I did get some footage with the newly collimated scope, but as you will see below the image is adversely affected - but then, I did get the
(overwaveleted I know...). On proccesing I realise the expoure was a bit high on the ASI. Didn't bother to capture more as the atmospherics were against me. Saturn was in a simalr state, so I bypassed that,. Went inside, took a beer from the fridge, and waited for Mars to rise up from the turbulence. It was going to be a late work night. Sheesh.I felt this was worth posting as atmospherics below 10 to 15 degrees
Jupiter by Tony Boutle, on FlickrNow, after the poor starters, on to the main course, Mars with 2 x Barlow.
So my normal routine to save hunting with the camera is now, Align on planet with 25mm, centre, 12mm centre, add Barlow centre. Strip all off add ASi 224 on max resolution, then centre, add Barlow, and step down in resolutions to 640 by 480 centreing each time. Once focussed, collect short 1 minute video's, and follow the movement of the planet to reset the best position - and take the next capture. Join all of these in PIPP. That way, I started with over 20k frames, and set the quality options in PIPP to 15000 frames. Out into AS3 analyse &stack 10% of frames.
.Tif into Registax 6 set 1 & 6 wavelets to 100% sharpen to 130, and noise to 20. Play with wavelets 2 to 5 to taste. Stretch image in stages, save. Fiddle around in Photoshop with smart sharpen and levels. Save as .jpg.
I'm quite pleased with the outcome - Mars was high in the sky and wonderfully stable as a visible disk, with 12mm & 2 x Barlow you could make out some surface features.
Mars 640 x2 by Tony Boutle, on FlickrLooks as if Thursday is my next clear night; I may try the 3x Barlow, but I expect a 4500mm focal length will kill things.
Clear skies all.
