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While waiting for Jupiter to rise above the rooftops, I took some images of the Moon.
This was taken with a Canon DSLR using EOS Movie Record utility to record video which was then processed in Autostakkert, registax and photoshop.
Jupiter 6th Sept 2021(21:40 UT). Good seeing here tonight, but better an hour later. Merged 4 x 3 minute AVI's , (best 4,000 frames each, total 12 minutes / 16,000 frames) - 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.
JÚPITER e IO 2021-08-21 01:33 T.U.
Seeing aceptable y jetstream medio
17 tomas de 59 segundos derrotadas y apiladas con WinJUPOS
Telescopio: C9.25 Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain SC 235/2350 f10
Cámara: ZWO ASI290MC
Montura: iOptron AZ Mount Pro
Accesorios: ADC ZWO
Software: FireCapture, AutoStakkert, Registax, WinJUPOS, Fitswork y Photoshop
Fecha: 2021-08-21 (21 de agosto de 2021)
Hora: 01:33 T.U. (Tiempo universal)
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
Vídeo: 17 videos de 59"' (16.7' en total)
Resolución: 400x400
Binning NO
Gain: 200 (33%)
FPS: 135 (media)
Exposure: 7.393ms
Frames: 7982 cada video (media aprox)
Frames apilados: 12% (media )
Sensor temperature: 28.4°C (media)
Phase:79.7% Constellation: Baleine. Stacking 20 photos avec Autostakkert!2.
Traitement final avec DXO Color Effex pro 4 /
3 panel mosaic
Fuji X-T20
SW120ED (2x barlow to F=1800mm)
800+ frame stacked from video
Autostakkert
Microsoft ICE
PixInsight
Sol Regiones Activas 13004, 13001 y 12999
Buen seeing y algo de viento (poco pero muy tocapelotas)
Telescopio: Skywatcher Refractor AP 120/900 f7.5 EvoStar ED
Cámara: ZWO ASI178MM
Montura: iOptron AZ Mount Pro
Filtros: - Baader Neutral Density Filter 1¼" (ND 1.8, T=1.5%)
- Baader Solar Continuum Filter 1¼" (double stacked) (540nm)
Accesorios: - Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism
Software: FireCapture, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop
Fecha: 2022-05-05 (5 de mayo de 2022)
Hora: 14:21 T.U. (Tiempo universal)
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
Vídeo: 1 minuto
Resolución: 1840x1204
Gain: 178 (34%)
Exposure: 0.032ms
Frames: 2826
Frames apilados: 15%
FPS: 47
Sensor temperature= 41.0°C
Regiones activas y filamentos de este dia.
Coronado PST
CGEM
Risingcam Ar0130c
Autostakkert
Registax
Fitswork
Ps Cs6
A large array of huge sunspots spanning across the sun's photosphere.
This photo was captured during the early afternoon of 9th August, 2024.
I used an 8" F5 newtonian stopped down to F20, a ZWO 533MM, Antlia red filter to reduce turbulent light from the blue channel and Baader solar film for a pure white and accurate image.
8000 frames captured via SharpCap using the seeing activated capture feature in the Pro version. This is incredibly helpful on days where conditions are inconsistent with clouds!
PIPP & Autostakkert 4 were used for stacking / stabilising. Register used for post and final work in Photoshop CC.
Celestron Nexstar 8se
ZWO ASI224MC
Cada planeta:
Frames: 5750 (90 segundos)
Stack: 10%
Distancia Focal: 2000 mm.
F: 10
Captura: Firecapture
Procesado: Autostakkert + Registax + Pixinsight
Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda
Observatorio Astronómico Altaïr
Poncitlán Jalisco México
Taken just after midnight on 6 May 2018 with NexImage 5 Camera and Celestron NexStar 6 SE Telescope. Processed in Autostakkert 2, plus Registax 6 for wavelets. Seeing was very good, but had to manually removed most of ringing effects with PSP8.
