iceman
06-12-2005, 08:48 AM
Hi all.
Here's a composite of my planetary images this year, since I got the ToUcam.
It shows my progression from when I first started until now, as well as how tracking makes a huge difference. But it also shows that you can get quite good images without tracking, as some of my Jupiter images show.
I'm quite happy with the progress i've made this year. Unfortunately there's only been 2 or 3 nights of great seeing, where I've captured my best Jupiter and Mars images. But my understanding of planetary imaging has improved, including factors such as altitude, thermal influences, capture settings, and of course post-processing - and all of that has helped my images slowly improve over the year, even when the seeing hasn't been very good. It's also thanks to the sharing of information on this forum that my images have improved.
I've included the relevant details on each image (tracking or no tracking, what size barlow/powermate), and on most of them, the relevant technical details like phase and diameter. It helps to show image scale thanks to the barlow, but also image scale thanks to being at opposition with the planet.
There's still 3 weeks to for me to get another image or two of Mars or Saturn, but lately the seeing hasn't been kind, so I made this composite now and I'll add the images later if I manage to capture any more.
The image is only 900pixels wide, but it's almost 2000pixels tall. It's size is 146k jpeg. Don't forget to expand the image if your browser automatically reduces the size.
Comments welcome.
Here's a composite of my planetary images this year, since I got the ToUcam.
It shows my progression from when I first started until now, as well as how tracking makes a huge difference. But it also shows that you can get quite good images without tracking, as some of my Jupiter images show.
I'm quite happy with the progress i've made this year. Unfortunately there's only been 2 or 3 nights of great seeing, where I've captured my best Jupiter and Mars images. But my understanding of planetary imaging has improved, including factors such as altitude, thermal influences, capture settings, and of course post-processing - and all of that has helped my images slowly improve over the year, even when the seeing hasn't been very good. It's also thanks to the sharing of information on this forum that my images have improved.
I've included the relevant details on each image (tracking or no tracking, what size barlow/powermate), and on most of them, the relevant technical details like phase and diameter. It helps to show image scale thanks to the barlow, but also image scale thanks to being at opposition with the planet.
There's still 3 weeks to for me to get another image or two of Mars or Saturn, but lately the seeing hasn't been kind, so I made this composite now and I'll add the images later if I manage to capture any more.
The image is only 900pixels wide, but it's almost 2000pixels tall. It's size is 146k jpeg. Don't forget to expand the image if your browser automatically reduces the size.
Comments welcome.