C9.25<>Meade 14" shootout round two (Jupiter May 26th)

[asimov]

G'day.

Seeing last night was shocking; 3/10 I reckon. Jupiter was showing us the big 'heave-ho' {massive undulations} :(

Lester & I shot a few AVI's anyway, trying all sorts of combo's: no barlow/no extension tube etc. My best scale for the night with the C91/4 2X barlow no extension tube.

We tried dfferent frame rates too: 5FPS/10FPS Different gain/gamma settings etc.

Interestingly enough, by far my best AVI for the night coming from an experiment @ 20FPS ;) Yep, we have some nice onions in this shot & plenty of speckle etc...:whistle:

Ok....Lets see your best from last night Lester Ol' Boy!! :hi:

[asimov]

One from earlier on in the evening. 10FPS.

[Robert_T]

Hey Asi, for 3/10 seeing that's kickin along nicely - great colour too. Do you and Lester notice much difference in seeing between your respective locations?

cheers,

[matt]

Your seeing looks very similar to mine here in canberra almost all of the time.

You've done well though to get the detail you've got, and nice colour:thumbsup:

[Lester]

Hi Rob, Asi here on Lesters computer.

As the crow flies were 15 k's apart & no, we have not really noticed different seeing conditions. Lester is also 150 m higher than my position.

[Lester]

Hi everyone,:thumbsup:

Sorry to keep you waiting, here is a 5fps and 10fps taken at PF =no barlow as the seeing was very ordinary. Taken with neximage.

[[1ponders]]

Hard to tell without them being the same image scale.

[Lester]

Okay trying to resize my images.

[[1ponders]]

Ok I'll give it a go.

I don't think the resizing helped your image quality Lester, Still looks good, but decidedly less appealing than the first set. That's not saying that any planetary scientist wouldn't have given his left ......... big toe for images like that a very short time ago.

Seeing of course plays a big part in this so unless you are going to take comparison shots at the same time, same place, same image scale, etc it isn't going to be a valid comparison. But :clap: for taking the effort and trying even a subjective comparison.

Order of preference.
1. Lesters small images 10 fps then 5 fps - sharper images
2. Asi's images 5 fps then 10 fps (I'd say seeing stuffed you on the second Asi) - more detail visible
3. Resized - Better size but the detail is smeared out, for me.

[Lester]

Thanks Paul for your indepth report. The deul will continue.

[asimov]

My first one posted was 20 FPS..;) no 5FPS shots here from me.

Heres the same scale.

[asimov]

:lol: Call them images??

You young chaps have no idea wot your doing!

I'll show you youngins how to take Jupiter hi-rez images with my new C8 that arrived last night! :D

(bloody cheeky no-hoping wippersnappers! :screwy: )

Signed: Asi's grandmother..:P

[matt]

You got yourself a C8???

You kept quiet about that Asi. Did you buy it or you got it on loan?

Astromart ... or from in OZ?;)

[Lester]

Asi looks to me like you have got potential, those images are quite acceptable.:thumbsup:

Don't you go getting toooooo good with that C8 now or you will be banded from posting.:rofl:

[davidpretorius]

why a c8?

gonna knock some holes in it for cooling???? of course with the 200 ton press

loveley work guys, i would give anything to spend a few nights there, sounds like you are having an absolute blast!

[asimov]

Yeah, I'm gonna make it into a truss SCT lol...we'll get that mirror cool yet!

[matt]

mmmmmm... a truss SCT....:D

So, did you buy the C8?

[Lester]

Hi Matt, What do you think the C8 is worth?????

[matt]

I was once taught to never answer a question with a question, lester, especially when it's not your question to answer....:lol:

Asi ... did you buy it or is it on loan?

But out of respect for your question I'll say I have no idea what they're worth ... which is why I asked the question.

[asimov]

You'd never make a good politician then Matt! ;) One must always answer the question with a question...baffle-the-brain-with-bull-twang & all that..:P

Seeing you had the decency to ask the Q 3X, yeah it's on loan.:thumbsup:

[matt]

Good thing I don't want to be a politician.

Much happier shootin' straight:thumbsup:

But just out of curiosity what's a ballpark $$$ figure for a 2nd hand C8 orange tube?

Think houghy may have bought one on Astromart recently, or was certainly looking at a purchase.

[davidpretorius]

its called spin....

"I recently acquired a c8 scope through means that should be obvious to those individuals interested in the provisioning of said scope to the industry!!!!!"


Wel mate, if it is a loaner, my holesaw kit is in the next airbag!!!

[asimov]

Yeah me too Matt...A spade is a spade.

[asimov]

Yes Dave, Lester won't mind a few 100mm holes in the tube, I'll throw some cardboard patches on 'em held on with rubber bands & colour match 'em before giving it back & he'll never know!!

[davidpretorius]

thats the spirit!