Jupiter - Better seeing

[matt]

A quick and dirty run through Registax.

Here's Jupiter from 11pm this evening.

It was a bit windy early on but settled down a bit.

I think we got slightly better seeing tonight here in Canberra. Stars still twinkling a bit though. Perhaps 4-5/10.

Transparency 4/10, with high humidity and plenty of thin high cloud.

But for a quick run through Regi I'm quite happy. No GRS or Red JR, but hey... I'm just stoked to be imaging again after such shocking weather lately.

Io is also a crisp little disc.:)

[davidpretorius]

that looks great, had a few runs then, looks ok down here too. may even have a hunt for that comet

[matt]

a few runs?

[davidpretorius]

sorry a few avis runs. fog is playing havoc, gain is up way high!!

[Dennis]

Hi Matt

That is an excellent capture with heaps of detail. The image data looks very rich and you have avoided the dreaded onion rings - well done.

Once I got to the quality of image you produced above, the next two steps that teased that extra bit of sharpness was using Striker’s JMI ex-motofocus and having spells of seeing so good that during avi capture, I could see the white spots more or less continuously, steady and in real time on the notebook display. In fact, I often focus on these white spots, which gives an indication that the avi will produce a good final image.

If you are still using the OEM focuser on the C9.25, I take my hat of to you!

Cheers

Dennis

PS - I originally thought David meant the trots.......

[davidpretorius]

actually i had the trots earlier in the week, and thought i was over them, but enjoyed a crowny last night with lisa's visiting brother and they came back.

so yes, i performed both sets of run!

[asimov]

Good one Matt!:thumbsup:

Looks slightly over processed to me...but that could be because I'm not used to seeing images on an LCD monitor..:shrug:

[matt]

Thanks guys.

Yeah. Quite happy with this one. It does tend to suggest things are coming together a little more.

When I get time for a more thorough process I'll see if I can take a little of the "heat" out of the saturation.

Dennis - yes, we're still using the manual stock focuser which came with the 9.25. What does 'OEM' stand for, by the way?

I'm already weighing up the various pros and cons of a number of electric SCT motor focusers and expect to place an order fairly soon.

As for the seeing? I plan on making some sort of ritualistic sacrifice to the weather Gods .... also fairly soon!!!!!:lol::lol:

[matt]

Asi.

I've just done another quick run using softer wavelets and a quick reference frame.

How's this?

Now gonna have a crack at aviraw separate rgb and astraimage decon and recombine.

Here we goooooooooooooo!!!!:lol:

[matt]

And here's one with a little rgb split and AstraImage process action we've just completed.

What do you think. This one better? Or the prior post with just the wavelets backed off a tad?

PS - Has anyone figured out how to recombine the stacked RGB images without the histostretch that automatically applies when you convert to greyscale in AstraImage????

Cheers

[asimov]

Hmmmmmmm.....The one prior to this with waveletts backed off looks better at full size, but your last one posted looks better as a thumbnail.

Can't please everyone 100% of the time, they all look pretty good Matt given the conditions! :)

[matt]

Not trying to please everyone Asi.

Just trying to get feedack on processing options. Still coming to grips with rgb, astraimage etc etc

Anyone else wish to comment/ offer suggestions or even have a crack at reprocessing any of my images?:thumbsup:

[Dennis]

Hi Matt

OEM = "Original Equipment Manufacturer" meaning as it came from them, without any modifications or accessories. Sorry for that, it's a term much used in the aerospace and electronics industries.

Cheers

Dennis

[matt]

Roger that Dennis. Over and out:P

[Robert_T]

Hey Matt, nice one:thumbsup: Looks like you made the most of those conditions, sharp, heaps of detail and as you say, IO a nice crisp little disk.

Well done matee...:)

[Dennis]

Wicked sense of humour there Matt.....really wicked; fell off my chair laughing!

Cheers

Dennis, still :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: