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peter_4059

09-02-2009, 07:52 PM

I had my first attempt with the LPI last night. I also recently got EQMOD working so with the full moon this was a perfect opportunity to try EQ Mosaic. I got the overlap a bit on the conservative side so ended up with a 31 frame mosaic - each frame being a stack of 100 images through the ED80.

So after 2 hours of imaging and minutes of assembling the mosaic thanks to autostitch here is the finished product....

CoolhandJo

09-02-2009, 08:09 PM

Nice, looks seamless

Jen

09-02-2009, 11:14 PM

:) awww the moon pics still look awsome even after looking at planet pics nice work cheers :thumbsup::thumbsup:

iceman

10-02-2009, 04:52 AM

Well done Peter! 31 frames is quite an effort.

peter_4059

10-02-2009, 07:23 AM

Thanks for the comments. I should have mentioned I was using the LPI with a 2x Barlow through the ED80 so each frame of the mosaic was reasonably small. That combined with a lot of overlap meant 31 frames to complete the whole disk. Here's one frame....

allan gould

10-02-2009, 09:40 AM

Excellent shot Peter. It worked out very well to give a seamless integration of all those photos. Good definition as well.

ving

13-02-2009, 02:21 PM

cool shot pete!

got that lpi singing for ya. the focus is reallt good :)

leon

13-02-2009, 02:27 PM

Bugger, how do you guys do all this stuff, nice going Pete.

Leon

peter_4059

13-02-2009, 07:50 PM

Thanks David and Leon. I used my trusty Bahtinov mask to focus on a bright star. First try with EQmosaic - still need to figure out the FOV vs camera orientation and how much overlap I need. 31 frames was a bit of a chore!

AlexN

14-02-2009, 04:08 PM

Nice going! :) EQMOSAIC is great isnt it! :)

Good to see you got some scope time in, and great dedication completing a 31 panel mosaic.. Serious effort! :) Looks nice, could perhaps do with some deconvolution or a slight unsharp mask to get the most out of the detail. but overall a very good effort...

Here's an idea... Do it again, 5x powermate + 10" newt! give us some DETAIL!! (100odd panels of mosaic later! :D)

Alex.

peter_4059

14-02-2009, 04:22 PM

Alex,

Here's some 5x powermate action for your viewing pleasure...

AlexN

14-02-2009, 04:24 PM

Yep... looks pretty sweet to me!

peter_4059

14-02-2009, 05:46 PM

I gave it a bit of deconvolution treatment - looks a bit sharper now..