you a view of the Planet that is stacked and aligned every few milliseconds so the view still looks live, but much cleaner and detailed. Thanks Ken I'll give it a try on Jupiter and the Moon.
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Post by Rick in NWArk on May 9, 2017 1:22:04 GMT
Here is my first attempt with Registax on the video from the first post (no Barlow - cant remember which settings haha)
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Post by Dragon Man on May 9, 2017 10:09:01 GMT
WOW! that's nice Rick. Good to see you weren't heavy handed on the Wavelets. Too many people pump up the wavelets until their planet looks like a cartoon.
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Post by Rick in NWArk on May 10, 2017 16:24:04 GMT
Thanks Ken!
Yeah, I'm finding that my second video -- with the Barlow above -- is not responding as well. To get any detail, I had to do just what you described and it looked quite silly and fake. I am wondering if I was just a tad out of focus, perhaps? More to come if the clouds allow!
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Post by howie1 on May 11, 2017 6:34:07 GMT
Yup, had the same experience Rick ... I used a barlow and focused as best (FWHM) with that but it was both harder to tweak in registax wavelets and still less sharp than without a barlow. My best with the barlow looked (as Ken put it) cartoon'ish. I also had no idea what I was doing with those wavelets sharpening tools until I found this video ...
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Post by fondofchips on May 11, 2017 7:56:46 GMT
Nice picture Rick, when you get a good picture you spend so much time admiring it that you forget to record the settings that were used for it. Back to trial and error then!
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