8th May Jupiter

Lester · #1 08-05-2008, 08:13 AM

Hi all,

Just a quicky from this morning, where the seeing was the best I had seen ever.

Got to race off to an appointment now, so will be back with some more.

iceman (Mike) · #2 08-05-2008, 08:25 AM

Wow, looking really good Lester! Can't wait to see the rest from this session!

I tried at 2am but the seeing was horrible

Marko of Oz (Mark) · #3 08-05-2008, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lester

the seeing was the best I had seen ever.

What's the opposite of seeing? That's what I've got. I've started a collection of daily jetstream maps to prove to myself I'm not being overly paranoid.

Nice pic

cheers

Starkler (Geoff) · #4 08-05-2008, 09:30 AM

Plenty of nice detail but whats causing the granular appearance?

Dennis · #5 08-05-2008, 10:07 AM

Hi Lester

Phew! That is a stunner! I reckon that is your best Jupiter so far and you’ve done a terrific job on all fronts; capture, image scale, processing, detail, etc. The detail in the smaller spots is quite sublime!

Top stuff!

Cheers

Dennis

matt · #6 08-05-2008, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marko of Oz

What's the opposite of seeing? That's what I've got. I've started a collection of daily jetstream maps to prove to myself I'm not being overly paranoid.

Nice pic

cheers

Same here, Marko

The jetstream has been parked over us for ages. It's been terrible.

But checking the jetsream maps (200/300mb)...it looks like Lester and all the guys down south ozzie way are in for a few nice nights.

Good luck folks!

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #7 08-05-2008, 11:35 AM

Lester, looking very very good!

cheers, Bird

Robert_T · #8 08-05-2008, 03:33 PM

That's got some amazing detail and so sharp Lester. I'm Jealous

Lester · #9 08-05-2008, 05:38 PM

Thanks everyone for your replies.

The process was done in a hurry and didn't have time to smooth it, so the granular look may be to slightly over doing it in the rush.

Yes we have got a few good days ahead of us down south by the jetstream map, so long as the fog stays away.

Will see if I can get some more processed before going out tonight.

Lester · #10 08-05-2008, 06:06 PM

Here is the same image, but just smoothed a bit in Neat-Image.

iceman (Mike) · #11 08-05-2008, 07:23 PM

Great image, Lester! Can't wait to see the many tweaks.

Lester · #12 08-05-2008, 07:33 PM

Thanks Mike.

Here is a later avi, showing the GRS comming around the side; unfortunately the seeing wasn't as good as for the first image, but still good to what I have been use to.

iceman (Mike) · #13 08-05-2008, 07:38 PM

A bit too much smoothing on that one, Lester. Looks a bit wishy washy now.

It's a fine art isn't it? Each avi has to be processed on its merits when the seeing changes during a session.

Lester · #14 09-05-2008, 07:03 AM

Yes agreed, will have to have another go. Out of Registax the image was no where near as sharp as the first image and I only smoothed it the same amount as the first.

So, like you said Mike each avi has to be processed on its merits.

Thanks for your comments, very helpfull.

Lester · #15 09-05-2008, 08:36 AM

Another from 8th of May, AVI number 14.

Captured at 5:37:06 CST

Lester · #16 09-05-2008, 10:31 AM

Reprocessed that last image to get rid of the virticle lines. They are caused by using too much waveletts in number 2 in Registax. Sometimes a good image can take number 2 waveletts, but in this case it cannot.

edwardsdj (Doug) · #17 09-05-2008, 10:57 AM

Amazing images Lester

Alchemy (Clive) · #18 09-05-2008, 05:46 PM

like the one back at post 10 .... feels like you can look throgh the cloud deck into the gaps....... lovely, very 3 dimensional.

RB (Andrew) · #19 09-05-2008, 05:51 PM

Fantastic work Lester.
I agree with Alchemy, I really like the one in post 10.

Lester · #20 10-05-2008, 08:30 AM

Thanks again for your replies.

I don't usually do resamples as the seeing hasn't been good enough, but thought this image was worth a try.

So here is a 1.5 resample, and I think it turned out okay.

Comments welcome.