I had a chance to get out and photograph Mars last night. It was supposed to be a clear night, but the clouds did not clear until 11:30. This was my second attempt and I think it is the best so far. There is some nice detail in this shot that was not present in the picture I posted last week.
The telescope/camera setup is as follows:
Telescope: Meade ETX 90EC
Camera: Vesta Pro
Software to record: K3CCDTools
Gain Setting: 25%
Barlow: Yes (2x)
Time: 12:45am
Date: 08/25/03
Seeing/Tranparency: 7 out of 10 for Seeing and 4 out of 10 for transparency
Used Registax to align and stack 320 frames. No gamma correction required post processing, since I adjusted to achieve darker background while recording the avi (hence the lack of red color).
Please let me know if you have any suggestions.
Clear skies,
Steve Murphy
Raleigh, NC
The telescope/camera setup is as follows:
Telescope: Meade ETX 90EC
Camera: Vesta Pro
Software to record: K3CCDTools
Gain Setting: 25%
Barlow: Yes (2x)
Time: 12:45am
Date: 08/25/03
Seeing/Tranparency: 7 out of 10 for Seeing and 4 out of 10 for transparency
Used Registax to align and stack 320 frames. No gamma correction required post processing, since I adjusted to achieve darker background while recording the avi (hence the lack of red color).
Please let me know if you have any suggestions.
Clear skies,
Steve Murphy
Raleigh, NC
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