Hi Guys,
We have until the 4th of May to get a deserving winner sorted out for Jupiters Opposition.
My company will donate a Toucam pro 840 k or 900nc + adapter, whatever is in stock as a prize. UPDATE.......Asimov has now added a Meade LPI to the prize pool....thanks mate
Look the aim here is to get someone that is starting out in imaging and hasn't already got a toucam + upwards etc up a level with a toucam.
We have already had some great handheld digicam shots etc this jupiter season
Rules (may vary as we go along!)
- Image must be of Jupiter taken from tonight onwards until 12pm Monday the 1st of May. I will make a decision and airbag out your prize that night so you have it for the opposition on the 4th May
- Your current camera will be taken into consideration for final judging.
- You must estimate the seeing and tell me how you worked this out from naked eye, what you first observed through an eyepiece and then finally, what you saw on the camera that you are using.
- You must include the date and time of the image.
- You must tell me if the image is from a video or a single snap from a camera etc
- You must tell me your type of scope, ie 4" refractor, 12" dob.
- You must include an unprocessed image ie raw from your camera.
- You must outline your processing.
- You must provide a final processed image.
- That image can be worked upon by other forum members and posted on this site to help the entrants how to learn to process better. But those reprocessed images from others are not eligible. You may however use those tips to work on them yourself and submit an updated image.
- You can enter as many entries as you want.
- The final decision will be made on a range of issues ie what has been learnt by the winner, the improvement made over the next few weeks. Image scale is a factor but not everything. Moons and red spots etc are a bonus, but again not everything.
This is an educating process where you can draw on the experience on this forum to help you lift your own skills. I want to see the whole process ie from first unprocessed image to final to help from others to a reprocess on your own etc.
Please post as many images as you can, good or bad. There is a thread to post them into (
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ead.php?t=9184)
I will be posting a daily "Whats going on with Jupiter" along with a screen shot from starry night or pre midnight and post midnght summary of interesting things that are going on
Good Luck and remember, everyone here is learning off each other, from the top imagers to the newest newbie. Have a go, what you accomplish when posting an image of an object from space is special and rare. Not many people get to do it. So be proud of any result you get.