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Mars 15 April 2014 - First LRGB Image

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9 years 11 months ago - 9 years 11 months ago #100481 by mclysaghtn
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Hi Guys,

I decided to take advantage of Mars' proximity to us, and try my hand at LRGB planetary imaging, for the first time. All a bit daunting to be honest, with a lot of bits to remember, or at least try (File-names | Filters | Focus etc.. sheesh!), but I managed to produce something that I'm reasonably happy with, despite the fact that seeing was absolutely terrible.

Image taken using...
  • Meade ETX-125 (Pimped :)) - mounted on Vixen GPDX
  • ImagingSource DMK21AU618 Mono Cam through FireCapture. Comprises of a 80 seconds per channel at average 30 fps.
  • Baader RGB and IR-Pass Filters in ZWO Filter Wheel
  • 2.5X Powermate for (f/35).
  • Individual LRGB Images Aligned/Stacked with Wavelets applied in Registax6
  • Combined/Tweaked in Photoshop CS6.

I stuck in the WinJupos representation of Mars for reference. Mine is the image on the Right! :D



Cheers,

Neil
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9 years 11 months ago - 9 years 11 months ago #100482 by derek0207
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Looks great Neil,

[strike]Was that taken lastnight (Tue 15th)? [/strike]I took a shot on Monday night (14th) but the seeing was really bad.
I think the jet-stream is interfering at the moment. I heard it will be better at the end of the week / weekend.
Derek
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9 years 11 months ago #100485 by carlobeirnes
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Hi Neil,

Well done on the image you got some really good detail and the image processing is very good. As for all the procedures welcome to the wonderful world of astrophotography :>))

Carl.

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