June 14th Jupiter

[asimov (John)]

Now this is more like it. 6.5-7/10 seeing A restack of this one is on the cards, reckon I can drag a better outcome out of it. I think I overcooked it with the waveletts a bit.

C9.25/900nc.

[Lester]

Thought you was a bit quiet tonight,

Out grabbing a photo , so was I.

Yours is very nice, its been a while.

[asimov (John)]

1 of 20 AV's.....I'm gonna be busy

[asimov (John)]

"yours is very nice"....Hmmmm...sounds like you may have the clayton shot....A DMK image without the DMK camera...hmmm veddy inderesting!

[Lester]

Hope you don't mind, but I am going to stick mine on your thread.

Continuation of the punch-up er I mean shoot-out.

Think your wins by a lot.

My seeing varied from very good for a very short period to where I couldn't resolve the EQ belts, so at best=3/10.

Started making a cat cooler, think the problem was tube currents.

[asimov (John)]

Wow! You really dragged the colour out of that one! Nice job.

Thats a real shame you only got a 3 overall, I really was expecting you to come out with a rumples pic tonight!

Perhaps the glue I used on your secondary ran down onto the mirror before it set!? ........

[Lester]

Looks like this round goes to you oh Master.

Nothing like a close tussle.

Thats it from me tonight, off to soak my wounds in ice.

[Dennis]

Looks like you guys are having fun - great images from both of you. Thanks for the Jupiter-fest over the last few days; I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing the results of your efforts.

Cheers

Dennis

[asimov (John)]

Stay tuned Dennis, hopefully Lester's new camera turns up next week, then we may see some action.

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Terrific photo from the 9.25 with lots to see inside the GRS! I'm surprised at the large image scale. What barlow are you using? I've been imaging at f25 but have been thinking of stepping it up a bit (if I can keep the planet on the chip for 100secs - the altaz tracking drifts a bit)

The 14" image seems to have a bit more noise but still has lots of detail. Well done, both of you.

Graeme

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice asi - huge image scale though little grainy. Nice colours.

Lester yours is nice too, though a little *too* saturated on this occassion (for my preference). Still quite dark too.

I'd love to have a go at your avi's sometime if you can upload them? Are you on dialup?

[asimov (John)]

Hi Graeme, thanks mate. I usually just use a 2X barlow & a 75mm extension tube, but as the seeing was a bit better than my usual 3/10 I decided on throwing another 80mm extension tube into the mix. After a screen preview I was kicking myself for not owning a 4X..I then slid the 900nc out as far as it would go & still be locked with the retaining screw(s) & did the same with the 2 extension tubes. No idea how to work that one out & convert it to F but Jupiter is at least 60% bigger on screen than usual.

Mike, yes a bit grainy but I should be able to make it better; I did a real quick run in Astraimage just after midnight this morning & it came up a lot better.

Yep, rotten dialup my end.

[Lester]

Well done Sir Asimov,

Thanks everyone for your comments. Mine had the gain at 75% to kill onions, that would be why image has a bit of grain in it.

Mine was a quick process and tried to reduce colour and brighten but obviously Not enough. I will try again when time permits.

[asimov (John)]

Lester, normally if the seeing is better, you can usually take a bit of the gain off. Last night I did a few tests to see how 'low I could go'..Shot one at 30% gain zero gamma & still no onions...Need to shoot a couple off @ different settings & do a quick stack to see what you can get away with on each given night I reckon.

[Robert_T]

Hey Asi, nice saucy little number, can even see a touch of detail in red jnr. Well done

[Lester]

Thanks Jedi Master.