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Moons CCW: Titan (the brightest) - Rhea - Dione - Tethys
Celestron SCT 6"
Televue Powermate 2.5x
ZWO ASI 120MC-S
Firecapture
Autostakkert
Registax
Photoshop
900mm f/7.5 refractor with Baader Herschel Wedge.
ZWO ASI 174MM camera
2 mosaic panels, each 360 seconds video.
Acquired with FireCapture v2.7
Stacked in Autostakkert!3, best 5% of about 26000 frames
Seeing 3/5
Transparency 4/5.
10 min video derotated. 1.5X drizzle
C9.25 EDGEHD (F=2350mm)
ZWO120MC
SharpCap
Winjupos
AutoStakkert
PixInsight
Taken around 2am on February 14th with a Celestron C6 SCT, Celestron AVX mount, 2x Barlow, and ASI120MC. Captured with SharpCap, stacked with AutoStakkert, and processed with Astra Image Pro and Photoshop.
Mars 11 October 2020 - a few days from opposition and a few days after its closest approach. 2020.
Equipment: Telescope 12" goto Skywatcher dobsonian,
Camera QHY163m, baader rgb filters, Tele Vue 5x powermate.
Software: Sharpcap, AutoStakkert 3, RegiStax 6, Topaz Denoise Ai, CS6.
2020-10-11-1241_4_lapl4_ap36_Drizzle15_conv RS6-denoise-PSmergeUpscale
4 panels, each 300/3000 frames.
I maybe could have fit it into 3 panels, but didn't want to end up with the dreaded "I missed a section!"
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Celestron Edge 8
Imaging cameras: Point Grey Grasshopper 3 1.4MP
Mounts: Celestron CG-4 MotorDrive
Software: Autostakkert! Autostackert! · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4
Filters: Red
Date:Feb. 17, 2021
Frames: 300
FPS: 25.00000
Focal length: 3200
Resolution: 6386x4511
Data source: Backyard
Lunar close-up from last night.
Sky-watcher Skymax 102, ZWO ASI 120MC-S, Star Adventurer Pro.
Used Software: Firecapture, PIPP, Autostakkert, Registax
Telescopi o obiettivi di acquisizione: Bresser Messier AR 102/1000
Camere di acquisizione: SVBONY SV305
Montature: Celestron SLT
Software: ASTROSURFACE · PIPP x64 2.5.9 · AutoStakkert! · photoshop
Accessorio: astrosolar
Data:01 Dicembre 2020
Ora: 11:57
Pose: 300
FPS: 20,00000
Lunghezza focale: 1000
Seeing: 3
Trasparenza: 8
Moon 62% illuminated taken on 04/04/17 using my 8" SCT and ZWO camera. This is made up from nine video's of 2000 frames each totaling over 100Gb of data, the best 10% were stacked in Autostakkert!2 then sharpened in Registax 6 followed by the usual yweaking in PhotoShop.
6D + ETX125. 100 frames stacked, processed in PIPP, Autostakkert, Registax & Faststone. 1/500th sec, ISO 800.
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a William Optics 70mm refractor and ASI120MC camera + Celestron 3x Barlow.
Best 50% of a 2,000 frame video, stacked using Autostakkert! 3.I shot two separate videos, one exposed to pick up the Moons and one for Jupiter. I then layered them together into one image using Photoshop. From left to right the Moons are Callisto, Europa, Io and Ganymede is on the right side of Jupiter.
24 panel mosaic captured during the 97% waxing phase on January 26. Each panel is the best 60% of 4000 frames and was captured at 1920x1280 ROI.
Celestron CPC Deluxe 1100 Edge HD
Altair IMX174 Mono camera - Green Channel Filter
X-Cel 3.0 Barlow
PrimaLuceLab Eagle 2 Pro
If viewing with a PC, click on the image twice to zoom to full size then move the cursor around to move the image.
