First Webcam Image - Jupiter

I plugged my new Philips Vesta webcam into my ETX90EC on Sunday night (skies unexpectedly cleared off) and got the following image of Jupter. This was my first attempt at imaging with the camera and was surprised how easy it was to get Jupiter's image on the CCD chip (Beginner's luck, I'm sure).

The steps I used:
1) Used 2x Barlow and film canister adapter on webcam
2) Acquired the image using K3CCDTools
3) Aligned and stacked 100 images using Registax
4) Brightened with Gimp

I was surprised by the image. I had difficulty focusing (moon was gone, so had to focus looking at the image on the computer screen). I am looking forward to learning more and I hope the images will improve.

Clear skies,
Steve Murphy
Raleigh, NC

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Very nice 1st image Steve! Jupiter is so small now (I believe below 39") that makes this result even more remarkable. I would darken the background, if you have any chance, because it is a little greyish. I would try working on the histogram. This would also give more evidence to the satellite on the left.

Webcams are amazing, aren't they?

Ciao
Luca

Nice Pic Steven!
I hope you don't mind me playing around with your pic... I tried to adjust your colors/contrast/brightness/levels, and came up with this...

Keep up the good work!

Clear dark skies!

Ivan

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