Taken with a old C8 sct scope and a zwo ASI 120 mc and 3x Barlow lens
About 300 frames stacked out of 900 in autostakkert!2
Sharpened in Registax6
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer mount (it has a lunar tracking mode available) + Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED (72/420mm) + filter wheel with Baader LRGB filters set (for the transit UV/IR filter was used) + Barlow 2x + ZWO ASI174MM camera. To get the color shot R, G and B channels, 3000 frames per each (and 3000 more through UV/IR filter, which was used as L channel later on). As the Moon doesn't fit the field in this configuration, two panels were shot. ISS cropped out manually using Gimp; stacked and sharpened using cvAstroAlign (25 frames out of 70 went into stack); later on got ISS out using Gimp. Moon stacked using AutoStakkert! 3, then aligned the channels using PlanetarySystemLRGBAligner, then combined to obtain RGB using ImageMagick; L channel added in Gimp. Then assembled the panorama using Hugin. Post-processing in RawTherapee. Added ISS back using Gimp
Solar mosaic in hydrogen-alpha.
Telescope = Lunt LS60HaDS50/B1200
Camera = DMK21AU618
Mount = EQ6 Pro
Software = capture in ICCapture, stacking in AutoStakkert 2, mosaic in Photoshop CS5
Main disc mosaic = 5 images (4 corners and one for the center overlap region)
Inset images = shot with a 2.5X Televue Powermate.
Date = 12/07/2012
Beverage = Steam Whistle Pilsener with lime wedge
Tonight was the night for me to give a good try on this great planet.
Very good conditions, unusually good in London. No jet stream, it's been so long when I had time and the weather was good too....
Equipment:
Skywatcher Explorer 200/1000 + ASI 120MC + Celestron 2x barlow.
9900 frames were captured, best 20% survived the stacking process. Autostakkert 2 and Photoshop.
11:10pm London, UK
In the centre is a long gash in the lunar Alpes - the Alpine Valley (L19). Plato is the large round crater to the left of the valley.
Cassini is the round crater with two small sub-craters like unequal eyes.
Other L100 objects
L23 Mount Pico - bright object south of Plato
L26 Mare Frigoris - dark lava plane to the North of the Alpes
Celestron 8SE SCT
PGR Grasshopper 3 CCD camera with red 2C filter
Ioptron ZEQ25GT mount
Best 10% stack of 1500 frames in AutoStakkert!2 - Drizzled.
FireCapture 2.4 settings
Gain: 234
Exposure: 27.34 ms
Gamma: 1536
Il gruppo di macchie AR 2916 continua a dare spettacolo, ma nel frattempo di approssima al bordo solare. Fotografato stamattina con un seeing davvero pessimo con rifrattore Bresser AR-102/1000 mm e camera SVBony SV-305. 50% di 1017 frames elaborati con PIPP, Autostakkert, Astrosurface, Photoshop.
Jupiter and three of its Galilean moons: Io, Callisto, and Europa, from left to right. Taken on 7/5/19.
Equipment:
6" Ritchey-Chretien
Orion Sirius EQ-G
ZWO ASI290MM
ZWO RGB Filters
Processing:
Aligned/stacked in AutoStakkert
Wavelet sharpening in Registax 6
RGB integration in Photoshop
Wide view of the mid northern region of the Moon. The major features are Plato crater on the left, valles Alpes low on the center and the larger Aristoteles crater on the right. The dark smooth area north of Plato is called Mare Frigoris and the numerous mountain formations between Plato and Valles Alpes are called Montes Alpes. The image was done using a 8 inch SCT Edge telescope with a ASI290 mono camera. 3000 frames stacked 60% of them. using Autostakkert
It's been a long time since we did close-ups of the moon. Precise lunar tracking is much harder than using sidereal tracking so the results were not sharp enough. But now we've tweaked the Arduino code and the results are much better. This image is of Mare Nectaris (Latin for "Sea of Nectar"), a small lunar mare or sea (a volcanic lava plain noticeably darker than the rest of the Moon's surface). It is located just south of Mare Tranquillitatis.
