my best Jupiter yet

[hpcoolahan]

Well guys its now3:31am and i just got home from a 240klm trip to our combined clubs 1st annual starparty.and it was a great night.
Took some shots of Jupiter with the LPI through my 12in lx90 alt/az.
This is 440 exposures saved as a fits file , then processed in the field as a demonstration to all there how to do it, hope you all enjoy ....I'm stoked:Chessy_Smile:
Two versions processed differently

Patrick Coolahan
Yamba

[Radar]

Wow! Nice work Pat.

What processing procedure did you follow?

[Draig]

Oh Excellent Pat,
:welldone:

Very nice indedd - you should be stoked.

And best of all this was a deminstration(?) well done indeed.

Cheers Colin

[hpcoolahan]

Wow! Nice work Pat.

What processing procedure did you follow?


hey radar,, just did 2 different ways in photoshop,1st one was to process the r,g,b,l all seperately then combine.
2nd one was all combined first then processed as a group.

Mainly curves and levels ,unsharp masks and gausian blur.

Pat

[hpcoolahan]

Oh Excellent Pat,
:welldone:

Very nice indedd - you should be stoked.

And best of all this was a deminstration(?) well done indeed.

Cheers Colin

Thanks Colin, just happy to be able to show some of the group at the party how to do it , some of them have had cameras in the box from new , tried it once and gave up so i bet some have another go soon.
its can be hard if it doesent go your way the first time.

pat

[Radar]

What program were you using to capture the AVI Pat? And was it barlowed? I imagine a 12 inch LX90 would pack quite a bit of light, so I imagine barlowing it to reduce the brightness may have been involved. :hmm:

[hpcoolahan]

Nup Radar, not an avi,,,just straight capture pics stacked on the fly by meades camera software. Iwas using Meades LPI (lunar and planetary imager) on my 12in at f10 (no barlow just straight into scope).

the lpi really is good at planetary work. :pipethinker:

Pat

[Tony Leece]

Lovely shots you got there Pat.
Loads of colour and detail:welldone: :welldone:
Does Jupiter look like this visualy through the eyepiece of the 12" Pat?
Bet the people loved your demonstration mate:thumbsupmate:

Tony..........

[hpcoolahan]

yes it does Tony, under a clear dark steady sky, but with no color.
The 12in lx90 keeps amazing me. We where looking at it with a 20mm wide field eyepiece ,looks great.

Pat

[Draig]

Hi Pat,

I was looking at Jupiter last night, I started with my 38mm eyepiece and it looked great. I then went to 10mm and even tried a 5mm but it was that unsteady with a 5mm that I went back up to the 10mm. Like you my little 8" keeps amazing me with what I can see and the quality of the image.

One of these days (soon I hope) I will try astrophotography.

Cheers Colin

[phoenix]

Hey Pat

Love the detail of your photo's, the first one looks really sharp in detail
Good work :thumbsupmate:



Cheers Jason :pipethinker:


P.S Have you picked the name for your observatory yet ?

[hpcoolahan]

Lovely shots you got there Pat.
Loads of colour and detail:welldone: :welldone:
Does Jupiter look like this visualy through the eyepiece of the 12" Pat?
Bet the people loved your demonstration mate:thumbsupmate:

Tony..........

Actually tony , was out looking at Jupiter in the obs tonight and i have to say i could see the reds and browns in the cloud bands.I also got to see one of its moons and its shaddow move across Jupiters face,,,,Magic:eartoear:

Patrick

[hpcoolahan]

Hey Pat

Love the detail of your photo's, the first one looks really sharp in detail
Good work :thumbsupmate:
thanks mate, im as happy as,,,a,,, the words escape me


Cheers Jason :pipethinker:


P.S Have you picked the name for your observatory yet ?

still thinking and looking for replies with ideas

[Radar]

was out looking at Jupiter in the obs tonight and i have to say i could see the reds and browns in the cloud bands.

Hey Pat are you using a 12 inch? And any particular coloured filter to see those details?

[wakaleo]

Gidday Pat. Lovely images.

I can see I'll have to be really nice to the exchequer (the boss, she-who-must-be-obeyed, the cheese and kisses!) to see if I can get a 'scope that sucks in more light. Might have to stop eating for a few months to help with saving the dough!

[hpcoolahan]

Hey Pat are you using a 12 inch? And any particular coloured filter to see those details?

Yes Radar my old chap :pipethinker: , it is through the 12in lx90,:thumbsupmate: no barlow , nothing filter wise, just the 12inlx90 with a 12mm celestron plossl eyepiece which at f10 (3048mm fl) gives me 254x magnification. just beautiful, dont go too high on the mags unless the seeing is really steady. Bye the way the LPI from meade excels at planetry work.:eartoear:

Pat

[hpcoolahan]

Gidday Pat. Lovely images.

I can see I'll have to be really nice to the exchequer (the boss, she-who-must-be-obeyed, the cheese and kisses!) to see if I can get a 'scope that sucks in more light. Might have to stop eating for a few months to help with saving the dough!

Gday there wakaleo

It really is worth it getting the bigger scope,, dont starve but skimp where you can......lol
be real nice too the missus , get as many brownie points as you can:blink:

Pat

[mattwastell]

Hi Patrick
Nice images, well done.
The LPI is a great imager - I have been using it for years with my LX90 8"and love it.
You mentioned that you did not use a barlow - have you tried?
Thanks for sharing.
Matt

[hpcoolahan]

Hi there Matt , yes i have , but the seeing was no good on that night to utilize the 3048cm fl X 2 (with barlow).
The 12in lx90 is a long ,long focal length, conditions affect it.

Thanks for the reply , have u any pics taken through the 8" at f10, be intresting to see the difference in mags at f10 of the 2 scope sizes.

Clear skies
Patrick

[mattwastell]

Hello Patrick

I was unable to find any prime focus images but I have included some from my LX90, 2xbarlow and LPI. I have a raw image - I process in Registax and increase size by 150% - and two of my better processed images.
We only get a few really good seeing nights here in Brisbane but I will be out again tonight to snap Saturn, Jupiter and the Moon.
See ya

Matt

[phoenix]

Welcome to the site Matt.


You have some nice pics there. :eartoear:





Cheers Jason :pipethinker:

[mattwastell]

Hi Jason

Thanks for the welcome and the kind words.

This is a great site and fills some of my time until it gets darker!

Touching wood that the skies are good tonight!

See ya

Matt

[Radar]

G'day Matt,

That's some cool images you have there mate. And considering they were taken through an eight inch, even better.

Welcome to the site mate.

Cheers

Ray :thumbsupmate:

[hpcoolahan]

sorry Matt , didn't notice youd just joined up. :putz:
Those are great pics , collimation looks good.
If u can get to dark skies you'll be amazed at the difference.
Keep up the good work ,and clear skies to you tonight.

Patrick

[wakaleo]

Gidday Matt and welcome to the site. Keep those pics coming!