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Old 23-05-2016, 09:48 PM
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Mars at oppositon, lovely conditions

When you see all the details on the Firecapture preview...

It was a lovely evening, I got to show some friends some details on Mars through the 16" Dob, and one of those nights where everything was so sharp that even those who'd never looked through a scope could see surface features on Mars and Jupiter and go 'wow!' at Saturn. Though they probably think it's always like that, with planets everywhere and full of detail

Thanks John and Dunk for the brilliant views at the same time, here's my humble contribution

Best 2,700 of 13,00 frames, 200mm Newtonain at f/30, ASI185MC camera, stacked and processed with Firecapture, PIPP, Registax and Photoshop.
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Old 23-05-2016, 10:51 PM
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That looks splendid with cloud detail showing, great catch.

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Old 23-05-2016, 10:53 PM
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Lovely detail showing there
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Old 24-05-2016, 10:50 AM
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Great stuff Andy

How much are you having to push the gain on the 185?
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Old 24-05-2016, 11:12 AM
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Very good. I wasn't able to observe at the weekend so I missed the good seeing!
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Old 25-05-2016, 09:02 PM
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Thanks everyone
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Great stuff Andy

How much are you having to push the gain on the 185?
Hi Dunk, for this one my gain setting was at 325, shutter at 5.2ms to give a histogram value of close to 40%. I try not to ever go much higher than that on the gain, but this seems to do OK. What are your settings for the 224?
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Old 25-05-2016, 09:35 PM
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I usually aim for around 300 with the 224, 400 seems to have a fair bit more colour noise, or maybe that's just the way it looks
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Old 25-05-2016, 10:11 PM
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Interesting . Got to be happy with that one, struuuth, I would be,
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