SharpCap, Autostakkert 3.14, Registax 6.1.0.8, Photoshop CC 2021
Taken with a Celestron C6 SCT, Celestron AVX mount, 2.5x Televue PowerMate, and ASI120MC. Captured with SharpCap, stacked with AutoStakkert, and processed with Astra Image Pro and Photoshop.
This test may be of interest to planetary imagers using one shot colour cameras (OSCs). Both images have been stacked in Autostakkert, processed in Registax and post-processed in Paint Shop Pro and then Topaz DeNoise identically.
Two years ago I switched from my usual planetary camera, the mono ASI174MM to the then new ASI462MC, a colour camera that is also very sensitive in IR and has the same pixel size at 2.9 mu of the mono ASI290MM. While I was happy with the image scale on Mars as well as Jupiter and Saturn that year I wasn't totally happy with the image, which always seemed to me to be slightly washed out in colour and slightly less sharp than if I had used a mono camera. I persisted due to its convenience but more recently purchased an ASI482, which is meant to be an entry level all round OSC camera and coincidentally has the same pixel size as the old ASI174MM (5.86 mu).
I didn't buy the 482 to use on general planetary work as I had it in mind for some experiments on Venus next year. But when I tried it, to my surprise I found it produced images as sharp as the ASI174 for Jupiter and Mars when both were used with my 4x PowerMate, which gave an identical image scale to using the ASI462 or 290 with a 2.5x PowerMate. The ASI174 doesn't really gather enough light for Saturn to operate at the exposures I wanted but I found that the ASI482 could do although it can't operate as fast as the 174 or indeed quite as fast as the 462.
In this test I ran the 462 and 482 at identical image sizes by using the 2.5x PowerMate with the 462 and the 4x PowerMate with the 482. For the same exposure length on Jupiter the 482 ran slightly slower, at 72fps compared to 76fps, hence the 462 had 3,500 frames per video and the 482 3,200 frames per video in the same time (to ensure no blurring by rotation of Jupiter). Seeing did vary slightly but towards the end of use with the 482 it became distinctly worse. I think the 462 has a problem with colour bleed and the IR sensitivity while great for IR imaging and methane filter use on Jupiter does seem to work to its disadvantage in terms of sharpness of image compared to the 482 which does a good job of matching the sharpness of mono cameras.
Peter
A "super" Moon.
August 20, 2024, about 0200 lcl, Tallahassee, Florida. Suburban sky, Bortle 7.
Six-image panorama using a Skymax 150mm f/12 Mak and ZWO ASI432MM. IR pass filter. Sharpcap, Autostakkert, MS ICE, and Photoshop. Seeing was average for North Florida. Passing alto-cumulus clouds were a annoyance. The Weatherman lied to me!
Full Moon/99.6%
Moon Age 15.78 out of 29.61 days
Moon of November 27, 2022.
Equipment used: Lumix s5 with sigma 150-600 lens and 2x teleconverter.
About 500 images from a video in 4K apsc format stored on PIPP, Autostakkert and Registax
For CaK image,SW 72ED apo reduced to 40mm with Lunt CaK B1200 module and QHY5III 178M.
For Ha image same scope and camera with Coronado Solarmax 40/BF10 filter set.
SER files stacked in Autostakkert 3 and processed in Astrosurface and PS CS2 adding false colour.
ZWO ASI290MM/2.5x PM
Tele Vue NP101is
Losmandy G11
Capture 31,920 frames in Firecapture
Best 75% frames stacked and 3x drizzle in Autostakkert!
Wavelet sharpened in Registax
Finished in Phhotoshop
Image captured with a Stellarvue SVX90T and Player One Uranus C video camera. Autostakkert and Registax used for processing.
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a Coronado PST, 5x Powermate Barlow and Canon 1100D on an EQ5 Pro mount. This was the first time I've tried the 5x Barlow on this telescope.
I imaged in RAW with my camera set to Mono. Images pre-processed and cropped in Lightroom then exported as TIFFs. The best 50 or 60% of 200 frames were stacked using Autostakkert! 2 then processed in Lightroom, Photoshop CS2, Fast Stone Image View and Focus Magic. False colour added back into the images at the end of processing.
