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Originally Posted by Tulloch
Sure - I adjusted the gain setting on my camera so that the maximum value shown in FireCapture when imaging Jupiter was 90% of maximum. I then used the same gain level when I slew across to Saturn and took a video with the same settings.
I did this to get some sort of idea as to the relative brightness levels between the two planets when I have to capture them at the same time.
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Thanks for that. You have put your finger on the problem I’m trying to confront - imaging both planets in the same frame when there is such a difference in their relative luminosity. Most of the planetary image capture programs I’ve looked at seem to have very sophisticated routines designed to image single planets but two in one frame is another matter.
It’ll be a very interesting half hour or so - particularly because I’ll be setting up in daylight and will need to polar align and then to locate the planets in semi-twilight.