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Saturn 22nd August 2021(22:27 UT). Four 3 minute stacks(best 4,000 frames each - 16,000 frames in total, 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.
What a great weather, but... MS ICE refused to stich those panels. Obviously, a better flat is needed, and, perhaps, collecting 1200 frames per panel takes too long and some subtle changes have enough time to happen...
17.03.2015, around 10:00 GMT+4.
TIS DMK23U274 via 2x Barlow on Coronado PST, 20% of 1200 frames per panel stacked in Autostakkert!2 2.3.021alpha, deconvolution (Richardson-Lucy agressive, Cauchy-type PSF, 0,3 pix, 9 iter.) and wavelet sharpening (1-31-24-53-1) were made in AstraImage PRO 3.0, high-pass filtering, masking, blending, coloration and montage - Photoshop.
Note: on a second thought I should have colorized proms in the same way as I did for the disk... Or just leave it monochrome.
Sol Regiones Activas 13004 y 13001
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 0.6, T=25%)
- Baader Solar Continuum Filter 1¼" (double stacked) (540nm)
Accesorios: - Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism
- TeleVue Lente de Barlow 2,5x Powermate 1,25"
Software: FireCapture, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop
Fecha: 2022-05-05 (5 de mayo de 2022)
Hora: 14:47 T.U. (Tiempo universal)
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
Vídeo: 1 minuto
Resolución: 2512x1832
Gain: 67 (13%)
Exposure: 0.032ms
Frames: 2079
Frames apilados: 9%
FPS: 34
Sensor temperature= 41.1°C
A five-panel mosaic of Mare Crisium and the surrounding area on the eastern side of the Moon, just north of the Lunar equator. Close after the full moon (97% illuminated) is not the best time to capture lunar features because there isn't much shadow and most of the disc appears washed out, but there was a little bit of the terminator starting to appear so after imaging Saturn and Jupiter we slewed over to the Moon. Mare Crisium (Latin for the "Sea of Crises") is a lunar mare located just northeast of Mare Tranquillitatis. It is 556 km in diameter and 176,000 square kilometers in area.
Created from 5 videos with a total of 7712 frames
Exposure = 0.003248 at 50% Gain
Processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert, Registax, and Photoshop
Total integration - 23 seconds
Equipment:
Telescope: Sky-Watcher Explorer-150PDS
Mount: Skywatcher EQ5
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MC Pro
x2 Barlow lens with extension (equivalent to x3.3
25 hours between left and right panels.
The patterns of chromosphere around Sun spots follow the force lines of local magnetic field.
Left panel was made purposefully, while right panel was made from frames taken with AR 1861 as a primary target, so the Northern hemisphere of the Sun shows some mistuning here.
WARNING! Sun is dangerous, use proper filters for observing and imaging!
Aquisition time: 12 and 13.10.2013, between 14:07 and 15:05 MSK (UTC+4) respectively.
Image orientation: normal (North is up, West is to the left (Earth-bound West)).
Equipment:
Canon EOS 60D (unmodded) coupled to Coronado PST via Baader Planetarium Hyperion Zoom 8-24 mm Mark III click-stop system eyepiece and Baader Planetarium M43-to-T2 conversion ring on Celestron CG-4 EQ mount (left) and on photo-tripod (right).
Aperture 40 mm
Native focal length 400 mm
Effective focal length 931 mm (zoom setting - 16 mm)
Tv = 1/30 seconds
Av (effective) = f/23
ISO 800 (left) and 1600 (right)
Exposures: from 25/27, 100% used in both cases.
Processing: RAWs were converted to monochrome images, pre-cropped and pre- aligned manually since ImageJ refused to align them properly. Image were exported as 8-bit monochrome TIFFs, assembled into AVIs and stacked in Autostakkert!2. Deconvolution in Astra Image 3.0 (Ricardson-Lucy algorithm, Cauchy-type PSF, size - 7,4 units, 7 iterations). Both panels were scaled down 1,46x to have the diameter of Solar disk equal to 1700 pix (equivalent to effective focal length of about 820-850 mm). Coloration, contrast enchancement (Smart Sharpen filter was applied to both panels, type - Gaussian, radius - 2 pix, strength - 150) and collaging made in Photoshop.
Cráteres Copernicus y Erathostenes del 11-09-2016
Canon 60D - SW Dobson 8" f/6 - Barlow 2x - Foco primario
ISO 400 - 1/160s - Apilado 4% de 80 frames video MLV 2946 x 1080 recortados.
