Planetary Imaging

[woven kite]

supposedly

i read about it in a cn forum

[elder venture]

WHERE

[quiet glen]

California

[elder venture]

damn

[quiet glen]

I can get a car for the price of that

[white prawn]

It's celestron. How are their dobs?

[native plume]

does anyone know how to solve this problem?

im so cooked i got 30 minutes before the sun rises

this has been the only non cloudy day the whole week 😭

[winter moat]

"bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks on" in cmd with Admin rights

[native plume]

i was too late the sun has risen
ill try it again tomorrow

[quick cairn]

I hope you’re trolling

[white prawn]

They made the 127EQ. Forgive anyone for not trusting them after that.

[quiet glen]

Is anyone going to try and image this?

[candid flare]

the old starhopper dobs by them are pretty good

[quiet glen]

Seems like it will be no clouds but seeing will be bad

Still gonna try

[quick cairn]

I couldn’t because I’m clouded out

[quiet glen]

My skies are clear but I think it’s like 3 to 4 maybe even 5 mph winds

Still worth a shot

[quick cairn]

Do it dude

[quiet glen]

I am

Outside as we speak

Is it good

[quick cairn]

Yeah

[woven kite]

yarp

[quiet glen]

Suprised since it’s windy

[woven kite]

is this what living in the UK feels like without living in the UK

[quiet glen]

Gonna try to timelapse Europa coming out from under Io

[woven kite]

awesome

[quiet glen]

I would do a moon mosaic but I don’t have the storage

[quick cairn]

What’s your aperture?

Going way high on F/ ratio

Idkthiugh i

Idk though

[quiet glen]

235mm

I’m not using a Barlow

Just a cropped roi

Its not even that cold but it feels really cold

Outside

[quick cairn]

F/5?

[quiet glen]

?

I’m shooting f/10

[quick cairn]

Use a 2x Barlow

[quiet glen]

I thought 2x was oversampling for me

And seeing isn’t great tonight

[quick cairn]

Well, I don’t think with a 9 inch scope and no Barlow the moons will be very many pixels. It’s your choice though.

Take 30 seconds to 45 second videos since they moved quickly

[quiet glen]

I can get moons

I do 4000 frame videos

In 1 minute intervals

[quick cairn]

Right, but you have to consider the speed of which the moon will be moving

[quiet glen]

True

[quick cairn]

I would do 45 seconds.

[quiet glen]

Should I chance up settings

[quiet glen]

Video or interval

[quick cairn]

Videos. The entire time

[quick cairn]

No use 10ms exposure and whatever gain for 85%-95% histogram

[quiet glen]

The moons already moved apart

[quick cairn]

That’s best settings universally for Jupiter in color

[quick cairn]

Damn

[quiet glen]

We will see if I got it

[quick cairn]

Goodluck

[quiet glen]

If not oh well

[quick cairn]

How long is each video?

[quiet glen]

Like 30 seconds

[quick cairn]

And how many frames

[quiet glen]

4k

[quick cairn]

Okay atack 33%

Stack

[quiet glen]

Ok

[quick cairn]

Batch stack all the videos

And if you don’t mind I’d like to see the data

The stacks I mean

Once they are done

[quiet glen]

Is batch stacking meaning all of them put in 1 image

[quick cairn]

No

Highlight all the videos

Drag and drop into autostakkert

Then click anylize

Then do 48-64 size boxes

Then stack

[quiet glen]

Should I use pipp first

[quick cairn]

And it will stack all of them

Depends how good your tracking was

But you probably don’t need to

Set it to 33%

[quiet glen]

If some videos have it more off to the left and others centered should I use it then

[quick cairn]

Test it on an off video and see

Just 1

If it works then don’t worry about it

[quiet glen]

K

[quick cairn]

If it doesn’t then PIPP

PIPP just doubles your storage needs

[quiet glen]

I’m gonna be outside for about 10mins more

Then I’ll go inside

[quick cairn]

I’m driving anyways

I’ll be home in 30

[quiet glen]

Don’t text and drive

[quick cairn]

Whenever the fresh stacks are done, upload them to a drive link I’d like to see them if you don’t mind

Weathered out so bored

[quick cairn]

Dw

[quiet glen]

U can make out both I just didn’t get a good image

Here’s a bit better

[quiet glen]

Chillll

[candid flare]

No.