Captured with SharpCap
Processed in PIPP and AutoStakkert
Post-processed in Photoshop
Date: 01/12/2023
Jupiter
Made from 1,000 stacked video frames
Gain - 139 (Unity)
Exposure - 0.005244 seconds
Integration - 5.24 seconds
Equipment:
Telescope: Sky-Watcher Explorer-150PDS
Guide scope: Orion 50mm Mini
Guide camera: SVBony SV105 with ZWO USBST4 guider adapter
Mount: Skywatcher EQ5
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI120 MC
x2 Barlow with extension tube (equivalent to x3.3)
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Meade Starfinder 8
Imaging cameras:Point Grey 5MP mono
Mounts:Losmandy GM-8
Software:Autostakkert! Autostackert! , FireCapture 2.4 Firecapture , Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4
Filters:Ha filter
Date:July 24, 2020
Frames: 200
FPS: 15.00000
Focal length: 1220
Resolution: 9278x11111
Data source: Backyard
Description
200/2500 frames
The nearly full Earth must have been a gorgeous sight from the Moon. 8in Dob using a 550D camera. x31 1/6th sec exposures at ISO1600 processed in PIPP, Autostakkert & Faststone.
After a brief discussion of a subject of the "colorfull Moon" with Wyld-Katt I decided to try it myself. Definitely it works better with the full Moon, while in this phase the areas along the terminator become strickingly bluish...
Aquisition time (start of the session) : 05.09.2014, around 20:00:00 UT+4).
Image orientation: declination is horisontal and right ascension is vertical (in other words - scrambled :)
Equipment:
Canon 60D via Baader Planetarium MPCC Mk III on Celestron OMNI XLT 150 mm Newtonian riding Skywatcher NEQ-6 Pro SynScan mount.
Aperture 150 mm
Focal length 750 mm
Tv = 2 ms
Av = f/5
ISO 400
Gain NA
Software: Magic Lantern
Exposures: 53% of 300
Processing: contrast of RAW images was set to "Linear" and +0,5 EV was added in Canon DPP. Images was exported as RGB 8 bpc images, pre-aligned with StackReg plugin for ImageJ and processed in Autostakkert!2. Stacking result was subjected to Richardson-Lucy deconvolution in AstraImage 3.0 (Gaussian type PSF, size 0,9 units, 5 iterations).
The bizzare experiment was perfomed in Photoshop using Hue/Saturation and Saturation/Vibrance tools.
The above panel shows a partial set of images from the Total Lunar Eclipse of March 14, 2025 as seen from Washington DC. A complete set of images from start to finish could not be obtained due to clouds intermittently obscuring the moon throughout the imaging session.
Going anticlockwise starting from the upper left, the images shown above were taken at 06:02, 07:17, 07:29, 07:30 and 07:56 UTC. (Theoretically, the partial stage of the eclipse lasted from 05:09 to 08:47 UTC and the total stage from 06:26 to 07:31 UTC.)
I consider the orange-red image taken at 07:17 UTC to be a decent, albeit subjective, representation of the moon at about 19 minutes downstream from the theoretical maximum totality (at 06:58 UTC) of the eclipse.
NOTE: There is some residual color cast in the images which I am aware of but which I did not attempt to remove.
Equipment: Seestar S50.
I found the auto exposure option in Seestar to be unsatisfactory. Therefore, each image had to be manually exposed as best as I could judge based on ambient conditions.
Processing details: Except for the first 06:02 UTC image which was taken as a one-shot JPG all the others were recorded as about 15-second raw (i.e. AVI format) videos. These 170-180 frames-long raw videos were processed using AutoStakkert. Although Seestar is capable of internally stacking video frames it is technically more satisfying to use an external software, such as AutoStakkert, for that purpose because that option challenges the user to work toward producing a better result by experimenting with various quality-related options in AutoStakkert.
The quality of the stacked output image from AutoStakkert is determined by various factors some of which are the initial quality of and the number of the acquired raw video frames and the software's input parameters such as the alignment points size, the minimum brightness and the number of alignment points to be placed on the target lunar image in order to get an acceptable result.
The choice of Alignment Point Size and Minimum Brightness input parameters determines the number and positions of the Alignment Points placed on the target image by AutoStakkert. Care was taken to avoid having the alignment points fall outside the target image. This can happen because, obviously, AutoStakkert does not think for the user. Rather, one has to experiment with proper choices of values for the input parameters.
For the images (except for the first one at 06:02 UTC) shown in the panel, the data set below sets forth the Video Recordation Time in UTC / the Number of Raw (i.e. AVI) Video Frames Shot / the Alignment Point Size Input Parameter / the Minimum Brightness Input Parameter / the Outputted Number of Alignment Points. Each set applies to each of the four images shown in the panel.
