Jupiter June 23rd, from Melbourne

[John K]

Well looks like a lot of people were out last night capturing images of Jupiter, so thought I would join the band wagon. Seeing was only 4/10, but the SPC900 continues to impress.

Image taken at 10.11pm AEST with the GRS just in view.

12.5" f/5 w/SPC900, 150 of the best frames in RGB processed in Registax and AstraImage using ME deconvolution (4/1.4) and some unsharp masking.

One of the things I have noticed with the SPC900, and it's early days yet, is that there is less detail visible on my lap top screen during AVI capture but more detail after processing. The Celestron NexImage was the opposite, with more detail visible in the AVI's during capture but less detail and a harsher look after processing. Not sure if that's my imagination, so interested to see what others think.


John.

[Robert_T]

Fab detail John, excelent for 4/10 seeing

Originally Posted by John K

One of the things I have noticed with the SPC900, and it's early days yet, is that there is less detail visible on my lap top screen during AVI capture but more detail after processing. The Celestron NexImage was the opposite, with more detail visible in the AVI's during capture but less detail and a harsher look after processing. Not sure if that's my imagination, so interested to see what others think.
John.

I've certainly noticed the phenomena, but it's happened with both my Neximage and the spc900... no pattern I can determine, but probably seeing related or perhaps how much gamma yu're using.

[asimov (John)]

Hi John, very pleasant image! Well done.

[Lester]

Hi John,

Good image for 4/10, it will get better.

I am still using neximage at least for 1 more week before the DFK is up and running. I get colour and detail on laptop, plus more detail after processing but sometimes the onion rings ruin the image. Earlier last week I had moments where the seeing was better than last nights, (fine detail on laptop for 1/4 second at a time) but all the images were eaten out by onion rings going half way into the planet. The visible detail inbetween the equatorial belts was 3D for those split seconds and colours.