[quick cairn]

Either way upload them will ya

Ya

[quiet glen]

It’s my dads laptop I can’t have discord on it

[candid flare]

log into browser

use an incognito tab if needed

[quiet glen]

Next time

[quick cairn]

You don’t need to

Log into your Google drive on his laptop, upload them, and copy and paste the link to your phone

The send it here on your phone

[quiet glen]

Just walked home

[quick cairn]

I’m so confused dawg

[candid flare]

🫨

[quiet glen]

I have to walk to a area to see Jupiter

And set up there

So I packed my stuff up and walked home with it

[quick cairn]

Good idea

[quiet glen]

I hate the fact I am using a a MacBook to record since I have to transfer files to my pc

And I don’t know where my flash drive is

[quick cairn]

Oh okay so lmk whereever you can share them. I lowkey just curious to see what your data got and wanna give you best processing I can

[candid flare]

why dont you have your own laptop

[quiet glen]

I have a pc

I may look for a used one

What specs would be bare minimum

And what is recommended

[quick cairn]

Not sure honestly

[quiet glen]

That looks nice

Bro I need a laptop the files are still uploading

Whenever I stack them do I drizzle

[quick cairn]

No

[quiet glen]

If I buy an antlia IR625nm for my osc camera and combine it with normal rgb data would it look good on Venus

Maybe get some cloud structure

[quiet glen]

alright that took way to long sorry about that

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13ZuoW11nij4eyC2erET7erwDO5FvVJYE?usp=sharing heres all of the stacked images

[quiet glen]

Really crappy process since it’s 1am I’m planning on redoing it when I wake up

[summer crypt]

sue him

is this hubble or you

[celest grove]

dont you need goto?

and btw what are spokes in saturns rings?

[elder venture]

where is this

[somber stratus]

Current theory is charged ring particles levitating above the surrounding ring plane and casting shadows (hence the dark spots). Caused by Saturn's magnetic field.

(Almost) always appear on the back-left ring, where orbiting ring particles leave Saturn's main shadow.

hubble image from 2023.

[quick cairn]

Hubble

[summer crypt]

bruh

[quick cairn]

What?

[quick cairn]

This recent one was wayyy bigger than this one, very interesting

[quiet glen]

In some tiktokers discord

[quiet glen]

Should I dm you the Google Drive

[quick cairn]

Yes!

[low oar]

👋

[quick cairn]

Hi Kenny, I’m about to finish an animation

[low oar]

Oh ye?

Lemme see

[quick cairn]

I like this one

[quiet glen]

Woah

[low oar]

Nice bro

That your best?

[lofty cosmos]

jupiter from the 23rd

[quick cairn]

probably yeah

[shy jolt]

i saw some dude steal Tom's stuff

with his watermark in the corner...

he didn t even cut it out

[quiet glen]

I like this result

[low oar]

Some dude was stealing the intros to my reels and I got him banned on like 3 platforms 😂

[somber stratus]

this afternoon

[quiet glen]

Wow

[quiet glen]

Are .ser fine for planetary

[silent mesa]

That’s how everyone does it

[quiet glen]

I’ve been using .avi

[low oar]

Ser is the usual

[robust plover]

Wow, what filter(s) did you use?

[quick cairn]

Use ser

And RAW

[quiet glen]

ok

[somber stratus]

SER and AVI are both fine, but most people use the former.

[somber stratus]

Astronomik IR742 and Baader Bessel-U

[quiet glen]

Im getting better

[quiet glen]

How do I move what part of the sensor I use when my roi is 640x480 in fire capture

Figured out that I can just keep the planet auto centered

[rugged knoll]

i dont know about firecapture but in sharpcap you can just click and drag it

incase it may be the same

[quiet glen]

How come fire capture says 100fps but I record it’s at 12fps

[candid flare]

depends on your cable, ram and port write speed

[quiet glen]

Fixed now

Idk why it was doing that

[silent mesa]

Aristoteles crater

[quiet glen]

I’m looking for a finder scope to mount on my C9.25” so I can find Venus in the day any recommendations

[quick cairn]

Look it up

[rain ember]

can i get image permissions

[flint siren]

That is one special thing to do with them. ☝️

Some random lunar from the same day.

