Animation try out Jupiter 26May.

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Hi All,

OKay here is my first attempt a a jupiter rotation, using different programs from registax to align the frames, ppmcentre to centre the BMPs, paint shop pro to straighten jupiter,because I moved the mount, it tilted slightly. Also used animation shop 3 to do the GIF.

Gain ~30%
Exposure 1/25
Gamma 50%
Brightness 50%
10FPS
30 second AVI'
Seeing 4/10
9 frame Animation.

Telescope: TAL-1,Homemade barlow ~4x. Phillips ToUcam ProII.

Cloud moved in so cut the session short.

http://southcelestialpole.org/scpBB/...tation_163.gif

[iceman (Mike)]

Good work Andrew, you're coming along very quickly now.

I love animations! Well done.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Oh no!!!!!!! Don't do it Andrew If you get bitten by the animation bug that will be the end of your sleeping at nights!!!!




Nice shots mate, there is a great deal of satisfaction to be had in putting together a smoothly flowing animation. But be careful, it can become very addictive trying to get that perfect animation.

Cheers, keep it together and keep up the good work.

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Thanks Paul and Mike for the comments, this was only a test to see if I could do it. Tell ya what it's bloody hard doing it without the planet being tracked.

Still loads of fun trying it and it gets me out of the house.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

WAY COOL!

That is excellent Astrew!!!!

Does anyone know the best timing for Joop animation eg: 10 min intervals?, 15 min???

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

I had about 5 mins between frames Ken, it moves pretty fast.

[Robert_T]

really brings jupiter to life Astroman! looks like it's winking that big red eye at me

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Andrew for aligning the images, if you can get hold of ImagesPlus it has a fantastic planetary alignment function.