Procesado PIPP - AutoStakkert - Adobe Lightroom
I'm absorbing techniques like a sponge before upgrading my little PST to not much larger DS PST :)
Here the credits go to marktownleyful on Youtube for idea of how to clean brightness seams from fulldisk panos.
Acqusition time: 29.08.2016 08:38 MSK
TIS DMK 23U274 on Coronado PST via 2x Barlow lens.
22 (yeah!) panels 960x960 pixels of 150 frames of 800 frames each were deconvolved in AstraImage 3 PRO (Cauchy 0,4-11), stitched in MS ICE and hi-tech treated in PS.
Hardware: ZWO-ASI174MM, TeleVue 4x Powermate, Meade SN10, iOptron CEM60
Software: Firecapture, Autostakkert! & Photoshop 2020
18 Apr 2019
0120 UTC
Full aperture baader.
ZWO ASI290MM
C9.25 (F=2350mm)
AutoStakkert
PixInsight
Moderate seeing (3/5)
I am not a "planetary imager".
But, it was fun practicing at our Astronomy Clubs Observatory.
Cheddar Ranch Observatory
Oklahoma City Astronomy Club
9-5-2020 (not good seeing conditions this night)
Celestron C14 edge HD
TeleVue 2x Powermate
ZWO cameras, one color and one mono used.
AutoStakkert
Adobe Photoshop.
The lunar image is a 10 panel mosaic. ZWO asi178 mono used.
The moon was a 4.5 day old waxing crescent on the evening of 2012-02-20. This photo is a high-resolution mosaic of four images, each comprised of a stack of the best 30 out of 250 frames.
Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 110mm @ f/7
Mount: iOptron iEQ45 Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI 290MC-Cool
Software: SharpCap 3.0, AutoStakkert v2.6.8, PaintShop Pro X8
Jupiter 2nd Oct 2022(22:35 UT) showing Io in transit and casting it's shadow, average seeing conditions. This image consists of a single image (best 4,000 frames), 10,900 frames were captured in 3 minutes using Firecapture V2.7. To try and produce a slightly better result with just one file, on this occasion I decided to split the AVI into two halves using the limit option in Autostakkert. I then merged the two stacks of 2,000 frames back together after sharpening in Registax using Winjupos. Processed using Autostakkert V3.1.4, Registax V6 and Winjupos. Equipment used, Celestron C14 Edge HD, CGEPRO Mount, ZWO ASI224MC camera, Carl Zeiss 2X Barlow and ZWO ADC.
Re-edit. Best 20% out of 6000. Meade 8" sct, Televue 2.5x Powermate, ZWO 120MC. Stacked in Autostakkert, wavelets in registax 6, Photoshop and Topaz denoise. Seeing poor/fair Ormiston, Queensland
Imaged through a 4x barlow
---Hardware---
Mount : Skywatcher AZ-EQ-6 GT
Camera : PointGrey Grasshopper GS3-U3-23S6M
Tube : Celestron 11 EDGE HD
Extender: Televue 4x
Effective focal length : 11200 mm
Effective aperture : ~ F/40
---Software---
Acquired with FireCapture
Stacked with AutoStakkert
Mosaic done with Microsoft ICE
Processed with Lightroom & Topaz SharpenAI
A reprocess of a shot taken in August with the ASI224MC camera on the Sun. I hadn't thought much of what I managed to capture, but decided to have more of a play with the data and try a few things. You can see in the earlier post it was very blue/purple.
Quite pleased with the results fora quick capture when testing. Taken with a SkyWatcher ED80 DS-Pro telescope using Baader safety film.
Post-collimating test image. Interesting to see the crater-lets inside of Plato. A couple segments of Rimae Plato and the graben in the Alpine Valley are resolved.
Telescope - CPC800 XLT
Camera - ASI120MC-S - with Shorty 2X Barlow
FireCapture, 2000 frames captured, Autostakkert - best 33% frames stacked. Registax 6 - Wavelet filtering, Photoshop CC 2015 for final tweaking.
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK on 26th October 2018 during a 94% Waning Gibbous Moon. Shot with a 10" Dobsonian telescope and 2x Barlow and Canon 1100D. 2,000 frame video shot with Backyard EOS at 5x magnification. All frames above 50% quality on the analysis graph were stacked using Autostakkert! 2, wavelets sharpened in Registax 6, then processed in Lightroom & Fast Stone Image Viewer
Venus, the evening star, from Austin, Texas on 2020-04-27 01:54 UT. Questar 1350/89mm telescope with Sony a6300 camera at prime focus.
