You may want to think about backing off the magnification and trying to get a wider angle view. You could create an animation of Jupiter and its moons or put Saturn against a backdrop of(brighter)stars. If you go for high mag, you can get better results by setting the shutter speed as high as possible and increasing the gain to compensate. You'll get more noise but you can "freeze" moments of good seeing.
Re: good webcam planet under poor seeing condition
Started by joe B, 03/12/2004 06:20PM
Posted 03/12/2004 06:20PM
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Posted 03/12/2004 08:23PM
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Eric
I would set the gain at about 90%-95% of the max value and then increase the shutter speed until you have a decent signal level ( not saturated but clearly out of the noise). The final value will depend on the relative brightness of the object.
The frame rate only affects the image quality if too high and some data is lost to compression. 5 - 10 fps should work for most setups.
I would set the gain at about 90%-95% of the max value and then increase the shutter speed until you have a decent signal level ( not saturated but clearly out of the noise). The final value will depend on the relative brightness of the object.
The frame rate only affects the image quality if too high and some data is lost to compression. 5 - 10 fps should work for most setups.
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