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rat156
12-07-2008, 12:03 PM
Hi All,

After a battle with Registax...

Jupiter, Io and Callisto, 10" RCX, DMK for luminance, Toucam for RGB, 3x Telextender.

Cheers
Stuart
iceman
12-07-2008, 12:39 PM
That's a great image, Stuart!
Seeing was horrible here last night, I'm glad you got some nice conditions.

How do you change between the ToUcam and DMK quickly and get the same rotation?
peter_4059
12-07-2008, 01:00 PM
Great shot Stuart. Nice to see the moons so prominent.
AlexN
12-07-2008, 01:15 PM
Ahhh.... I feel better after getting a Jupiter fix! its been quite some time since there was an image posted... :)

Great shot, there is quite a lot of nice detail in there... Good capture of the moons too...

My question is along the same lines as Mike's, but How did you not only get the same rotation, but also the same image scale? I would have thought the two cameras would be on different focal planes.
Lester
12-07-2008, 01:36 PM
Very nice image.
rat156
12-07-2008, 02:10 PM
The trick with the two cameras is a flip mirror. It reverses one image in the vertical plane, but this is fixed in processing. The rotation is close, I set that up in the flip mirror when I'm positioning the target. Also the colour doesn't have to overlay exactly as the detail in the image is in the luminance. Image scale is governed by the distance from the Telextender to chip, which is the same to achieve focus, and the pixel size, which is also the same. The telextender is on the front of the flip mirror BTW.

Cheers and thanks for the comments
Stuart
Matty P
12-07-2008, 06:00 PM
Nice work Stuart, lovely colour and detail. The two moons have come out great.

Very well done.
rat156
13-07-2008, 09:12 PM
Another from the same night...
iceman
13-07-2008, 09:46 PM
That's a ripper, stuart! Detail on ganymede, too!

nice result. Your best ever?
Screwdriverone
13-07-2008, 10:28 PM
Ahhh, the old "flip mirror twin camera setup for luminance and RGB imaging" trick. Nice one chief!

As for the other stuff.......ummm....good me think Jupiter looks......pretty!

Nice shots Stuart, very nice!

Chris
rat156
13-07-2008, 11:01 PM
Thanks Mike, without doubt my best, must have been good seeing, cause it's looking average tonight...

Cheers
Stuart