Saturn with ASI120MC first light

[Nikolas (Nik)]

The conditions were very dicey with some issues with upper atmosphere transparency last saturday 19th April and lots of turbulence over Melbourne.
I used the ASI for the first time with my 127 APO and 4x powermate.
Still experimenting with the software no idea with gain, exposure etc.
I'm using sharpcapture to obtain the video and autostakkert and registax to process before final tweaks in photoshop.
Any tips on how to use shapcapture with this camera would be greatly appreciated.

[Dennis]

Hi Nik

Nice work for an early attempt, there is a fairly steep learning curve for planetary imaging. With SharpCap, I try to keep Gain low and fill the Histogram as much as I can depending on the target, it's all a matter of balancing the opposing requirements!

Cheers

Dennis

[EricB (Eric)]

Nice first attempt Nik.

I am no expert, but through trial and error, I have worked out that low gain around the 15-30 mark and Gamma on 50 seems to work for me with my ASI120MM. Exposure depends.

SharpCap tends to freeze on me when I use it with the ASI. Has this happened to anyone else?

Eric

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Thanks for the tips, Firecapture seems to crash with me. Never got a pic from it.

[Solar (Ralph Smith)]

I am no expert either, just starting out on the planets.
But it looks pretty good for first try with new everything.

PS is that two moons or hot pixels from the camera.

[Nikolas (Nik)]

I think they are moons not sure, it was only on that pic from the three I took that night.

[Nikolas (Nik)]

One of the moon same night.


How does one attach a pic so that it comes up on a separate page like I have seen with others instead of just a popup?