jupiter help

Harpspitfire · #1 17-08-2009, 11:03 PM

can you guys give me any advice? i see the most excellant images here!! im really getting totaly disgusted with jupiter. i CANT get any fine detail at all- or even an image size, i use a celestron 9.25, but the 2X barlow wont give me a 'clean' AVI- so this only f/10, the camera is a neximage webcam with the ir/uv filter added on.. my computer issues been ongoing since thier invention!!- i got 3GB ram installed and R4 or R5 REFUSES to process anything over a 500 AVI file--in Pa in the USA, i do have LP, poor seeing, and am in the jet stream, but i feel i 'should' be getting something better then this stuff- TIA- john http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37...my/augjup3.jpg

Paul Haese · #2 17-08-2009, 11:56 PM

The images you have are good. You must remember you are imaging through more atmosphere than us at present.

Jupiter is slowly moving northward and in the coming years it will be directly over head for you. The only reason why we are getting good images at present is Jupiter is directly over head for us and we are in winter which has better seeing than summer.

In time you will wonder what the fuss was all about. Hone your skills now, so that you images will be great in two or three years time.

Harpspitfire · #3 19-08-2009, 10:49 PM

i tried jupiter AGAIN, but with a barlow this time, i finally figured out how to load a large AVI into R4, but as you see-- the image suffers badly from just everything!!

Paul Haese · #4 19-08-2009, 11:20 PM

Focus, and seeing are critical to imaging. Try to ensure your telescope is at ambient too. Only run your avi's for 90-120 seconds at the most. Keep trying. It is all about persistence and consistency. What size telescope are you using?

AstroFlyer (Arek) · #5 20-08-2009, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Haese

What size telescope are you using?

Celestron 9.25...

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Originally Posted by Harpspitfire

i use a celestron 9.25

alphajuno (Dave) · #6 22-08-2009, 08:38 AM

Not sure if this will help but...

Here's a way to check your seeing for the night so you won't miss a potentially good night:

http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/PittsburghPAkey.html?1

And, you should take your avi's after 11ish right now to make sure Jupiter is higher in the sky.