Jupiter 01.01.2013

[universe24]

Seeing & transperancy not good

IMG-132E + 4x Powermate + 150mm f/8 Newt.
(Powermate not firmly attached as I don't have an extender to put in between the focuser and the Powermate)

AutoStakkert (1.5x drizzle), Registax 6, Photoshop CS.

[Gary]

Good effort! Thanks for sharing. Very impressive what a 6-inch newt is capable of doing when it comes to planetary imaging.

[cloud_cover]

Nice

[universe24]

Thanks to Gary & cloud_cover

The only draw back is the frame rate for imaging. While we "blow up" the planet size so much, focal ratio also higher and dimmer image as the result...gain & exposure time needed higher and longer...and thus, frame rate dropped a lot.

Thus, for good result, seeing is almost everything beside optical collimation and quality.

[Gary]

Hi universe24. I took your Jupiter photo and edited it in photoshop for fun. Hope you don't mind.

[universe24]

No worries...not bad at all...