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Jupiter last night

Started by m87, 07/15/2006 10:31AM
Posted 07/15/2006 10:31AM | Edited 07/15/2006 10:58AM Opening Post
Jupiter with a C14 + ToUcam in good seeing
(well, good for 27 deg. elevation) and thin
clouds. Probably too much aperture for seeing.

Anyone down under get some recent pics?

Exposure info: K3CCD, 10 FPS, 1/25 sec,
brightness 50%, saturation 50%, gamma 0%,
gain 90%, auto color balance, format 640x480.
Camera has internal sharpening disabled.
4 deg wedge prism used to reduce dispersion.

Processing: Registax 3, 1200 of 1500 frames,
reduced to 75%.

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Posted 07/15/2006 01:03PM #1
John, Tremendous shot at that altitude! The near merging of the red spots is very detailed on your image. Which program(s) do you use to split, sharpen, recombine RGB files?

I was out again last night to try for another Jupiter as well. It seems around 8pm, Jupiter is at its peak height but its not dark enough. I could not get "decent" seeing until 9:30 which now the atmosphere was thickening. Here's my Toucam C11 f18, 10fps, 0% gam, 100% sat, 0% gain, 50% br, best 160/900 frames stacked in Registax (no RGB splitting) effort in thin haze.
Thanks for posting.

Regards,
Steve



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Posted 07/15/2006 03:52PM #2
Hi John - an excellent image of the meeting of two red spots - nice work!

Alan

Alan Friedman

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