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Old 12-03-2014, 01:52 PM
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Hi Matt,

Very nice images, well done.

Firstly seeing is king when it comes to planetary imaging, its very hard to fight the seeing.

This may be of help:
http://www.damianpeach.com/images/ar...02011%20AN.pdf

1-2 minutes of frame for Jupiter is generally considered the max as far as i am aware.

There is planetary de-rotation software out there now (WinJupos) which improves images. see improvements made on D Peach's work here http://www.damianpeach.com/barbados10rw.htm

With Mars approaching opposition its a good time to start pointing and shooting over in his direction. i believe with Mars you can shoot for 4-5 minutes and Saturn 2 and half to 3 minutes.

Jupiter is presently low in the north which obscures the view a great deal. We are set for a good year with Saturn and Mars is already showing good detail and will continue improving till April.

Best of luck

Rusty
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