Planets from the back yard.

[firstlight (Tony)]

First outing with the planets for a loooong time - maybe 2 years. Lot of thing to relearn, mistakes to remake... and a few new ones

Anyway, here we go. First up Jupiter.

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Jupiter from near the start of the session. Is it just me, or is the GRS getting darker. I had a look at it he other night, and I saw it quite easily, which hasn't always the case with me.

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Mars went pretty well, not sure if I had good focus.

[batema (Mark)]

Wonderful images Tony.

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Finally a Saturn image.

[RB (Andrew)]

Great to see some images from you again Tony.

Nice work.

RB

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Thanks Mark and Andrew. Been kicking myself not to drag out the gear, but it is such a hassle to put it all away again. Cloudy here tonight, though.

[RobF (Rob)]

Nice ones Tony!
What scope and camera combination did you use?

[Nino (John Peacock)]

Tony great shots, why don't mine look like that!

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Great stuff Tony Jupiter is getting tougher at this point.

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Originally Posted by RobF

Nice ones Tony!
What scope and camera combination did you use?

Hi Rob, I'm using a C9.25, 4x powermate and an SPC900 webcam. Mars and Jupiter were captured at 20 fps, Saturn at 10 fps (with gain cranked a bit. I think that is why I am getting the lines through it. If/when the weather clears I might try to use Anne-Louise's Atik Titan to see if I can get a better result.

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Originally Posted by Nino

Tony great shots, why don't mine look like that!

Unknown I've not used a camera like that. Might need to chek the capture settings?

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Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Great stuff Tony Jupiter is getting tougher at this point.

Thanks Dunk.

All the planets become a problem at my place. I only have a few hours after they cross the meridian before the Pecan swallows them. Now the clouds are back (why oh why didn't I get the 'scope out earlier? ) it may be a while before I get more camera time.

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Processed a few other sequences of Mars from the 30th (lots of clouds since then). Pretty happy with the result for now, but I hope to do better in the future.

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I reprocessed another sequence, re-sampled it and hopefully didn't kill it.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Well done Tony - getting the gear out - like riding a bike, tho with new gears and stuff - Ya'd be doing wheelies in no time

Great coverage of the current Planet action - nice job