Jupiter from the 16th (seeing 6/10)

iceman (Mike) · #1 19-06-2006, 06:57 AM

Hi all

Here's an image taken on Friday night in 6/10 seeing. Unfortunately it's exactly the same face I took last Wednesday, and even more unfortunate, is that the seeing was worse therefore so is the image.

Another 10 avi's, another animation.

Jupiter animation 16th June (430k gif)

Attached below is the best of them.

Each image was taken @ 5fps for 120 seconds. Usual processing.

Lester · #2 19-06-2006, 07:37 AM

Lovely detail and colour there Mike.

Lester · #3 19-06-2006, 07:41 AM

Just saw the animation,

Very nice. The seeing stayed constant during your entire capture.

Thanks Mike.

Dennis · #4 19-06-2006, 07:49 AM

Great image and animation Mike - you're getting good at this!

Cheers

Dennis

Robert_T · #5 19-06-2006, 11:16 AM

Still a very fine image by any measure.

it's been a long while since I've had anything this good

cheers,

ving (David) · #6 19-06-2006, 02:24 PM

maybe you answered this before but what do the p and s stand for?

nice image btw

iceman (Mike) · #7 19-06-2006, 02:25 PM

I answered it in the other thread you asked in

S is for South (facing up)
P is for preceding limb (as opposed to F which would be facing limb)

ving (David) · #8 19-06-2006, 02:28 PM

i thought you might have, but i'll be buggered if i can find it

thanks mike

matt · #9 20-06-2006, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

Each image was taken @ 5fps for 120 seconds. Usual processing.

Sorry if you've already posted this somewhere Mike...

but what's your "usual processing"???

Cheers

iceman (Mike) · #10 20-06-2006, 06:07 AM

The same as I always do (the tutorial is slowly coming along

)

1. Capture avi
2. virtualdub avi into BMP's
3. ppmcentre on the BMP's (crop, centre, rank)
4. netpbm tools (split BMP's) into r/g/b channels
5. run each channel through registax and stack, mild wavelets
6. AstraImage, LR deconvolution on each channel
7. AstraImage, recombine back to a colour image, gamma reduction (70%)
8. Photoshop, curves and mild unsharp mask, colour balance if necessary.

That's it!

matt · #11 20-06-2006, 06:33 AM

Again ... many thanks.

That's very kind of you. Not all top-level imagers are as free and open with their "secret recipe" as you, and others on this site.

Is it any wonder IIS is where it's at today

iceman (Mike) · #12 20-06-2006, 06:58 AM

No problems mate.. I don't believe in keeping secrets. If others can get better images as a result of my experience, then it's gotta be a good thing for astronomy and astrophotography in Australia.

Plus, it was the helpfulness and openness of people like Anthony Wesley that helped me to improve my skills. I feel I can only but repay the favour by helping others too.

spacezebra (Petra) · #13 20-06-2006, 07:42 AM

Hi Mike

I would interested in seeing the tutorial when released. I am interested in the various software packages that you use and what particular aspects of them make them unique.

Cheers Petra

iceman (Mike) · #14 20-06-2006, 07:43 AM

No problems Petra, it will be publicly available.