Jupiter 21st Feb from tassie

[davidpretorius]

Hi all,

seeing has been 6/10 for a while, and high cloud causing problems with quality estimate in registax.

Captured 900 frames in optimized colour, split into rgb avi and then using my latest setting ie 50% gamma

1/25 exp, 40% gain. due to cloud.

Happy given the conditions

[davidpretorius]

oh yes and a quick venus, must play with the exposure settings etc.

must get some pointers from asimov

[h0ughy (David)]

How come your Jupiter looks a little different to Mikes? the colour mainly, features look nice and venus now thats an excellent catch!

[davidpretorius]

mike captures via the standard binaries or maybe the newer 900nc binaries. they tend to give the planet a more contrast in regards to the browns. they are more towards a coppery brown.

i use the raw mode @ 5fps when i can or step down to optimized colour at 10 fps. the colours are softer???

which is right - i have no idea???

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and here is a moon shot

[cjmarsh81]

I like the moon shot. Very clear for the magnification.

[davidpretorius]

thanks cj, heres a few more, all about at that 1000x +

i love the shadows in the 2nd one in the big crater

[asimov (John)]

WOWEEE!

Lovely images mate! My favorite being venus (taking nothing away from joop & the moon)

I tend to under expose venus so you end up with no burnouts. Looks like you have exposure times pretty close I reckon.

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

nice moon shots dave. very clear for 1000x .

[davidpretorius]

Originally Posted by asimov

My favorite being venus

I tend to under expose venus so you end up with no burnouts. Looks like you have exposure times pretty close I reckon.

thought you might like it!

i will give venus more attention. it is getting higher every morning!

[lost_in_space]

Great stuff Dave, I think I will have to come and get some lessons from you when I get my camera! Just watching how your imaging has improved in the short time I have been a member is inspiring me to take the plunge and get myself a Toucam.

[iceman (Mike)]

A very nice mornings work Dave, especially given the conditions.

A quick process on your copernicus shot brings it up a bit better.. though the seeing just couldn't hold up to that mag, giving it a blurry/grainy look.

[davidpretorius]

thanks mike, nice reprocess

[Robert_T]

Hi DP, you are a planetary Machine! Jupiter looks great, maybe not the fine-ness of detail of your best, but it's all there and the colour looks great. These moon shots are gob-smacking, especially copernicus. Well done matee