[quiet glen]

I tried a 2x Barlow last night and am wondering if this is over sampling. I had good seeing as well

I was wondering if I should get a 1.5x and the best option seems to be siebert optics but am unsure if they still are selling them

I use a C9.25” sct and a asi662mc with a uv/ir cut filter

[winter moat]

very nice pics which cam did you use ?

[flint siren]

183

[woven kite]

i think live stacking made these corners blurry. ive checked my images and the blur occurs mostly in the top right. i hope its not the optics. ill have to do manual stacking to confirm it

[rain mauve]

saturn through diy hadley telescope

[rain mauve]

im currently processing my moon pic with new style...

i dunno about it xD

[quick cairn]

Can you show me specifically which Baader filter you are referring to? I’m finding mixed results online. Also are they both doing the same thing? Or are they a 2 peace puzzle

[woven kite]

has hot/stuck pixels come up for you guys during lunar imaging

[quick cairn]

If you have hot pixels then it’s camera damage and isn’t going away regardless of what you’re imaging

[woven kite]

okay so i might be in second place to the guy that pointed his dob at the sun

[quiet glen]

What did you do?

[woven kite]

i wanted to remove the ar glass cause theres dust behind it to blow it a little and the thing fell on the floor. had to clean it both sides and did a poor job cause didnt have proper cleaning fluids. while panicking i put the ar glass on the sensor and not in front of the rubber ring. i twist the camera putting it back together and it ended up scratching the whole sensor so -$120

[candid flare]

photo or didnt happen

[woven kite]

one sec

before and after

[candid flare]

bruh

[olive saddle]

Has a nice 3D feel to it

[polar forge]

Damn. Image with it anyway?

[woven kite]

looks liks it has dust everywhere

[polar forge]

Take some flats.

[woven kite]

for planetary?

i mean its not a total waste. i want to be able to do iss tracking with a guidescope

satellite tracking in general

[graceful creek]

i feel dust has gotten worse

[woven kite]

after glass scraping on each other?

is there any way to remove the glass thats covering the sensor

that would be a last resort

i got a cleaning kit

[rain mauve]

Any advice for processing sun images?
My setup were sv305 pro
Sctw 102/660mm
And svbony sun filter
I think I can take advice how to process the image better?

[low oar]

Uhh idk tbh white light solar doesn’t really rank high on how much you need to process it unless your doing up close sunspots

Imo

[quiet glen]

I have a css pass tonight it starts at like -0.1 mag gets down to around -1.3 mag then jumps to 17mag any settings tips

[quick cairn]

Cool

[quiet glen]

Seeing isn’t great rn

[quiet glen]

guess who got zero frames of the css for the 3rd time 🙂

[craggy wasp]

the wait was worth it

[summer crypt]

i got an idea

you should take the video

and only stack the best frames

[rain mauve]

Alright!

[winter moat]

Very nice

[rain mauve]

Thanks! Took a bunch of time to process it, worth it

[quick cairn]

Gang how long was this video and what was your exposure set to

[elder venture]

Excellent data

[hybrid rain]

simply exquisite

[low oar]

Clean, now try working with a bigger canvas, cuz remember you can always crop the final result to your liking but when you export the final result you can’t just zoom out and add glow and edits you’ll have to redo it all, for example if your image here was 5,000x5,000 try 10,000x10,000 then just crop to your liking

[rain mauve]

i have bigger canvas xD, that version i sent is cropped one

doesnt let me send the full pic instead directs into web

thanks for the advice anyway!

[low oar]

Bro knows ball

Good stuff

I was about to say I used to do that lol and it sucked

[rain mauve]

true lmaoo

[robust plover]

@low oar sorry to ping out of the blue, but I was thinking of shooting the moon tonight for a mineral moon with the nice glow around it. Do you just take an image of the moon overexposed, then overlay your stacked image over it? Or is the process different

[low oar]

Yea you can do that or just add artificial glow, but I always use real glow

[robust plover]

Okay, is there some ideal exposure exposure for it or is it just personal preference

…or you just take many at various exposures and use whichever one looks best

[elder venture]

congratulations on your mininerd

very well deserved

[rain mauve]

woahhh im suprised im minenerd now

thank you mann for the words

[white prawn]

Just looking for a quick tip in case the clouds move away for me tonight. Isn't a mineral moon just adjusting saturation?

