Anthony,
Just when you think you've gotten the hang of planetary photo's. You pull off the impossible (or one would think). That pix of Ganymede is magnificent. Makes me feel like we're back to the 1980's sitting at Burns Lake with our 8" Celestron, with the Nikon F2 and gas hypered film!!! Which had to be kept cold. Not easy in the Glades. Then running home hoping not to run over a gator to start developing the film.
Thank goodness for all the help we've gotten from you and other members on the forum. It's made it easier to align the RGB's. Your tip the other day really helped--Thanks so much. Gail and Dave Bleser
Last night I had an extended session in excellent seeing, I recorded data almost continually from 11pm to 4am. This period covered a GRS transit which was followed by an Io + shadow transit. Despite the dire jetstream predictions it seems that this site (Exmouth in Western Australia) can sometimes turn on steady skies.
Here's one image from near the end of the session - recorded just after 4am local time. Io is visible at lower right.
Once again this is processed using my laptop and very dodgy display, so the contrast and brightness may not be quite right.
regards, Bird
Bird your too hard on your self. You produce better pics then I could with the hubble at my finger tips. lol
I have to say a big thanks to bird (and Mrs bird) for letting me gatecrash their supper last night.
I signed up a few weeks ago, but only logged on and started looking around a few days ago, needless to say I was rather astonished to find this thread at the top of the "new posts" list.
I didn't expect a tasco 6" refractor up here in my town of 2000, let alone this level of achievement.
As I stated to bird last night, I feel the word "amateur" doesn't describe what some of you do, you guys are definitely unpaid professionals.
Cheers for the tour of your equipment and processes too, it was thoroughly interesting and has piqued my interest further.
Jim
I like the last image Anthony, certainly one of your best images but I think you have some even better ones in your gallery from the last two years.
I'm finally going to give it another go tonight after months of cloud. I should have come with you as seeing has been in very short supply of late. Hoping for tonight.
Greg, in any other year this would probably be an excellent location with routine good seeing, but it's not immune to the "anomalously large" jetstream (as BOM puts it) that's plaguing all continental Australia this year. I'm right on the north edge of it here, and I'm hoping that it will move away a few more nights while I'm here (until Sept 25).
Paul, there's more to do with the data I captured the other night, I cut a few corners to get four images done on my laptop in a day, but some of the images in my gallery took about a days worth of processing each on my faster home pc.
I'm working on another image now, with more alignment points etc, I'll see if that helps.
Paul, there's more to do with the data I captured the other night, I cut a few corners to get four images done on my laptop in a day, but some of the images in my gallery took about a days worth of processing each on my faster home pc.
I'm working on another image now, with more alignment points etc, I'll see if that helps.
Ah that sounds good, looking forward to seeing the results. Even if this is not the awesome place and only and good place to go and image, it is still better than most places by 50% from what I have seen so far. Time of course will tell and you final report is of great interest to me. I ring in next week and see how things are panning out.
