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Well done muddy!
here is my first jupiter from august 05.
So 6 months later, lots and lots of questions, practise and practise, $600 on tracking, $310 on a 5x powermate and most importantly patience from bird and ice and asimov and rumples and rob and anthony and dennis and anyone else that has posted images of planets and commented on what was right and wrong with mine.
So the best thing about this forum is to post everything, you learn something and we will learn something.
Yours is a better start than mine. I also remebered trying to get it as big as possible back in august, but now if the seeing is not good, then i will reduce the image until the detail looks good.
The other thing you pick up with experience and lotsa video is a feel for the seeing conditions, if the video is showing a planet that is wobbling (seeing is 2/10) everywhere like jelly, then no matter what you do, the video will be bad. if it is just in an out of focus a few times a sec (say seeing is 5/10), then you can take video and then registax will help filter out the crap. if the seeing is great (8/10 or more) then the image stays in focus for most of the time and you can then really produce a great image.
Yes 4" will retrict you to a certain degree, but as soon as you get that 12" or 16" dob down the track, your processing skills will be ready for the extra light and image scale!!!!
Well done again and never be afraid of posting images. So many guys are so supportive on this site. They give you a great place to show off your stuff and get positive criticism on how to improve.
Besides,show that piccie to anyone on the street that is not a planetary imager and watch their jaw drop. What you have accomplished is something that not many people have done, so be proud of it, show the family and friends and learn from each imaging session you do.
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