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jjjnettie
09-04-2012, 12:41 PM
The seeing was very good last night :D unfortunately it was a battle to get the data processed correctly, as a result only 984 frames were stacked to create this image. :( I'd love to have seen what the full 2000 would have looked like.
Scope - SW 10" goto Dobbie
Camera - Canon 550D
Software used - DVDconvPro, Virtual Dub, Registax 6 and CS3.

Ok, here is what I managed to pull out of AS!2 using the same data. It stacked 3927 frames. LOL It nearly sent me insane trying to get this program to work with any file what so ever. :screwy: I ended up talking it into using individual bitmaps. :)
von Tom
09-04-2012, 01:20 PM
Fantastic image - the colouring, the banding, the rings - excellent!

Tom
lepton3
09-04-2012, 01:22 PM
Nice result, JJJ. Looks like you took good advantage of the favourable seeing.

Will be interesting to see a larger stack if you can sort out your technical issues, but 984 frames seems to have been enough to give you a smooth result, and you have some nice definition of the C ring.

-Ivan
Clayton
09-04-2012, 04:22 PM
That's a ripper shot JJJ:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Forgey
09-04-2012, 04:26 PM
very nice jjj
Screwdriverone
09-04-2012, 06:58 PM
WOW!

Seriously good Jeanette!

Such a MASSIVE shot, details, colour, focus, seeing, everything! I'm in awe.

Fan friggin tastic!

Cheers

Chris
h0ughy
09-04-2012, 08:00 PM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^what chris said:thumbsup:
Screwdriverone
09-04-2012, 08:38 PM
:rofl: :rofl: :lol:
asimov
09-04-2012, 11:56 PM
Nice work JJJ:thumbsup:
Deeno
10-04-2012, 06:35 AM
Looks good!
von Tom
10-04-2012, 06:45 AM
The repro is well worth the effort. Such good work JJJ, everything has come together in this image. Very impressive!

What Picture Style settings do you use for capture on the Canon?

Tom
spacezebra
10-04-2012, 07:43 AM
Looking good JJJ, you have snagged it!!

Cheers Petra d.
Quark
10-04-2012, 02:57 PM
Good stuff Jeanette, you can drag & drop bmp files into AS 2. A nice result here, hope this has whetted your appetite to go deeper into planetary imaging.

Regards
Trevor
Rigel003
10-04-2012, 04:26 PM
That's a great image from an SLR. Well done.
Clayton
10-04-2012, 08:06 PM
I like the second shot best :)
Matt Wastell
10-04-2012, 08:18 PM
That is very good - wow! Thanks for the view!
Shiraz
14-04-2012, 11:05 PM
very good results JJJ. regards ray
Stu Ward
24-04-2012, 07:38 PM
JJJ, how did you manage to get the magnification ?

Thanks

Stu
jjjnettie
24-04-2012, 07:43 PM
Stu, I used a 4x Powermate.
Paul Haese
24-04-2012, 07:46 PM
Nice going for having only done a few planetary images. You look to have caught a good night of seeing too. :thumbsup: Making us planetary dudes with all the gear look bad. ;)
Stu Ward
24-04-2012, 07:57 PM
Cool

I just tried it on my 12" Dobbie, seeing is terrible tonight.
Got a quick vid with no Powermate. But couldn't even find it in the liveview when I tried to Magnify

Any tips ?

Stu
jjjnettie
24-04-2012, 09:03 PM
Track it down by eye first through the view finder, then center it using Live view. ISO 1600 and 1 sec exp. should bring it up nicely.
Then change to Movie Crop mode to capture your video.
Saturn will be best around midnight.
Have you shortened your struts to gain focus? It's easy enough to forget to do so if you're concentrating on other things.