Jupiter 'Teasers' & FINAL images 15th April

[asimov]

I've been waiting to post one of these! :P :lol:

[iceman]

Looking very good! Huge image scale.

Can't wait to see the final crop!

[[1ponders]]

Big is beautiful Asi. Lookin' good mate. :thumbsup:

[fringe_dweller]

:eyepop: very, very nice mate :thumbsup: is red jr in pic John?

[davidpretorius]

loveley, now you are firing. ring up micky and explain to her that dave reckons you are allowed to do two laps of the house strutting!!!

was this the whole lot stacked. like i said to ponders, mike has been stacking 100 and myself 200. might be worth a try.

what a few days for jupiter!!!

[asimov]

Hell. :eyepop: Theres too many processing options available to me! :doh: Heres another version. No matter wot I try though, I can't kill the grain. :help:

200 stacked Dave.

[Dennis]

Hi John

What a grand entrance with such a stunning Jupiter - welcome to the C9.25 club!

Cheers

Dennis

[Robert_T]

Hi Asi, another excellent shot, you're building up fast here with some great detail already:thumbsup: . Jupiter is sure getting a workout... might give it another shake tonight but with the 7 inch. It needs a spell in the field.

[asimov]

I think I like these two versions the best. The first is how I like to see it in a photograph, & second: How I think its seen in my telescope at the eyepiece. (12.5" Parks Newt with a contrast booster on).

Thanks all for your comments, much appreciated. :) Now that I've found out a few secrets on how to image Jupiter, hopefully I'll get some better ones. (seeing permitting).

[Robert_T]

Asi, what did you do, that last one on the left is fantastic, lovely subtle swirls and muted tones :thumbsup:

[asimov]

Hi Rob. On that image in question, I stayed away from astraimage & neatimage all together & did my usual thing in picture publisher (a list as long as your arm, but I can throw the proceedure on here if you really want to know?)

Oh, & I also restacked at 85% optimization in ver 2 registax rather than 90% giving me a few more frames so I could up the waveletts a bit more...I also took a page out of Dennis's book here & used 30-1 20-2 waveletts only, & then resized it smaller to make the grain less noticable.

[davidpretorius]

i like these last two, well done again!

[asimov]

I've changed my mind. This one is now my favorite! :)

[RB]

Wow John they're terrific.

Great work mate.

[asimov]

Hi Andrew, & thankyou.

[iceman]

Wow that last one is fantastic asi! Your best by a country mile!

It's funny how those 925's all seem to bring out a similar "looking" jupiter, in terms of colour, depth etc. All you guys that have one are producing similar great work.

Nice one!

[davidpretorius]

awesome asi!!

[asimov]

Thanks Mike. I think it's my best too. On that one I simply hit it with #1 wavelett..bigtime....I gave it 80. All the rest were left at default value. I'm actually trying to get close to Dennis's look on jupiter. That crisp, finely focussed, almost steel-blue hard look. Huge image scale in the final image does not look good using this technique I've found. I've had to scale back a bit otherwise the course grain look overrides the detail. I could now go back through & reprocess AGAIN..!? :eyepop: ...........using this technique. This is so much fun!!!!!!!!:D

And cheers Davo. :hi:

[Robert_T]

so are you glad you made the jump to the c9.25.... this is GREAT Asi! Well done and well deserved!

[asimov]

Rob, I just wish I'd made the jump a lot sooner! Like before I purchased a 6" refractor?? Buy hey, I don't regret my actions in any way. It's all one big learning curve isn't it..:)