Hi Rob
the scope is a modified 300mm GSO Dobsonian and the overall setup is described in
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=85990
Your Meade should do pretty well. With typical planet cams, suggest that you try to work at between f20 and f30, so suggest that you use a good 2-2.5x Barlow to get the image scale up.
I have an RGB filter set with a mono cam, but others get good results with colour cams - take your pick. The key here is to use one of the modern high quantum efficiency cameras (eg the TIS618) which allow you to use high framerates. I usually take 2 minutes per channel at 30fps R,G and 15fps B and the short exposure times allow relatively sharp imaging in moderate seeing conditions.
Issues that you have to get right are the scope collimation and it's thermal equilibrium with the ambient air - hi res imaging is not possible unless you have these under control. The other biggy is the seeing and all you can do is work around that by imaging when the seeing is OK.....Right now, you are under a heavy jetstream, so will have poor seeing.
http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/char...t=Refresh+View you need the 200hPa winds to be below about 50kts for really hi res (as a rough rule of thumb).
Stacking/processing is either Registax6 or Autostakkert2 - both are good. I use IRIS to combine the RGB frames, but other software does the same. If you already have some AVIs taken at f10, try using drizzle stacking in either Registax or Autostakkert to increase the image scale and possibly improve the final resolution a bit. If you need more info on planetary imaging and processing there are some good articles here
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/projects.html
If you want more detail on anything, please ask.
Regards Ray
