mars this morning

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #1 11-10-2005, 04:25 PM

Hi people,

I had another go at Mars this morning, but the seeing was still very poor. I probably left it too late - set the alarm for 2am but maybe it should have been 1am...

Here's a sample image - this is the red channel only as the green and blue were writeoffs.

This image is from 3.11am, it's a stack of 2000 out of 4500 frames taken at 35fps.

regards, Bird

ving (David) · #2 11-10-2005, 04:28 PM

very nice image bird for so-so conditions...
almost as good as mikes

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #3 11-10-2005, 04:40 PM

Nah I think Ice had the better of this mornings efforts.

Bird

asimov (John) · #4 11-10-2005, 04:44 PM

Still a great image Bird despite the seeing. If I could get as good as that when my seeing is great, I'd be pretty stoked! (but I can't cos' of my cheapy camera)

davidpretorius · #5 11-10-2005, 05:32 PM

nice one bird!!!

what is your website for that code?

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #6 11-10-2005, 06:47 PM

David, I'm still working on finishing parts of it off before I release it. I'll let you know when it's ready :-)

Some of the new stuff is currently implemented only for my camera (16bpp monochrome) and not for the formats that most people would probably want to use - 8bpp monochrome and 24bpp colour. I want to have those working before I release it.

regards, Bird

davidpretorius · #7 11-10-2005, 06:57 PM

thanks mate, best of luck!

atalas · #8 11-10-2005, 07:04 PM

The red channel looks sharp Bird , will you process the rest ?

Cheers

Louie

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #9 11-10-2005, 07:21 PM

I've been trying, but the other channels are just too noisy. I saw some high haze around at sunset, now I wonder if it was still there at 3am...losing some light would really kill off the green and blue channels, maybe that's what happened.

I think this image is as good as it's going to get. If the weather looks promising tomorow night I'll have another go.

regards, Bird

iceman (Mike) · #10 12-10-2005, 12:07 AM

It's a shame you missed the best of the seeing Anthony, I was really looking forward to your image.. it looks like it's going to be a few days before we're clear of jetstream again

The red channel image has loads of detail in it though, at least you've salvaged something out of the nights efforts.

Well done!