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These are my best captures so far this season. The air's been very unstable, so the finer ring details like Encke Gap and other smaller gaps have been out of reach.
SN8 at f/20
2x and 3x stacked giving a 5x
183C
LXD55
7000 frames each
SharpCap (2x2 binned, RGB24, 1280x1024 crop as the camera lacks ROI support)
PIPP (best 20%, stabilization, noise and hot pixel filtering, AHD deBayer, highlight recovery, histogram balancing)
Autostakkert (best 20%, RGB align)
Registax (predefined wavelet setting, then additional fine tuning)
GIMP (scalar sharpening, levels, and final color balancing)
Russ
A.K.A "Backyard Observatory" on Facebook and Youtube
Meade SN8 w/ DIY coma corrector, Astro Modded Rubinar 1000/10 @f/5.2, 130/5 Newtonian, Pentax SMC 200/4, Canon SH 30/1.7
SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro, Modified Celestron SLT
183 OSC, 224 OSC, Canon 1100D, Sony NEX-3
Nikon 7-12 zoom, a lot of DIY/salvage eyepieces
Great photos of Jupiter and Saturn Russ - thanks for the share!
-Michael Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50 Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl Camera: ZWO ASI 120 Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs Latitude: 48.7229° N