First animation attempt - 35mins of Jupiter

[RobF]

With the moon getting more in the way of late, it seemed like a good time to cross this off my list of things to try out.
Seeing was pretty terrible, but I persevered for 35mins to see what I could do. Pretty happy for my first try. Io visible in frames too. Has whet my appetite to do a longer capture when weather and moons/GRS favourable. Actually, playing with Starry Night, I'm surprised how fiddley it is to find a good time to capture a transiting moon and the GRS - all part of my education I guess.

65sec AVIs every 5mins using ToUcam + 2 x 2x barlows on 8" Newt. Stacked in Registax 5 and animated in Imageready.

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm124/rjf471/Best-animation-3.gif

[astroron]

Good effort Rob:thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

You've gotta be happy with that for a first effort Rob.
Pity about the seeing though.

[RobF]

Thanks Ron and Jeanette!
Catching up with both of you here is at least some compensation for not being at Cambroon together on a dark new moon night..... :)

[jjjnettie]

Are you going to 10 Chain Hill Rob?

[RobF]

I've got my leave pass stamped and planning to try JJJ. Long range forecast looking pretty grim though :(

I'd love to get a good night in at Peter's.

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/long-range-forecast/28-day-rain/qld/southeast-coast

[multiweb]

That's very cool actually. You got some nice colors and details. :thumbsup:

[DavidU]

A fine job Rob. You should be a happy chappy:thumbsup:

[RobF]

Thanks Marc and David :)

For next time, I'm thinking I might lock my autoguider on to Callisto (slowest moving moon), then leave things go unattended for a few hours (checking focus periodically along the way). K3CCDTools has a nice timed AVI capture mode....