3x drizzle stack with RGB align in Autostakkert 3. Final crop and exposure in Photoshop.
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer mount
Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED OTA (72/420mm)
Tele Vue Powermate 2.5x
ZWO ASI533MC Pro (at 0 degrees)
oaCapture 1.8.0 (recording)
PIPP (pre-processing)
AutoStakkert! 3 (stacking)
Siril (splitting the 3 channels)
ImPPG (sharpening)
PlanetarySystemLRGBAligner (aligning separate channels to the original RGB image)
Siril (recombining back channels into RGB)
RawTherapee (RGB post-processing)
GIMP (creating LRGB, with original RGB as the L channel)
RawTherapee (LRGB post-processing)
William Optics Zenithstar 61
ZWO ASI120MM
Extensor Orión 1.25
Tripie
700 frames
Frames usados 500
Df: 360
F: 6
Captura: Firecapture
Revelado: Autostakkert + Fitsworks + Lr
Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda
Observatorio Astronómico Altaïr
Poncitlán Jalisco México
Mars 10th Dec 2022(22:16 UT) , average seeing conditions. This image is the result of merging 3 images in Winjupos, each the best 4,000 frames, (21,000 frames captured in 3 minutes for each AVI). Captured using Firecapture V2.7, Processed using Autostakkert V3.1.4, Registax V6 and Winjupos. Equipment used, Celestron C14 Edge HD, CGEPRO Mount, ZWO ASI224MC camera, Carl Zeiss 2X Barlow and ZWO ADC.
OTA: ASKAR FRA400
Imaging: 290MM (Non-guided)
Mount: Az-GTI
Filters: Green Filter #56
Sequencing: ASICAP
Integration: Best 10% of 500 frames
PP: AutoStakkert 2.0
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast
SDF Number 204 Issued at 2200Z on 23 Jul 2021
IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 22/2100Z to 23/2100Z: Solar activity has been at very low levels for the past 24 hours. There are currently 5 numbered sunspot regions on the disk.
IB. Solar Activity Forecast: Solar activity is expected to be very low with a chance for a C-class flares on days one, two, and three (24 Jul, 25 Jul, 26 Jul).
IIA. Geophysical Activity Summary 22/2100Z to 23/2100Z: The geomagnetic field has been at quiet levels for the past 24 hours. Solar wind speed reached a peak of 457 km/s at 22/2119Z. Electrons greater than 2 MeV at geosynchronous orbit reached a peak level of 245 pfu.
IIB. Geophysical Activity Forecast: The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels on day one (24 Jul) and quiet levels on days two and three (25 Jul, 26 Jul).
III. Event probabilities 24 Jul-26 Jul
Class M 01/01/01
Class X 01/01/01
Proton 01/01/01
PCAF green
IV. Penticton 10.7 cm Flux
Observed 23 Jul 087
Predicted 24 Jul-26 Jul 087/085/085
90 Day Mean 23 Jul 078
V. Geomagnetic A Indices
Observed Afr/Ap 22 Jul 009/010
Estimated Afr/Ap 23 Jul 008/011
Predicted Afr/Ap 24 Jul-26 Jul 010/012-006/005-005/005
VI. Geomagnetic Activity Probabilities 24 Jul-26 Jul
A. Middle Latitudes
Active 35/10/10
Minor Storm 20/05/01
Major-severe storm 05/01/01
B. High Latitudes
Active 10/15/15
Minor Storm 25/20/20
Major-severe storm 50/20/15
2020-11-07 22-03 Mars
(220315)
Diameter=18.81"
Magnitude=-1.91
LX90 8"
ASI244MC
2x barlow
5% of 19623 frames
avg 235 fps
1.0ms
binning=no
gain 303
pipp 2.5.9
autostakkert! 3.0.14
registax 6.1.0.8
White light:
70mm refractor + Thousand Oaks solar filter & Canon 1100D
Best 61% of 100 stacked in Autostakkert!2 and processed in Lightroom
H-alpha full disc:
Coronado PST & Canon 1100D. Etalon adjusted to bring out the filaments better so it lost some of the swirling detail that is visible at other wavelengths.
