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bird
21-04-2010, 07:28 AM
Used the new Flea3 on Jupiter for the first time this morning, I'm very happy with the results. The camera seems more sensitive in all channels, especially so in red.

You can see Ganymede very prominent in transit, and Oval BA rotating out of view on the lower right (eastern limb).

The seeing was very good, spoiled only by the low altitude and local fog. This is a real-size image, running at 50 fps in red,green,blue for 1 minute each. Gain was set to 26/33 (sorry, can't give actual gain figures yet due to software issues).

At that level the red channel was close to saturation, green and blue were > 50% on the histogram.

cheers, Bird
iceman
21-04-2010, 07:44 AM
Very nice indeed. Very promising camera.
I can tell already this is going to be a great season for you.
Lester
21-04-2010, 07:58 AM
They are promising results with the Flea, all the best.
bird
21-04-2010, 08:17 AM
Thanks Lester, also looking forward to images from over your way, you had some great images last year.

cheers, Bird
Quark
21-04-2010, 11:11 AM
Top result Bird for your first effort on Jupiter with the Flea.

Regards
Trevor
Troy
21-04-2010, 06:06 PM
Nice picture Anthony,
Are you finding with the new camera more tweaking with the levels to get the colour right?
coco1
21-04-2010, 06:54 PM
Very nice, Ganymede looks great, almost 3d....................
Matt Wastell
21-04-2010, 07:30 PM
Congrats on a successful session with the imager. Looking forward to more great images. Thanks for sharing!
michaellxv
21-04-2010, 11:16 PM
Very nice.
If this is your first image with this camera who knows where you will end up.
Doodles23
22-04-2010, 03:54 AM
God loves Bird. The jet stream has been calmed down to almost nothing directly over Canberra today, and hopefully, tonite. Things are looking as good for the astro folks in Cebu as well. The United States and Europe are, as usual, a complete joke.
Doodles23
22-04-2010, 05:04 AM
I'd like to know what the maximum frame rate you could capture a Jupiter image this size with your old camera: the DragonFly2 ????

Are you able to double the frame rate over the DragonFly2 on R,G and B?
iceman
22-04-2010, 05:51 AM
I should be out there, with a jet stream like that! :(

I see Jupiter every morning on my way to the train station and keep thinking I need to setup the telescope :(
bird
22-04-2010, 06:28 AM
Dave was right - the seeing this morning was amazing...

Bird