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Old 15-07-2005, 01:05 PM
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My first prime focus image of the moon

I promised I would post my first ever picture no matter how bad it is....so here it is.

I started on the easiest object the Moon.

I really need to do some more homework on registax and k3ccdtools.

This was done last night on my Orion 80mmED with the toucam obviously unguided.

I'm not that happy with it but I will improve as I go...I will have another go tonight.

Any suggestion would be much appreciated.
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Old 15-07-2005, 01:14 PM
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Good start, it's just too overexposed. You need to use a shorter exposure time - what settings were you using with this one?

Excellent first effort Tony! This is with the ED80 on the EQ6?

Apart from being overexposed there's really nothign wrong with it, focus looks good!
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Old 15-07-2005, 01:36 PM
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Mike....

From memory
My settings were as followed:

Brightness 50%
Saturation 50%
Gain 0%

10fps for around 30 seconds

I found that what I could see on my preview screen was about the same as the finish product....so if I started with a dull image my final image was dull.....

I will try a heap of different exposure times and settings tonight.

I am only using the wizard until I understand the software a little better.
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Old 15-07-2005, 01:48 PM
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10fps is fine, but what about shutter speed?
1/100s? 1/500s?

You need to change that shutter speed to get the exposure correct. You don't want to see any washed out areas on your screen.

Use the histogram bar on the left while getting settings right (befoer you start recording) and make sure it doesn't sit at 255 (white) all the time.. it means you're overexposing.

For Saturation, I have mine at 95% but when capturing the moon it's ignored because I check the box "Black & white".
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Old 15-07-2005, 01:59 PM
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Well done Tony , what a thrill hey ...keep going Mars is coming
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Old 15-07-2005, 02:04 PM
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Old 15-07-2005, 02:34 PM
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My shutter speed was less then 1/100 I think....maybe 1/55 sounds familiar.....Like I said last night was my first night with the software...I will have a go at what you said and look more particular to the settings I use.

Do you still use the K3ccdtool wizard.

registax has heaps of lingo and settings I dont have a clue what it all means.....I will learn with time.
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Old 15-07-2005, 02:35 PM
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nice one tony. thats a great start!
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Old 15-07-2005, 05:07 PM
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Great start Tony. With the moon you can go down to at least 1/500 sec or faster when you've got plenty of light to work with. Once you've set your exposure then play around with the brighness and gain, gain is usually pretty low. By the look of your image you may have set the contrast too high and adjusted the brightness to make up for it. Zip the Avi and email it to me. I'll have a play with it in registax and send you back the settings so you have some idea of the processing settings for a half moon.

Glad to see you're having a go.
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Old 15-07-2005, 05:17 PM
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Nice one Tony, it is by far and away better than my first attempt, but then again digital wasn't around then.
Take Paul up on his offer, and once you get some benchmark settings try various scenarios from there.
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Old 15-07-2005, 05:39 PM
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Maybe if I can get the opportunity tonight I'll pop out and do a couple of runs and send you the settings I use.
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Old 15-07-2005, 06:15 PM
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Well done Tony!


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Old 15-07-2005, 07:50 PM
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Great Shot! Tony

good start anyways!! look forward to more

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Old 15-07-2005, 09:48 PM
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Ok I had a play around with some more moon shots tonight....there is a fair bit of improvement thanks to Mike and Paul....thanks boys.

I did both the imaging and stacking through K3ccdtools only.
The first pic is with the orion 80ED for comparison to last nights...the rest were done with the C11 and 6.3 Focal reducer.

1/1000 to 1/1500 exposure was used with 5 FPS
gain 0%
Brightness varied from 50%-70%
Contrast was 50%
Gama 50%

This imaging is so much fun.
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Old 15-07-2005, 09:54 PM
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Tony, the last shot looks like a pinnical golf ball.LOL.
they are excellent shots!!!
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Old 15-07-2005, 09:56 PM
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Old 15-07-2005, 09:57 PM
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Old 15-07-2005, 09:59 PM
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Yeah I know....probably one of mine I lost on Sanctury Cove Golf Couarse just 2 weeks ago.....lol

Yeah I am really happy with these for my second night out....I still need more education towards the software....ATM the wizard is doing everything for me.
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Old 15-07-2005, 10:00 PM
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Toe-nails,

I was going to ask why you are not doing pics with your new 20 trillion dollar C11 and PRESTO! You stuck some in here.

Be proud of those shots!!! They are excellent!
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Old 15-07-2005, 10:01 PM
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Very nice Tony , luv the second shot ...just because thats one of my favourite regions of the lunar surface , get that coffee machine in the Ob and keep the images rolling well done
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