Jupiter and Saturn with Canon 600D

[Startrek (Martin)]

Imaged Jupiter and Saturn the other night using my Canon 600D under reasonable conditions
Haven’t done any planetary for over 12 months
8” f5 GSO newt
Canon 600D with 5 x Televue Powermate
BYEOS on planetary mode 5x zoom for 1:1 pixel resolution
1000 Avi frame video
Stacked in Autostakkert 3
Processed in Registax 6

2 problems I realised from this session
1/ Didn’t take enough video , should have captured 1500 to 2000 frames and more of them over a 2 or 3 hour period
2/ Focus was out so sharpening was difficult and ended up too grainy or too noisy

Planets were above 65 degrees so placed well for planetary imaging

Not very happy with the results , even for my humble DSLR , but that’s “Lucky Imaging”

Going to image these again before the moon gets up too big in a week or so

Comments welcome
Thanks

[Mickoid (Michael)]

Nice results Martin. To be honest, you're probably getting the best you can get with the set up that you use. About the only thing that will improve your results will be exceptional seeing conditions. I guess we all hope to be shooting images during these rare times. They're still impressive for a DSLR on an 8 inch scope, so well done indeed!

[Tulloch (Andrew)]

Nice images, but you're right, you need a few more frames to help reduce the noise. When I was imaging with my 700D I was able to capture about 4000 frames in 3 minutes on Jupiter, 6000 frames in 5 min on Saturn through BYE.

Don't worry about the moon, it has no impact upon planetary imaging.

[Startrek (Martin)]

Originally Posted by Tulloch

Nice images, but you're right, you need a few more frames to help reduce the noise. When I was imaging with my 700D I was able to capture about 4000 frames in 3 minutes on Jupiter, 6000 frames in 5 min on Saturn through BYE.

Don't worry about the moon, it has no impact upon planetary imaging.

Thanks Andrew 👍

[Startrek (Martin)]

Originally Posted by Mickoid

Nice results Martin. To be honest, you're probably getting the best you can get with the set up that you use. About the only thing that will improve your results will be exceptional seeing conditions. I guess we all hope to be shooting images during these rare times. They're still impressive for a DSLR on an 8 inch scope, so well done indeed!

Thanks Mick ,
I only dabble in planetary so can’t expect to much out my entry level rig
Lot of fun doing it though
Martin

[Anth10 (Anthony M)]

Very respectable images Startrek.
Always room for improvement that’s what keeps us going back in this hobby,

A

[Startrek (Martin)]

Originally Posted by Anth10

Very respectable images Startrek.
Always room for improvement that’s what keeps us going back in this hobby,

A

Anthony
Thanks
Going for a second session on next clear stable night
Hopefully a better result
Cheers
Martin