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Old 18-09-2010, 05:43 PM
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First light image of Jupiter through new C11 2010-09-07 13:52 UTC

Hi All,

Sorry I haven't posted much for a while.

I got a C11 (on CGEM mount) about a year ago as I was determined to get into the last opposition of Jupiter visually.

This time I'm taking some images again. Here is my first image through the new scope. I'm still getting familiar with imaging through this telescope and trying to remember how to operate the processing software so it's pretty rough.

C11 with Ultima 2x Barlow
SPC900NC
Focal length: 6440mm
Focal ratio: f/23
Best 600 of 1500 frames
wxAstroCapture, VirtualDub, RGBSplit, ninox, RegiStax5, GIMP

First image was 1.5x upscaled in ninox prior to stacking.
Seconds image was 1.5x downscaled from the first image.

Thanks for looking, any comments much appreciated.

Have fun,
Doug
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Old 18-09-2010, 06:26 PM
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Impressive first light, Doug.
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Old 19-09-2010, 06:52 PM
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Not bad given the apparent jet stream and general seeing conditions that you are facing.
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Old 19-09-2010, 07:13 PM
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The seeing will make or break you every time.

Nice going.
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Old 19-09-2010, 11:01 PM
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Yeah, the seeing wasn't good.

I've taken better images with my C8.

Looks like rain all this week though so I probably won't have a chance to get more data until next weekend
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Old 20-09-2010, 10:33 AM
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Thanks for posting Doug, as has already been mentioned, the quality of the seeing is paramount to successful planetary imaging and I know of no one that can make good images from poor data.

Stick with it.
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