Best 52% of 110 images stacked in Autostakkert!2 and processed in Lightroom
H-alpha prominences:
Coronado PST & Canon 1100D. Best 74% of 80 images stacked using Autostakkert!2 and processed using Lightroom and Paintshop Pro
Conditions were not ideal with lots of high cloud and haze
TEC 250 @ F/8 + ASI 1600MM-C
2 pane mosaic, 200 frames each
Image scale 0,38"
Captured with Sharpcap
Processed with AutoStakkert!2, Pixinsight
Several active zones ("plages"), several filaments, lots of proms in the Southern hemisphere, couple of spots... Nice Saturday state of the Sun :)
WARNING! Sun is dangerous, use proper filters for observing and imaging!
Aquisition time: JD 2456724.891829 (around08.03.2014 13:24:14 MSK).
Image orientation: staright (west is right and North is up)
Equipment:
Canon EOS 60D (unmodded) coupled to Coronado PST via Baader Planetarium Hyperion Zoom 8-24 mm Mark III click-stop system eyepiece and Baader Planetarium M43-to-T2 conversion ring and mounted on photo-tripod.
Aperture 40 mm
Native focal length 400 mm
Projection zoom setting: 20 mm.
Effective focal length ~900 mm
Tv = 1/50 seconds
Av (effective) = NA
ISO 1000
Exposures: 51 (all in)
Processing: images were converted to monochrome and exported as 8-bit .TIFFs. Images were assembled into stack in ImageJ and saved as .AVI. AVI was processed in Autostakkert!2.
Resulting image was subjected to Richardson-Lucy deconvolution in AstraImage 3.0 (Cauchy type PSF, size 2,8 units, 10 iterations - harsh, but 88 stacked frames hold it nicely).
Contrast enchancement, high-pass filtering and coloration made in Photoshop.
27.11.17 - Another image of the Waxing Gibbous Moon (60% illuminated) imaged at 18:10UT using Hydrogen Alpha (red) filter only.
Altair Astro StarWave 102ED
Altair IMX174 mono Hypercam
ZWO EFW Mini
Altair Ha filter
Best 30% used of 2000 frames.
Captured with SharpCap 3.0
Stacked with AutoStakkert 3.0
Post processed with Photoshop CC 2018
Skywatcher ED80 DS-PRO, Baader Planetarium Herschel Wedge with continuum filter. White light image processed from video in autostakkert and Photoshop.
Mercury transmitting the Sun on 9th May 2016, at 17:20.16. Taken with a Celestron CPC800 and ZWO ASI120MC-S camera. Stacked in Autostakkert!2 and processed in Registax and Photoshop.
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10" GSO Dobson Deluxe non-motorized
Barlow lense 2.5x
Camera: ZWO ASI462MC
Captured by FireCapture with following settings:
Resolution: 1936x1096
duration 20s
exp 50.00ms
gain 50
frames 401
Profile=Saturn
Stacked in: AutoStakkert! v3
Postprocessing by Registax (Wavelets)
Final postprocessing by Gimp:
Sharpen + denoise + duplicate layer/layer mask
Mars at 23:21 UT, 17/09/2020. Only average seeing conditions on this occasion. 9 minutes worth of data, the result of merging 3 files in Winjupos, each the best 4,000 of 24,000 frames, resized 150%. Captured using Firecapture V2.5. Processed using Autostakkert V3.0.14 , Registax V6 and Winjupos. Equipment used, Celestron C14 Edge HD, CGEPRO Mount, ZWO ASI224MC camera and Carl Zeiss 2 X Barlow.
Moon mosaic - best 5% out of 10,000 frames. Captured in Sharpcap 3 beta, stacked in Autostakkert! 3, stitched in Image Composite Editor, Processed in Photoshop
The International Space Station / ISS
The ISS is a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in low Earth orbit, with an orbital speed of 17,100 mph (27,600 km/h). It has been continuously occupied by humans since November 2000. It is the largest artificial satellite in orbit with a length of 357.5 ft (109 m).
This is my first decent image using the 10" Dobsonian telescope. I bought it in March 2022 but haven't had the time and energy to take it outside much. I plan on using this monster scope for visual astronomy (with eyepieces!), ISS images, and high-altitude contrail photography.
Apparent magnitude: -3.6
Apparent diameter: 28" (pressurized module length)
Distance: 306 mi (492 km) at 57° altitude
This image was processed like a small planetary image stack:
4 x 1/1000 second ISO400 (best 25% of 15 frames)
Captured at 01:59:15 UTC on 08/01/22 (21:59:15 EDT 07/31/22)
Location: Summerville, SC
Atmospheric seeing: 2/5
Camera: Canon 7D Mark II
Telescope: Apertura AD10 f/4.9 Newtonian Reflector (with GSO 2" Coma Corrector)
Effective focal length: ~1408mm
Mount: Dobsonian base
Processing software: PIPP, AutoStakkert! 3 (with 3x drizzle), PixInsight, Paint.NET
Taken with a Canon 70D DSLR and TMB92L refractor, using the following settings: f/5.5 1/640 s and ISO 100. This is the result of 25 images stacked with AutoStakkert! and processed with Astra Image Pro and Adobe Photoshop CS6.
