First try at Jupiter with Toucam

[Aprid]

Well having just picked up a Toucam off Ebay and read a few articles here on imaging i had a crack at Jupiter and here is my humble first effort.

[iceman (Mike)]

Hey, great start! Better than my first attempt. I can just make out Red Jr!

What scope are you using?

[Ric]

Hi Aprid, thats a very nice first image.
You've done very well, looking forward to seeing more.

Cheers

[RB (Andrew)]

Well done for your first effort !!!

[bluescope]

Good effort !

[Tamtarn]

I would be more than happy with that for a first try with a toucam.

[ving (David)]

thats your first effort? wow!

[davidpretorius]

surely he must get banned for that........

great image!

[Aprid]

Thanks for the kind replies, it's an 8inch GSO newt I doubt if i could have got any sort of image but for the articles on imaging on this site which I followed to the letter and the result even surprised me.

Thanks Aprid

[iceman (Mike)]

Does your newt have tracking or is it a dob?

[Aprid]

I sat it on a home made eq platform while its not very steady it managed to hold Jupiter in the frame for 2 minutes luckily it was a very calm windless night, the PCFE software obtained from the download section did the rest by centering the individual frames.

Thanks Aprid

[matt]

What capture software are you using?

Are you using Registax to stack your frames?

Tell us your full process, from capture to final image. That'll give us a better idea of what you're up to

[Aprid]

k3ccd to capture Virtualdub to save image sequence PCFE to centre image registax to stack approx 150 of about 800 frames the image had rather a red hue due to the missing IR filter when the lens was removed from the Toucam so into Photoshop to adjust hue saturation, levels, curves a little bit of sharpening to obtain the final image.
BTW what would I need to look for as a replacement IR filter for the toucam ?

Thanks Aprid

[matt]

Which sliders are you using at the wavelets stage of Registax, and to what extent???

A lot of us are using the Baader UV/IR cut filter for imaging planets.

You could try stacking a few more more frames to achieve a smoother result, but it looks to me more like you could back off the wavelet/unsharp masking a little bit?

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Aprid, You are supposed to show us a blob with 2 bands for a first shot of Jupiter, not the excellent image you posted.
Very very good work. A+.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

First shot!

Dang! I'm still trying to get an image that big.

All my Planet work is small and sort of clear. Well done Aprid