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Saving Jupiter
Hi all, I thought that I'd share with some of the other newbies out there about how much data can be recovered from poor captures. Sometimes we look at something and think that it's too far gone but with a little bit of tinkering we might be able to salvage it. I've been very time poor at the moment so I haven't had any opportunities to image. However last night I just needed to get the kit out and do something.
So I intentionally set out to do some captures in poor conditions to see just what could be extracted from them later. It was a very cloudy night with enough light pollution from the CDB and the neighbours. Captures had to be taken through the thinnest parts of cloud hence why the luminance has an hour difference. Equipment used was a 12 inch Dob (no GoTo or tracking) with a 2X Barlow. ZWO's ASI120MM-S camera with entry level LRGB filters (no filter wheel). I had to remove the camera each time when swapping filters.
Considering the above limitations I think that the result is surprising. It's interesting to see what can be extracted with a little bit of patience and some tinkering.
Below are the stacked frames along with the final image.
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