[low oar]

Yea pretty much, you can get minerals with just a single shot

[fathom wing]

Congrats!!

[rain mauve]

thank you man!

[white prawn]

Thank you

[low oar]

Yea, you will obviously have better results with stacking though

[white prawn]

TBH if a bug flies in front of the object for a single frame I'm going to process that one frame for the bug.

[robust plover]

Using the ASIAIR for lunar today since I’m doing deep space right after

This will be interesting

[loud ledge]

Hmmm we can just totally slingshot mars towards the moon 😄

[low oar]

Blue moon rising with the smart scope

[quick cairn]

Kenny I caught a 7.4 pound largemouth yesterday

[low oar]

Ayeeee lemme see

On what?

[quick cairn]

On a green pumpkin Texas rig

Ill dm you other photo cuz it has me in it

[low oar]

Jeeze bro need to eat 😭

Ww fish

[quick cairn]

Yesirr

The fight was so good

[low oar]

Got some nice ones the other day

Biggest was prob like 4

[quick cairn]

Beautiful

Even 4 is big

[olive saddle]

love how the planetary imaging chat briefly turns into the fishing chat every now and then

[quick cairn]

It’s because no one else has the balls to go fishing other than planet nerds

[low oar]

The Blue Moon

[quiet glen]

Looks amazing

[low oar]

thanks

[winter moat]

damn this looks realy nice

great work man

[low oar]

thank you

[open nacelle]

sick, hdr?

[low oar]

Haha yea

[rain mauve]

looks great!

[low oar]

Thanks

[hasty hull]

Got a phone shot while showing some friends thru the 6” dob

Fun lil campfire night

[polar forge]

" night "

[hasty hull]

something like that

[olive saddle]

damn, the Flame Nebula looks crazy in this one

[quick cairn]

Looks so real

[summer crypt]

moon ifn?

[low oar]

lol

[polar forge]

wobbly luna at 5 degrees. First light with the 533m

[velvet island]

5 degrees

[polar forge]

yeah alt

[velvet island]

yes

[rain mauve]

when the moon is really blue

such a shame its cloudy last night and i got the chance to get it on the dusk

[quiet glen]

I may be stupid but I don’t think this is his. I’m now realizing im probably wrong but idk if winjupos can de rotate 30mins of videos. This was also uploaded 3 days ago and Jupiter isn’t even at opposition

[low oar]

🤯

[robust plover]

Still unfortunate I had to use the ASIAIR for lunar, but it was my only option

Hopefully process this tomorrow

[shy jolt]

i was watching Kenny's wideo about the ISS transit in daylight and just look

whos gonna tell bro

[low oar]

😮

[quick cairn]

😭

[polar forge]

Lol saw that one too

The moon despawns at dawn

[elder venture]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-yuorki-egyptian-speed-funny-gif-6210991462615795229

[robust plover]

https://tenor.com/view/minos-prime-pinos-exector-gif-3269135568137375460

[quick cairn]

Dink

[candid flare]

tiktok comments are brain dead. those you ignore

[hybrid rain]

they have a point

[velvet island]

More comments for the algorithm

[quick cairn]

I just bought the Uranus-M

[shy jolt]

i wish you clear skies then

[quick cairn]

Thank you

You should wish me clear skies anyways, what is this? Pay to win?

[shy jolt]

hehe its just that buying stuff gives a cloud bad omen for some time

i am so lucky with the clouds that when my mount was in construction i had 3 weeks of clear

now when i think i am in a point where it should work there isn t a single hour of clear for the next 2 weeks

[silent mesa]

Yesterday’s venus

[woven kite]

too much skibidi toilet or whatever the hell kids are watching nowadays

[winter moat]

Nice pic what Scope ?

[silent mesa]

skywatcher flextube 300p

[winter moat]

Nice

[shy jolt]

im for sure gonna get the bad omen when ill get a astrocam

[summer crypt]

i hate you.

[low oar]

Justin’s locked

[rain mauve]

today saturn

[quick cairn]

It’s an inside joke that’s the girl

My little sister calls her Justin for some reason

[hybrid rain]

lmao

[craggy wasp]

could be better, it was untracked w an horrible seeing

[quick cairn]

No I mean how long was your exposure

[polar forge]

If i had to guess 20.8 m.s.

But it does not make sense. He has 31.8 k frames at 48 fps thats around 11 minute video.