I shot a lot of sections intending to create a stitched mosaic of the full disk of the Sun but things didn't work out so I'm just showing the best stacked images. My full disc image turned out really badly. I suspect the sustained hot weather here in the UK at the moment it making it hard to get a good, sharp image through this little scope. That said, I was pleased with the detail I got on the 2 small prominences, in particular the looping prom because that was very faint. I was also pleased to have captured AR 12715 before it rotated out of view. It's been a while since I did any serious solar imaging so I'm very rusty!
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Celestron EdgeHD 8"
Imaging Cameras
Point Grey Grasshopper3 GS3-U3-23S6M-C
Mounts
Meade LX70
Filters
Meade Red 1.25"
Software
Adobe Photoshop · Emil Kraaikamp AutoStakkert!
Acquisition details
Date: April 30, 2023
Frames: 400
FPS: 8
Resolution: 3328x2511
File size: 8.9 MB
Data source: Backyard
Post opposition, 12-07-2019
OTA: SW Mak-Cass 127 @ f12.7, 1500mm fl
Imaging: AS120MM-S, unguided
Mount: Az-GTi (Alt-Az mode)
Filters: Optolong LRGB
Sequencing & Capture: ASICAP
9,568/11,960 frames, 66 Gain, 0.2ms
PP: Autostakkert 2.0, Fitswork, PixInsight, GIMP 2.0
Planetary Workflow Routine:
Data Processing 1 - Autostakkert 2.0
1. Analyse & Drizzle Capture Data
2. Stack % frames according to quality graph analysis
3. Normalisation @ 30%, Sharpen @ 50%
4. Drizzle set to 3.0
5. Alignment Point - Manually acquire 15-20+ APs by manipulating AP size
6. Export extension .TIFF
7. Run through sequence 1-6 for all color channels
Data Processing 2, Channel Combination - FitsWork
1. L+RGB Image Combination, Autoscale
2. Export extension .TIFF/PNG
Image Enhancement - PixInsight
1. Dynamic Background Extractor
2. Color Calibration
3. Curves Transformation
Notes:
1. A 210s total sequencing time to prevent/reduce hints of planetary rotation and hence correction (TBC).
ZWO ASI290MM/EFW 8 x 1.25" (RGB)
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)/2.5x PowerMate
Losmandy G11
5 RGB runs captured in Firecapture
Preprocessed in PIPP
Stacked in Autostakkert
Wavelet sharpened in Registax
Finished in PhotoShop
The International Space Station is seen passing in front of the disk of the sun in a mere 0.81 seconds.
Captured using a Lunt LS50THa solar telescope and ZWO ASI178mm astronomy camera with Firecapture. Processed using Autostakkert!3, Registax 6, and Adobe Photoshop.
Taken from Oxfordshire with an 8" Ritchie-Chretien telescope with focal reducer and Canon 1100D. ISO-800 1/1600 sec. 170 images shot in RAW, converted into TIFFs. The best 69% were stacked using Autostakkert!2 then processed in Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer
Crop of original full disk image
My 1st sunspot image using C9.25 Edge. Full aperture baader.
ZWO ASI290MM
C9.25 (F=2350mm)
AutoStakkert
PixInsight
Bad seeing (2/5)
Taken from Oxfordshire UK with a William Optics 70mm refractor with 2x Barlow and Canon 1100D on an EQ5 Pro mount on a fixed pier.
209 images shot in RAW, converted into TIFFs then the best 66% of them was stacked using Autostakkert! 2, processed in Lightroom and Fast Stone, and wavelets sharpened in Registax 6.
A picture I took of our neighbour planet, the Gas Giant Jupiter and 4 of its largest moons. :)
Gear used:
- Skywatcher Skymax 102 MAK
- Star Adventurer Pro
- ASI 120MC-s
- MSI gaming laptop (capturing)
Software used:
- Firecapture
- PIPP
- Autostakkert!3
- Registax 6
Wide field view of Active Region 12674 and 12673 taken on September 7, 2017.
