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Because of Ices fantastic effort i thought i would dust the LPI off and try my hand at some pics and test this version of registax . Nice clear start to the evening , gentle breeze and no cloud , things where looking good . Because i havent used the LPI for a while i downloaded the latest version of {ah forget the name}well the video running software and the latest autostar/lpi update {couldnt get it to work though}. Unfortunately as sometimes it does the LPI and software was being tempermantal so by the time i had finally got it together and rembered the old tricks my first image was after 9.00. Unfortunately the breeze turned into a full scale wind which made focusing hard with the LPI capture software dragging its heels , my hat goes off to you Dob club members who do this unguided and without the aid of gadgets etc.
for some reason ive never been able to get decent images using the stack and align processing the lpi software has with the moon . I just took a heap of frames for registax and a couple of one framers just for the heck of it .
Saturn was getting higher, well visible anywhy so from about 11.00 to 3.00 i tried to get something but nature was way against me . The wind and the seeing just wiped out all my work and persistence , o well next time , it was hard to pack up with jupiter climbing above the neighbors house . Called it a night when my Fiance left for work at 4.00.......holy mackeral time just flew.
heres a couple of shots using a 6.3 focal reducer , not sure of the main crater {Tyco?}
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