The waxing crescent moon from Austin, Texas at 2019-04-09 02:29 UT. Questar 1350/89 mm f/15 telescope with a Sony a6300 at prime focus. Exposed 1/15 sec at ISO 200. Best 8 of 85 images stacked in Autostakkert 3 and deconvolve in Lynkeos. Final crop and exposure in Photoshop.
This is from a series of six SER files recorded with a ZWO ASI224MC camera in conjunction with a 2x Barlow, ZWO ADC, and ZWO IR cut filter. This was with the Celestron C14 at Cerritos College. Data was taken between 0554 and 0559 UT, with stacking in AutoStakkert, sharpening in PixInsight, combination of derotated images in WinJUPOS, then final touches in PixInsight and GIMP.
1000 frames captured, best 200 frames stacked using AutoStakkert AS!3. Post Processed with Photoshop CC 2017.
Telescope:Altair Astro 72mm f/6 EDR LightWave refractor 432mm focal length.
Camera: Altair IMX178 colour Hypercam.
Mounted on a SkyWatcher AZ-GTI goto mount.
Goodbye to Active Region AR2665.
THe biggest, most active sunspot of 2017 to date slides around the Sun and off the disc.
6 pane mosaic.
Lunt L60 pressure tuned with 50mm double-stacked etalon.
PowerMate 2.5
ASI 174 mono camera.
Stacked in Autostakkert 3. Sharpened in ImPPG and final processing in Photoshop
Kept best 10% of 25000 frames
---Hardware---
Mount : Skywatcher AZ-EQ-6 GT
Camera : ZWO ASI 224 MC
Filters:
PierroAstro ADC Mk2
ZWO UV/IR Cut
Tube : Astro-Physics 130 EDF F/6 with 4x barlow (Televue Powermate)
Effective focal length : 3120 mm
Effective aperture : ~ F/24
---Software---
Acquired with FireCapture
Stacked with AutoStakkert
Processed with Lightroom & Topaz DenoizeAI
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Timestamp: 10.5.2022 21:36:50 CEST
10" GSO Dobson Deluxe non-motorized
Barlow lens 2.5x
IR pass filter
Camera: ZWO ASI462MC
Captured by FireCapture with following settings:
Resolution: 1936x1096
duration 15s
exp 10.00ms
gain 50
frames 959
Profile=Moon
Stacked in: AutoStakkert! v3
Postprocessing by Registax (Linked Wavelets)
Final postprocessing by Gimp:
Sharpen + denoise + exposure increase + crop
Clavius crater is a visual treat in any angle of sunlight, but in this waning phase the rugged terrain is nicely enhanced. According to Kaguya data, it has a diameter of 152 miles, a depth of just over 2 miles. It is the 3rd largest crater on the visible near side of the Moon, and due to the curvature of the Moon, the floor of Clavius has a convex shape, and if you were lucky enough to be standing near the center of the crater, you may not be able to see the far crater walls that would be below the horizon. The sequentially diminishing arc of craters that extend across the floor of Clavius is unmistakable, and it begins on the southeast rim with Rutherford crater (34 miles), then Clavius D (16 miles), C (12 miles), N (8 miles), J (7 miles), and lastly JA (5 miles). Notice the remnant of a central mountain range between Clavius C and N. There are also some 30+ smaller craters that speckle the floor of Clavius. The crater is named after a 16th-century German mathematician, astronomer and Jesuit Priest, Christopher Clavius, and is one of the oldest formations on the lunar surface. It is believed to have been formed around 4 billion years ago during the Nectarian period.
Just to the West of Clavius is Blancanus Crater, and has a diameter of 72.7 miles. It’s lava-filled floor appears flat and smooth.
This final re-process is the best 35% of 2000 captured frames stacked with Autostakkert.
Camera=ASI120MC-S
Telescope=Celestron CPC800 XLT
Shorty 2X Barlow.
Kaguya flyover approaching from the South -
Solar image taken 20 August 2017, showing Sunspots 2671.
Taken with a SkyWatcher ED80 telescope using a Baader solar filter. Imaged with a Canon 5DMK3 using EOS Movie record to capture video zoomed in, processed in PIPP and Autostakkert.
