Moons Top-Bottom are Io, Ganymede above and and Calisto below Jupiter. Reprocessed 15/2/2014 using Registax "Wavelet' feature to sharpen details - quite markedly so! First test of 'Planetary Mode' with a new Canon 70D. Captured with BackyardEOS 5X Planetary mode - 500 frames @ ISO1600 at 1/20 sec shutter speed. Processed with Registax 6 with best 40% stacked, and with wavelet processing. Further processed with Adobe Photoshop CS6. Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with TeleVue 4X Powermate, no filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 26' x 40' , Ambient 16C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.0.3 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.
Reprocessed 15/2/2014 using Registax "Wavelet' feature to sharpen details - quite markedly so! First test of 'Planetary Mode' with a new Canon 70D. Captured with BackyardEOS 5X Planetary mode - 500 frames @ ISO1600 at 1/20 sec shutter speed. Processed with Registax 6 with best 40% stacked, and with wavelet processing. Further processed with Adobe Photoshop CS6. Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with TeleVue 4X Powermate, no filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 26' x 40' , Ambient 16C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.0.3 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.
I reprocessed this 15/2/2014 using Registax 6 'Wavelet" feature for the first time, and has produced a sharper image, including of the Moon at the top of field. Imaged at Perth Observatory using the Public Viewing Celestron 14" Having made a number of attempts with my 80mm f/6 APO with up to 4X PowerMate (FL=1920mm) and not getting as much detail as I'd hoped for, I decided to try one of the Perth Observatory's public viewing telescopes to see if I could do, better. This is certainly the case at about double the FL at 3910mm. Manual focusing with this c1978 telescope was however very difficult and probably more patience with FWHM monitoring could get a sharper result. I'm happy with this for a first attempt however. Captured with BackyardEOS in 5X Planetary Mode 500 frames ISO 1600 1/30 Sec Registax 6 Stacked best 15% Images with Wavelet processing. Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS6 Telescope - Celestron 'Orange Tube' 14" f/11 FL=3910mm SCT c1978 (Perth Observatory's), No filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field ~20' x 13' , Ambient ~25C. Backyard EOS Pro 3.0.3 for Image acquisition. Unguided on Sidereal tracked Celestron Wedge.
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