Tech Specs: Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM + Canon 2x Extender III + ZWO ASI290MC camera piggyback mounted on a Meade 12” LX90 telescope on a Celestron CGEM-DX mount. Best 50% of 5000 frames collected using SharpCap v3.0 and AutoStakkert! V3.0.14 (x64). A 77mm Thousand Oaks Optical Solar Filter was on the business end of the lens. Date: September 7, 2017.
jupiter du 18/05 entre 23h48 et 23h58.
traitement de 3 SER avec autostakkert3 puis registax6. Et dérotation avec winjupos.
finitions cosmétiques avec photoshop.
acquisition faite avec newton 400mm et caméra Zwo ASI224MC + barlow televue powermate 2,5x.
Jupiter 28th August 2021(23:13 UT). Io and its shadow in transit. best 8,000 frames, merged with Winjupos. Captured using Firecapture V2.5.
Processed using Autostakkert V3.1.4 ,Registax V6 and Winjupos. Equipment used, Celestron C14 Edge HD, CGEPRO Mount, ZWO ASI224MC camera and Carl Zeiss 2X Barlow.
Reprocessed July 2022.
Saturn
This is the first planetary record I've done this year. The seeing was not favorable in the region where I live (unfortunately), but the training is worth it. In 2021, the closest approximation between Saturn and Earth will take place in August.
Sky-Watcher 203mm F/5 EQ5 reflector with Onstep, ASI 290MC, Barlow Tele Vue 3x, UV/IR Cut Filter. FireCapture, AutoStakkert, RegiStax, AstroSurface, WinJUPOS and Fitswork.
@LopesCosmos
Jupiter reached opposition on August 19-20 so we imaged the planet on 23rd August close to the moment when it is at its biggest and brightest to us. Two of Jupiter's moons are visible in this shot, Io (closest to the planet) and Europa. We took numerous shots with different settings but this is the first of the batch to be processed.
Captured with SharpCap
Processed in PIPP and AutoStakkert
Post-processed in Photoshop
Image made from 2003 video frames
Gain - 50%
Exposure - 0.014258 seconds
Equipment:
Telescope: Sky-Watcher Explorer-150PDS
Mount: Skywatcher EQ5
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI120 MC
x2 Barlow with extension tube (equivalent to x3.3)
This is an image I found while cleaning my computer. Taken Feb 18th 2014 with the C11. LRGB image. I captured 20.000 frames for the LUM and 5000 on each of the color filters R,G and B. Focal length aprox. 7200 mm. Processing done using Autostakkert, Registax for wavelets and Phtoshop Elements. De rotation of the LRGB images with Winjupos
Celestron C5+
ZWO ASI120MM-Mini
Panorama de 14 cuadros, cada uno:
Frames: 500, efectivos: 50
F:10
Df: 1250 mm.
Captura: Firecapture
Procesado: Autostakkert + I.C.E. + Registax 6 + Pixinsight 1.8
Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda
Observatorio Astronómico Altaïr
Poncitlán Jalisco México
This is a 2-panel mosaic that was from my 2nd outing with new mono camera. Captured Friday evening during the 94% waxing phase just prior to the recent Super Moon. I had to look twice at the frame rates during these captures at full 1920 x 1200 region of interest (ROI), and 128 Frames Per Second!
Top left of the field of view starts with the terminator over the Rocca family of craters. Slightly southeast from that point you see two overlapping craters named Sirsalis and Sirsalis-A. Sirsalis is 26 miles in diameter and 1.8 miles deep. Rimae Siralis seen extending towards the southwest for 240 miles and ending in crater Darwin. Crüger is just to the north of Darwin, lava-filled and smooth.
Near the bottom center of this field of view, the prominent crater that is right on the terminator is Inghirami Crater, 56.5 miles diameter and 1.8 miles deep. Just east of Inghirami is Shickard crater, and is designated as a great walled plain with a diameter of 128 miles (206km). Notice the lighter and darker patches across its floor.
