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allan gould
30-04-2013, 12:14 PM
I realised that I hadnt taken any images of the moon, so after getting some of Saturn I switvhed to the moon for a couple of quick grabs with the ASI120MM.
Images taken 29 April 2013
Moon images as below:-
[ASI120MM Camera (ZWO Design)]
Frame Divisor=1
Resolution=800x640
Frame Rate (fps)=Maximum
Colour Space / Compression=MONO8
Pan=0
Tilt=0
Exposure (s)=0.002023
Brightness=7
Gamma=24
Gain=46


While that of Saturn was :-
[ASI120MM Camera (ZWO Design)]
Frame Divisor=1
Resolution=480x320
Frame Rate (fps)=Maximum
Colour Space / Compression=MONO8
Pan=0
Tilt=0
Exposure (s)=0.011667
Brightness=7
Gamma=24
Gain=70

All processed in AS!2 and Im really beginning to like this little camera

Quark
30-04-2013, 01:08 PM
Nice work Allan, coming along nicely with the ASI camera.

Cheers
Trevor

allan gould
30-04-2013, 01:36 PM
Thanks Trevor but I thought that while the moon is up I may as well image it and Saturn but the seeing is really bad until it gets near the zenith.

Dennis
30-04-2013, 03:34 PM
Hi Allan

Your Saturn images are excellent with a very impressive image scale and you’ve grabbed a couple of great shots of Clavius and Moretus in the Southern Highlands.

Thanks for posting your camera settings logs, it’s good to compare notes! I had a play with Firecapture but it keeps freezing on me so I’m sticking with SharpCap for the time being. Both apps are excellent and do the job extremely well, kudos to their authors.:thumbsup:

Cheers

Dennis

allan gould
30-04-2013, 05:05 PM
Thanks Dennis. I just love to see the C ring comming through as it's always been ephemeral for me in the past. I was tootling around the moon trying to see something worthwhile, but then I realized it was all good in the scope.
Thanks for your kind comments as i really enjoy seeing your images and it's always something different from the mainstream.
Allan

ozstronomer
30-04-2013, 05:15 PM
Nice work Allan, you should bring them along for the next meeting :)

Clayton
03-05-2013, 08:56 PM
Very nice work Allan

allan gould
04-05-2013, 05:26 PM
Thanks Clayton and Geoff , appreciate the comments.
Allan

asimov
04-05-2013, 05:51 PM
Seems I'm a tad late, but nice results despite by the looks of things, average seeing.

Troy
04-05-2013, 10:09 PM
I like the Moon shoots :D

Shiraz
07-05-2013, 09:04 AM
very classy processing Allan. nice.