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Started by Wes Higgins, 06/07/2005 07:10PM

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Posted 06/07/2005 07:10PM Opening Post

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Hi,

Not my best Jupiter but I guess still worth sharing, the transparency was bad and I had to throttle down to 30FPS instead of 60FPS smile

with the 18" and Lumenera color camera, the seeing was maybe 5/10 and I could only get about 225 half way good frames so the image is a bit noisy.

Stack of 225 frames from 2700.

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Wes Higgins

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Posted 06/07/2005 08:16PM #1

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Hi Wes,

That's a terrific image for only average seeing conditions. I can't wait to see what you can do with Mars.

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Looks great Wes!
Not too shabby for 225 frames, and great color processing too. wink

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Posted 06/07/2005 08:30PM #3

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Looks like a real winner there, Wes. I really look forward to your future Mars images. I remember your last ones and they were something to write home about!

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Wes,

Wow...nice image! If that is what the Lum produces with 225 frames in mediocre seeing...I'm looking forward to getting the camera...and seeing what you will do with your combination in 8/10 seeing!!

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Posted 06/07/2005 08:51PM #5

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Hi Wes -

A very handsome image - the tones are perfect, especially the delicate details in the EZ.
I really envy your ability to use the color Lumenera camera on Jupiter - it is certainly producing some great results. Someday I hope to have a laptop with USB 2.0 and the software to operate one on my Mac!

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Hi Wes,

Thats a nice image, and even nicer for so few frames. The post GRS area is always fascinating to see...

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Beautiful Wes. Excellent detail! Well done!

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Posted 06/07/2005 09:32PM #8

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Beautiful Wes. Excellent detail! Well done!

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Truly amazing considering the small no. of frames stacked.
It must have been a heavy blow having to crank that fps down wink

Speaking of fps, I have a question: do you experience any loss of images when shooting and 60fps? I have a pretty powerful laptop, but I have a hard time keeping up at 30fps and I experience invariably a good 15 to 20% lost frames.

Thanks for posting it Wes. It is always a pleasure to see you at work.

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