Introduction & 19th June Jupiter

[Maurice]

Hello all
Just a quick introduction as I'm new to this forum..
I hail from Melbourne (where its usually cloudy) & have been imaging the planets for some years now.
Although I started my imaging with a home-made cookbook 245 camera, I am currently using a Philips ToUcam with a borrowed vintage C14 (with a bad focuser & collimation problems!)
I am looking forward to sharing some images & processing techniques with everyone.
Cheers
Maurice Valimberti
PS attached is an image from the 19th June in average (4/10) seeing

[Lester]

Welcome Maurice,

That is a fantastic shot for 4/10 conditions, detail everywhere. Like to see what you can do with 8+ conditions. Those C14s are really something.

Hope to see more of your work.

[asimov (John)]

Maurice.

Lovely shot! Can't wait to see some more old/new/any images from the C14

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Welcome Maurice! Nice to have another Melbournite on board.

What a picture to make an introduction with! 4/10 seeing? I'd like to see what you get up to when seeing is good.

[Robert_T]

Hey Maurice, I rememer your trio of mars shots from the 2003 apparition that won, was it David Malin? award of similar? Anyway, this too is beautiful in the extreme, absolutely incredible detail, moreso given the conditions. Ganymede looks more like Mars in it's later stages here

great stuff... only problem is you've got me wishing for a c14 again ... I go through these phases regularly, get a quote, take a big dose of reality, and then get back to what I have

[hevelsky]

Fantastic Image Maurice
Great Job....

[Dennis]

Wow - what a gob smacking image. Just beautiful with so much going on in there.

Cheers

Dennis

[davidpretorius]

Welcome Maurice.

I always get a burst of patriotic pride seeing your images up there with Chris Go on the ALPO website.

It is great to have you here on IIS.

The C14 is a fine scope, David Tyler, Damian Peach and yourself producing great images.

[iceman (Mike)]

Stunning image, Maurice. Great to have you on board.

Your images are fantastic and I look forward to seeing more of them and picking your brain!

[toetoe (Peter)]

Welcome to IIS Maurice, great pic, looking forward to seeing some more.

[ronnierigel]

Hi Maurice & welcome

Thanks for sharing.

Great image!

I'd be interested in members of this forum sharing some frames from their avis just to give novices like me some idea on what I should be aiming for on screen before I capture a video file. I've come to the opinion that the hard work is at the front end--namely the avi and that although processing is important you can't create the Mona Lisa from sh..!!


ron

[davidpretorius]

Originally Posted by ronnierigel

I'd be interested in members of this forum sharing some frames from their avis just to give novices like me some idea on what I should be aiming for on screen before I capture a video file. I've come to the opinion that the hard work is at the front end--namely the avi and that although processing is important you can't create the Mona Lisa from sh..!!


ron

Spot on, seeing (ie atmosphere and NO tube currents) is #1 for the capturing of great data!

Here is the single best frame from a few weeks back. The seeing was 8.5/10. Take note of the noise due to higher gain, but that is fine, stacking will eliminate it

The only thing i would do differently here is make it brighter or more gamma

[ronnierigel]

Thanks David

it's as I suspected--I need to do more work getting the details, as you have done, on those frames.

Back to basics for me..
ron

[ving (David)]

woah!!! what a stunner!!!
welcome aboard!

[Maurice]

Thanks to all for the warm welcome...

Cheers
Maurice

[rochler]

V. nice image mate! I'm continually being gobsmacked with the quality of pix that many contributors are coming out with. Really motivational.... :-)

Hope to see lots more eh?

[acropolite (Phil)]

Seriously good image Maurice, welcome to IIS.