My very first Jupiter 05-10-2009 re-processed

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Hi All,

There is something to be said about keeping AVI from the past. Thanks to all people in the forum that have posted infomration on my image and also other images. I have re-processed my very first Jupiter shot. As seen from the first time when I used Registax the image was so blurry that I didn't even show it on the forum. Since then I have gain some experience the last of which JJJ mentioned the quote below;

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

just go through frame by frame, using the arrow keys on your keyboard, hitting the space bar will deselect frames.
toss any that are smeared or really fuzzy.
sort through the images a few times,
it takes time doing this, but you will be rewarded for it in the end.

This was the most rewarding quote, and never thought to use until this image which I have put together while cleaning out my hard drive to make room for more imaging. The second image is the reprocessed of the first.

Very simply 1130 frames taken, most out of fucus, de-selected them in Registax leaving about 500 frames to stack. After I did this, I went to bed, eyes were a bit boggley.

Thanks to all I like this one much improved.

[trent_julie]

Very nice,
and thanks to jjj for that tip

Trent and Julie

[Liz]

Thats much better, very rewarding to get an image like that from your own images. Well done.
Onya jjj!!!

[ReaPerMan (Paul)]

Hi Malcolm, I agree that the forum has been very helpful I also found this wonderful how to by Paul Haese http://paulhaese.net/planetaryprocessing.html

This was after i saw his marvelous Mars images and went to visit his web site. I have used his article to bring on my images and I am very greatful for the advice found there. Give it a whirl I think you'll be happy.

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Originally Posted by ReaPerMan

Hi Malcolm, I agree that the forum has been very helpful I also found this wonderful how to by Paul Haese http://paulhaese.net/planetaryprocessing.html

I have seen this process before and I agree with the information and I will be using this method once I can track the planets. Right as i am using a non tracking DOB the planet drifts across the screen and as a result the image will never acheive the results shown on the above web link. I am overall quite happy with the result.

I have tried to use a barlow but the planets skim across the field of view so quickly there is no time to collect clear picture or even find the planets in the first place.

Essentially what I am doing is to find the best webcam to carry out the imagery. If i can acheive the best results without tracking i am sure i can acheive a better result once I have tracking. I have tested 5 webcams so far, I will run my Philips Toucam soon, and one more I have ordered recently.

The moon shots are the easiest and great learning curve.