The furthest planet away from us. Celestron NexStar 6SE, ZWO asi224mc with IR cut filter, 2.5x TeleVue Powermate and ZWO ADC. 2 minute video Captured in SharpCap, processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert, RegiStax Wavelets then Lightroom. Note: this was heavily processed to end up with a cleaner image.
First light for my new ZWOASI120MC cmos camera which I got for Christmas. We've had the mono version for years and I loved it, but it stopped running on my Windows 8 laptop and nothing we tried would stop it from crashing each time I plugged it in. So I haven't used it for a very long time and it's in fact now used as a guide camera in our observatory set up! I got the colour version for Christmas but hadn't even plugged it in because I assumed I would have the same issues that I had with the older camera. Today I just figured I'd give it a try and to my astonishment it worked!
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a William Optics 70mm refractor, and the ASI120MC camera with a 2x Barlow attached. The whole assembly was on an EQ5 Pro mount on a permanent pier.
2,000 frame video shot using SharpCap, the best % frames were stacked using Autostakkert! 3 Beta and wavelets adjusted in Registax 6. The image was then processed in Lightroom, Fast Stone Image Viewer and Focus Magic.
Last night I've been staring at my ISS animation and spotted a black cylindrical shape object with a bright blob on its top which I could suddenly identify. At first sight it looked like a russian spacecraft and also looked like it is docket to Pirs module on the Earth facing side of ISS. Which was awkward because I knew for a fact that there is no spacecraft docked to Pirs at the moment.
There is only one spacecraft around there which is Soyuz MS-08 (okey and Progress 69 too at the very top of the russian segment docked to Zvezda module :) ). So I had to come to the realization that the low 50° pass just happened in such angle that I am looking at ISS from sideways instead of upwards.
Wait up, what??!! Spacecraft on the "far side" of the station? That's coool!! :)
I think when has passed its highest altitude I rather begin to look at it from behind, just from the correct angle to be able to see MS-08. We see ISS from sideways when ratiator blocks us from seeing it fully. As frames go by MS-08 comes out from radiator's obstruction and shows its beauty, black body with white top .
I have never ever spotted spacecrafts docked to the "far side" of ISS :D
I used a 10" dobsonian telescope (250/1200 Flextube) with a Zwo ASI224MC color camera and a TeleVue 2.5x powermate to record a video at 60fps frame rate, after carefully aligning my Telrad and my main scope.
Video recorded with Fire Capture at these values:
Expo: 0.798ms
Gain: 210
After the bright ISS pass I processed the video first in PIPP. It turns a video to single frames.
Then I carefully analized the frames by checking each and every one of them. When my manual tracking was accurate, I could manage to record between 4-7 sharp frames right after each other. Those can be stacked, for stacking I always use Autostakkert 3.
I eventually ended up with 4 stacked image, so I've made an animation in Windows Movie Maker after post processing all 4 frames in Photoshop.
The picture about the ISS showing the currently docked spacecrafts is from Nasa's ISS Blog.
Captured with a Nikon D5500 and a 10-inch Meade LX200 'Classic' f/6.3 wide-field telescope.
EXIF data is removed via stacking processes in Autostakkert!2 for planetary imaging and in Deep Sky Stacker for deep sky imaging.
Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, 3 days before its 2022 opposition. One of the Galilean moons, Io, casts a dark shadow as it transits across the face of Jupiter. The moon itself is visible just to the left of the shadow, but it blends in with the background clouds.
This is one of my top 3 Jupiter images from the 2022 season. Using this 6" SCT with a planetary camera is so much fun, and the results are shocking to me. I could have never imagined getting images this sharp when I started this hobby back in 2018!
Phase angle: 0.68°
Apparent magnitude: -2.94
Apparent diameter: 49.87"
Distance from Earth: 3.953 AU
Stack of ~15,000 frames (best 50% of 29,975)
Captured from 03:29 to 03:32 UTC 09/24/22
Exposure 6 ms, Gain 300, Offset 25
Location: Summerville/Ladson, SC
Atmospheric seeing: 4/5 to 5/5
Camera: ZWO ASI224MC
Telescope: Celestron C6 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
Barlow: Tele Vue 2x 1.25" Barlow (gives an effective focal length of 3404mm at f/22.7)
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G (unguided)
Capture software: FireCapture
Processing software: PIPP, AutoStakkert! 3 (with 3x drizzle), PixInsight, GIMP