Jupiter and Mars on Oct 28 – 29


Image of Jupiter from last evening at 10:43 pm. Clear sky, temp high 30s; turbulence about 6/10. Equipment: C14EdgeHD, Mx+ mount; no Barlow; UV/IR cut filter; Zwo ASI 462mc camera; Used Sharpcap 4 to capture for 3 minutes at an average of 143 fps; gain 218; exposure 4.67 msec; total of  25,711 frames. Used AutoStakkert to align and stack best 15%. Registax 6 used to wavelet sharpen. Resized, filtered, and level adjusted with Photoshop.

Jupiter on Oct 29

Image of Mars at 4:25 am this morning. Hazy sky, temp 27F, turbulence about 5/10. Equipment: C14EdgeHD, Mx+ mount, Televue 2X Barlow, Baader UV/IR cut filter, Zwo ASI 462MC camera. Used Sharpcap 4 to capture for 6 minutes at an average of 212 fps; gain 250; exposure 4.7 msec; total of 76,360 frames. Aligned and stacked best 15% with AutoStakkert. Registax 6 used to wavelet sharpen. Resized, filtered, and level adjusted in Photoshop.

Mars on Oct. 29
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