07:17 / 173 / 168 / 25 / 68
07:29 / 171 / 168 / 20 / 63
07:30 / 182 / 152 / 20 / 72
07:56 / 177 / 96 / 25 / 42
The stacked images from AutoStakkert were imported into Lightroom for tonal, color and effects adjustments which being, by definition, subjective in nature means that photometric accuracy cannot be, and is not being, claimed. Lastly, the montage shown in the above panel was generated using Lightroom's Print Module.
11.03.2016 09:04 MSK
Back-up target for today. Proms around solar North pole. Obviously it is Quark target, but...
15-09-14 Taken with a Canon 60D using a Tamron SP AF70-300mm VC USD Zoom lens. This is a 20 image stack in cloud using PIPP and Autostakkert 2 in expanded surface mode. It was a bit fiddly as some cloud parts were as bright as the Moon which confuses stacking software. So manually cropped out the brighter cloud parts and manually aligned the frames prior to stacking. Worked a treat :-)
Sometimes you have to fail before you can move on.....
My first serious attempt at Planetary imaging last night - got the 102/1100 Refractor out with my ZWO120mm Mono guide camera, running it through ASICAP.
Much to my surprise I managed to frame Jupiter and Saturn in the camera, and through the viewfinder before attaching the camera they looked absolutely glorious !!!
This is the best of the output from a few .avi files from last night, run through Autostakkert. Obviously a work in progress and so many things to learn - from my back garden the planets only just clear the roof, and I wondered if there was additional air currents from the hot roof, or if it was just a bad seeing day !!
At least you can see it's Saturn, and I'm particularly excited about that !!
Note to self, must do better ! - I also need to try to work out a strategy to capture these better !
As pictured at 9.25am. Extracted from 2,741 frames from ZWO ASI120MM camera with 70mm f6 telescope and Daystar QUARK H Alpha eyepiece. Processed in Autostakkert, Registax, Faststone and Aperture.
Saturn is at opposition with Earth on 27th June (this is when Earth is aligned between the Sun and Saturn and so is at its closest to the planet). This means that at a mere 1.2 billion kilometers away Saturn appears bigger and brighter in the night sky and it's the best time to image it. This image was taken on 23rd June, very close to opposition so much more detail is showing including at least three of its rings as well as the Cassini division. Also visible is some of the banding in the planet's turbulent atmosphere caused by its fast rotation of 10 and a half hours. This image has been cropped to enlarge the features.
Created from 1,978 frames of video (best 75% of 2,000 frames)
Exposure - 0.069112 at 75% gain
Captured with SharpCap
Processed in AutoStakkert, Registax and Photoshop
Equipment:
Sky-Watcher Explorer-150PDS
Skywatcher EQ5 Mount
ZWO ASI 120 MC camera
x2 Barlow with extension tubes
SW Esprit 150ED Apo (stopped down to 100mm) Lunt CaK B1200 module and QHY5III 178M riding on EQ6 Pro. Six SER files stacked in Autostakkert,mosaic stitched in Affinity Photo and wavelet sharpening in Astrosurface.
Second attempt at Saturn. I got better focus this time and conditions were more favourable.
Taken with a SkyWatcher 200PDS telescope and ZWO ASI224MC camera. Processed in autostakkert, registax and photoshop.
Canon EOS 80D + Orion SkyQuest XT10 + Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate (giving an effective focal length of 3,000 mm).
Broadstairs, May 2019.
I tried dialing back the exposure since it seems there were always blown out highlights and I like the outcome. The detail is better on the "light" side and there is a mood to the shadows.
3 panels mosaic - each 500/5000 frames
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Celestron Edge 8
Imaging cameras: Point Grey Grasshopper 3 1.4MP
Mounts: Meade LX70
Software: Autostakkert! Autostackert! · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4
Filters: Ha filter
Accessory: Orion Shorty Barlow 2x
Date: April 18, 2021
Frames: 1500
FPS: 30.00000
Focal length: 3500
Resolution: 6268x8244
Data source: Backyard
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK on 6th February 2020, imaging the whole disc of the Moon between 21:35 - 22:10 GMT in 17 panes.
