Mars on October 6th RRGB (Closest to Earth that night)

[TheButcher]

Hey all,

I finally got around to processing Mars on the 6th which was the closest mars would come to the earth during this year. The seeing was really good, probably the best I had year. I took about 25 sets of RGB mars. This one below is with a 1.5x Barlow. I also was able to go up to 2.25x but not as detailed as the 1.5x.

Mars was about 55 degrees up. It was captured with Fire Capture, then thrown into PIPP selecting 75% of the best, then off the Autostakkert3 and stacked the best 5% of each channel. I then combined the Channels in Photoshop and aligned the colors and did some minor tweaks. Then I went over to Registax6 for wavelets then I went back to Photoshop to finish it up. I also used another Red for Luminance so this image is RRGB

Red 30,000 Frames
Green 12,000 Frames
Blue 20,000 Frames

Celestron C11
ZWO 290mm
ZWO RGB filters
Antares 1.5x Barlow
iOptron CEM 70 mount
Rigel Nstep Autofocuser

Thx for looking

[drock]

Grea image!

[deg13122]

Really great pic. Thanks.
Can you say a little more about how/which Registax Wavelet controls you used and in what order, etc.?
Like a "workflow."
I'm just getting started in astrophotography - use SharpCap, Pipp, Autostakkert, and stumble in Registax.
Watched so many YT's that contradict each other.
Any comments would be great.
Thanks,
Dennis in Texas

[Richard]

Great one of the best

[TheButcher]

Really great pic. Thanks.
Can you say a little more about how/which Registax Wavelet controls you used and in what order, etc.?
Like a "workflow."
I'm just getting started in astrophotography - use SharpCap, Pipp, Autostakkert, and stumble in Registax.
Watched so many YT's that contradict each other.
Any comments would be great.
Thanks,
Dennis in Texas

Thanks ALl

Hi Dennis, sure In Registax I used the first one about halfway. Then I hit Denoise up to .30 and Sharpened with just one click up so it reads .110. On the 2nd I did about a quarter of the way and Denoised it to about .25. As for the rest, I don't use 3 and 4 usually but 5 and 6 I use. I do 5 about a quarter the way up and one-click up for Denoise and Number 6 about halfway with one or two clicks for denoise.

I also use the 'View Zoomed" to see if I am overdoing it and how it looks. At least that was the process for doing that Mars, but others are different. I didnt have to push this one that hard to get detail since the seeing was real good. I do use the 3 and 4 as well sometimes.

As far as I know the #1 is the strongest and 6th the weakest for tweaking to get detail. I don't use any other tools in there, rather I go to Photoshop for them.

[smeyer8015]

Why does Mars look pissed off?

[TheButcher]

Why does Mars look pissed off?

It finally got a good look at Earth and saw all the BS that is happening now