11th August Jup

[beren]

Pleasant conditions last night in the West for some observing/imaging, been a while since the gear has been out :eartoear: . With Jupiter at zenith I had to shot some AVI runs with the barlow after the diagonal so it could pass in between the LX200's forks. Prefer having just the barlow and ToUcam in the imaging train, seems to give sharper results although the image scale is a little less. Visually with a 12mm radian eyepiece Jup looked very sharp but a little soft with a 6mm, on the preview screen good detail could be seen regularly. Halfway through the shoot some patchy cloud passed over at a quick rate although no wind could be felt at ground level. In processing I couldn't go hard but happy to get some results after a long time out. I used a 3x barlow through the 10"LX/ToUcam with the settings at 15fps/shutter 1/25/brightness 30-40/gamma 10/gain 60-70.

[phoenix]

Hey Beren

Those jupiter shots are simply stunning.:welldone:






Cheers Jason :pipethinker:

[Radar]

Great work Beren. I'm hoping to be shooting this tonight from my backyard. I have a DSI here on loan.

Ray

[Tony Leece]

Superb shots there Stuart mate :cool!: love the colours and you have bags of detail :welldone:
What brand of barlow are you using?
I thought the LX 200 was sold, or have you a back-up one all along :Chessy_Smile:
Keep those shots coming :thumbsupmate: :thumbsupmate:
All the best........
Tony........

[wakaleo]

Terrific shots Beren, especially considering the conditions you mention.

Jim

[Astrokid]

Nice photo of jupiter. :thumbsupmate:

[beren]

:thumbsupmate: thanks fellas.......Tony used a 3x televue barlow, actually had it for the last couple of months but its been unused due to the inclement weather we have been having, so first light for it.