2 June Jupiter 14"SCT

[Lester]

Hi everyone,

Seeing conditions last night started off very good 7-8/10 and then deteriated as the night progressed and humidity went up.

This is one of many captured with neximage last night.

[Dennis]

Hi Jim

Hmm although a very nice image, it doesn't seem to have that crispness or bite that I have seen you produce with the ToUcam. Is that a Neximage vs ToUcam thing, or is it attributable to seeing?

Cheers

Dennis

[Robert_T]

Hi Lester, another big bold jupiter!. Great colours. Looks maybe a little over-processed to my eyes but that can be a personal preference thing.

Great stuff!

[Lester]

Here is another from last night. Gain=25% fps=10 Gamma=15% 1/10 second exposure.

[asimov]

That second ones a beauty!

You sure like those rich saturated colours don't you mate!:eyepop:

:thumbsup:

[Lester]

Thanks for your comments,

Still getting a handle on processing, and a long way to go.

But in my opinion this is the best from last night. Secret recipe capture with Neximage, I will test it a few more times before spilling the beans.

[asimov]

And heres the best from when we decided to add the extension tube to the barlow in the 14" :lol:

I couldn't take her any further with processing so I had to settle for that low contrast look. :shrug: The seeing just wasn't there for the image scale.

[Robert_T]

Lester/Asi, these are great, that second one you've thrown up Lester is amazing in the boldness of the colour and detail it's pulled out on Red Jnr. Excellent - look forward to hearing more on the secret Neximage recipe too:D

[Lester]

Yes Asi,

A wise man said, not so long ago, bigger is not always better.

[Lester]

Hi Dennis,

Sorry for the slow reply, I think the first one just shows my inabillity to look at one image and say that needs this or that to improve it. Its not until I produce a number of images and compare them side by side to find what looks the best.

[asimov]

Yes mate, but its my way to really tell what the seeing was like at the time ;)

early in the evening it was a 5.5-6/10 & by the time I got to your place a 4/10.

[Lester]

Hi,

Here is no.5 Avi from last night 10fps gain=80% gamma=0% shutter=1/30

[asimov]

Nice one. Everythings there; detail/colour..

I wonder if theres a way to process those horizontal lines out...Prevention would be better than cure obviously.

[davidpretorius]

#5 is great!

[Lester]

Hi everyone,

No.11 avi=10fps gain=60% gamma=0% shutter=1/20 second

So 20% less gain and 1/10 second slower shutter than No5 and horizontal lines take over. Interesting that all the captures last night where gain was less than 50%=onion rings and not as sharp. As gain drops off the shutter speed decreases, which can blur the image.

[allan gould]

I was shooting at about the same time with 8"sct and 2x barlow. Seeing wasn't there as you say. But I was surprised how well the 8" held up to your 14", but not with the same image scale

[asimov]

My best capture through your scope Lester.

Standard toucam (840K)

686 frames stacked. LR deconvolution/1.5 hrs in pic. publisher tweaking.

(Yeah, the same 100 framer I posted in my thread ;) )