William Optics 70mm refractor with Celestron 3x Barlow and ASI120MC camera on an EQ5 Pro mount on a permanent pier.
2,000 frame videos shot, the best 50% of those were stacked using Autostakkert! 3. Stacked images were stitched together in Microsoft ICE, then processed in Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer
A capture of Jupiter on April 16, 2017. The capture was executed at 02:35:15 AMPDT with conclusion of video capture at 02:36:45. A resulting stack of the best 75% of 4,400 frames from the video was compiled in the beta version of Autostakkert!3 for a final averaged output image.
Finishing touches completed in Registax6 and Adobe Photoshop, with final export to Lightroom. This was the second best of nine videos captured. Out of the nine, two were usable, the remaining seven were discarded.
A 10-inch Meade LX200 telescope was used in addition to a Nikon D5500 DSLR and a 5x barlow for this capture.
First attempt at a freehand capture.
Solar panels, heat radiator panel and Zvezda service module identified.
Had Jupiter and an almost full Moon to help me align the red dot finder and focus.
-3.6 magnitude pass.
7592 frames captured - 294 selected by PIPP (Planetary Imaging PreProcessor) as showing the ISS. 30 frames stacked in AutoStakkert!3 and then adjusted wavelets in RegiStax6.
Mak 127/1500mm scope.
ZWO ASI 178mm CMOS camera
Tripod mounted - hand chased with red dot finder.
FireCapture acquisition.
FireCapture Parameters:
ROI=3096x2080
FPS (avg.)=30
Shutter=0.685ms
Gain=288 (56%)
Gamma=80
Grateful for any pointers.
Expedition 55
6 Crew
Richard Arnold
Oleg Artemyev
Andrew Feustel
Norishige Kanai
Commander Anton Shkaplerov
Scott Tingle
Photos taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a Coronado PST, 2x Barlow and ASI120MC camera, which was set to capture in mono.
A 2,000 frame video was captured and the best 75% of the frames were stacked in Autostakkert! 3, then processed in Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer. I decided to leave these images monochrome rather than add false colour to them. North is 10 degrees clockwise
Conditions weren't good, lots of humidity and the corrector plate of the C14 was drenched. I had to use a hair dryer several times during this capture so the differents layers weren't recorded in a short time span :(
Celestron C14, Televue Powermate, Basler Ace 1300 mono camera, Orion LRGB filter set.
Aligned and stack with AutoStakkert! 2.0, wavelets filter with Registax 6.1, LRGB compositing with PixInsight plus some "special sauce", still with PixInsight ;o)
Telescope: Celestron 11 - CGEM
Powermate 2x
Camera: ASI224MC - Filter IR/UV Cut
Software: Firecapture - Autostakkert!2 - Registax - PS6
Jupiter this morning with good seeing around 8/10. Used a ASI120MM. 5000 frames in L and 3000 for each R, G and B Stacked in Autostakkert , wavelets in Registax and de rotation in Winjupos. This is only one run of the entire capture. A lot of activity in the NEB.
Celestron NexStar 6SE, ZWO asi224mc with IR cut filter, 2.5x TeleVue Powermate and ZWO ADC. 3 minute video Captured in SharpCap, processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert, RegiStax Wavelets then Lightroom.
Stack of 4 frames from iPhone 6 video through Celestron NexStar SE telescope. Stacked in Autostakkert & edited in Registax, Nebulosity, and Snapseed.
Nothing to say, just to contemplate. To live the lockout, to look up to the sky. Keep safe 🙏
Nikon z7 Tamron G2 150-600 Tcx20 1200mm f13 100iso 1/80s. Autostakkert + Registax + Darktable
Waning Gibbous moon at 93%.
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Jupiter 24th March 2025 (19:36 UT) , very good seeing conditions at last. This image consists of 9 images de rotated in Winjupos, each image used the best 2,000 frames from each 7,000 frame AVI captured in 75 seconds.. Captured using Firecapture V2.7, Processed using Autostakkert V4, Registax V6 and Winjupos. Equipment used, Celestron C14 Edge HD, CGEPRO Mount, ZWO ASI224MC camera, and Carl Zeiss 2X Barlow. No ADC.