As Andrew Planck has noted, "When you look at Schickard, you should immediately notice something unusual: Schickard’s floor has stripes! It is dark on both the north and south ends, but there is a wide central stripe of lighter material. You are looking at terrain that is made up of two different chemical compositions and is a result of a combination of lighter highland material that was blown in from the formation of the Mare Orientale basin and dark basaltic material (molten lava that welled up from underneath) on the northern and southern portions of Schickard."
Best 25% of 4,000 frames in Autostakkert, wavelets in Registax 6, final tweaks and hand assemble in Photoshop CC 2017.
Telescope - Celestron CPC800XLT
Camera - Altair Hypercam IMX174 Mono (no filters)
Orion Shorty 2X Barlow
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Questa l'immagine del Sole stamattina in luce bianca con il Seestar S50. Da un filmato di 1793 frames, il 50% dei quali elaborati con PIPP, Autostakkert, AstroSurface V5, Photoshop.
Telescopio: Maksutov Celestron 127 SLT.
Fotocamera: Smartphone Samsung S6
Oculare: Plossl 9 mm.
Supporto universale per smartphone.
Elaborazione con Pipp, Autostakkert e Astra Image 3.0.
Some lunar landscape with crater Langrenus in the center, through an 8inch newtonian 200p, and ASI120MC 3x barlow. Pretty good atmospheric conditions that night. For the post processing i gave the program Astra Image a trial, the wavelets are good, not necessarily better than registax6 but different and worth using if the registax wavelets aren't giving the results you are looking for :)
ZWO ASI290MM/EFW 8 x 1.25"
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)/TV 2.5x PowerMate
Losmandy G11
10 RGB Runs (6.5ms, gain 385, 3800 frames/filter) captured in FireCapture
Preprocessed in PIPP
Best 50% of frames stacked in Autostakkert
Wavelet Sharpened in Registax
De-rotated in WINJUPOS
Finished in Photoshop
I tried to get the most accurate result possible on a full moon with a telephoto lens. It is always quite difficult to bring out details because the vertical brightness of the sun flattens all the reliefs. I hope you will appreciate the result achieved here.
Nikon z7 Tamron G2 150-600 Tcx20 1200mm f/13 50iso 1/50s 800 frames. Stacking and Wavelets with Autostakkert, post-treatment with Darktable.
Taken with a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor fitted with a Baader Astrosolar Filter and a Canon 600D at prime focus. Best 20 of 45 images stacked using Autostakkert 2. PIPP was also used prior to stacking to centre and crop and eliminate cloudy frames.
My first attempt at capturing the planet Saturn. 😁
The Cassinni-Division in the rings is also visible. :)
I captured it using:
- Sky-watcher Skymax 102 Mak
- Sky-watcher Star Adventurer Pro
- ASI 120MC-S
- Celestron 2x Barlow
I recorded the video in Firecapture. The processing and stacking was done in: PIPP, Autostakkert!3 en Registax 6.
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK. We only had a penumbral eclipse from here. I was shooting between bands of cloud and this was my clearest set of images. You can clearly see the dimming on the lower right side of the Moon's disk.
Shot at 19:00 GMT with a Canon 1100D with 300mm zoom lens on a static tripod. I shot 80 images, aligned and cropped the images using PIPP, then stacked the best 45% using Autostakkert! 3. Processed in Registax 6, Fast Stone Image Viewer and Focus Magic
Saturn, taken with a ZWO ASI120MM camera and Optolong CCD RGB filters and a Celestron Edge HD 925 telescope from my backyard in Long Beach, CA.
The best 48% of frames from 45 s SER videos with each of the filters were stacked in AutoStakkert. This created 8 images in each of the three color filters. Those images were sharpened in PixInsight. All images with the same color filter were derotated and combined in WinJUPOS, then the R, G, and B stacks were derotated and combined to create the color image. I used Registax to get the color balance right, that did some small final touches in Photoshop.
CM longitudes:
System I: 80.3°
System II: 330.1°
System III: 356.8°