Groundhog night!

[Averton (P and C)]

Just like the day only at night... gotta stop looking out the window before going to bed. Almost the exact same time as the previous night, only this time the sky was clearer and the seeing was a bit better. Again we started with a few videos of Jupiter at only 23 degrees elevation with the same result - it's gone to binary heaven again.
Mars looked better and we changed our capturing to a smaller ROI with higher FPS. We think that this also made tonight's image a little better. We couldn't decide on the level of sharpening so have made an image with two options - on the left is a lesser amount and on the right is the same amount of sharpening as last night's image, which maybe a little much this time - not sure.
After barely being able to get any images this month, all of a sudden two nights in a row. Incredible!!

[Saturnine (Jeff)]

Hi P & C
Am still amazed how good your images are for an 6" SCT. Also nothing wrong with imaging at the same time for a few nights in a row, helps to show the approx. 40 minute longer rotation of the planet.
Still cloudy most nights up here and if not cloudy it is windy enough to blow a dog off its chain. Tearing my hair out in frustration and the forecast is more cloud for the rest of the week.

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

great results - makes one wonder how long you can image mars for without smearing, wasn't the traditional wisdom ~5 mins?

[Averton (P and C)]

Originally Posted by Saturnine

Hi P & C
Am still amazed how good your images are for an 6" SCT. Also nothing wrong with imaging at the same time for a few nights in a row, helps to show the approx. 40 minute longer rotation of the planet.
Still cloudy most nights up here and if not cloudy it is windy enough to blow a dog off its chain. Tearing my hair out in frustration and the forecast is more cloud for the rest of the week.

Thanks Jeff.

Sorry to hear that your weather is still so bad. This year has certainly broken many records and astonomer's hearts in the weather department. You can only hope that it starts to improve in the new year.

[Averton (P and C)]

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

great results - makes one wonder how long you can image mars for without smearing, wasn't the traditional wisdom ~5 mins?

Thanks Russ.
Although we take many videos, the final image is only taken from the best video which in this case is 4 minutes long. We process all the videos individually and check the AS!3 quality value and then use the best one.

[Dave882 (David)]

Great image that’s fantastic! I think I like the sharper one as my preference.

[Averton (P and C)]

Thanks David.
We found it difficult to choose so we're happy for some feedback