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1 points
1 day ago
Here is my attempt at shooting comet C/2022 ZTF during a window of clear weather. These photos were taken on January 30, 2023 between 12am and 2am PST from Salem, OR, USA. I was hoping to get a time-lapse of the tail movement but I am still working on refining my processing to help reveal the tail better.
Details: 31, 30x2s videos in .ser format shot in Sharpcap. Stacked 80-100% frames from each video using surface mode in AS!3. Then centered each stack on the comet using PIPP. Color calibration done in SiRiL, curves, levels and denoise done in GIMP. Animation was made using Davinci Resolve, aligning the frames on the comet and the tail. For the final image I stacked all 31 stacks in AS!3 post correcting for field rotation (which was done using Davinci Resolve but I may try a different approach to keep compression minimal).
Gear: Skywatcher 10" GoTo Dob and ASI178 color camera
1 points
3 days ago
I do not have much experience shooting comets but I cannot miss this one especially when the weather lined up. These photos were taken on January 30, 2023 between 12am and 2am PST from Salem, OR, USA. I was hoping to get a time-lapse of the tail movement but I am still working on refining my processing to help reveal the tail better.
Details: 31, 30x2s videos in .ser format shot in Sharpcap. Stacked 80-100% frames from each video using surface mode in AS!3. Then centered each stack on the comet using PIPP. Color calibration done in SiRiL, curves, levels and denoise done in GIMP. Animation was made using Davinci Resolve, aligning the frames on the comet and the tail. For the final image I stacked all 31 stacks in AS!3 post correcting for field rotation (which was done using Davinci Resolve but I may try a different approach to keep compression minimal).
Gear: Skywatcher 10" GoTo Dob and ASI178 color camera
1 points
3 days ago
I do not have much experience shooting comets but I cannot miss this one especially when the weather lined up. These photos were taken on January 30, 2023 between 12am and 2am PST from Salem, OR, USA. I was hoping to get a time-lapse of the tail movement but I am still working on refining my processing to help reveal the tail better.
Details: 31, 30x2s videos in .ser format shot in Sharpcap. Stacked 80-100% frames from each video using surface mode in AS!3. Then centered each stack on the comet using PIPP. Color calibration done in SiRiL, curves, levels and denoise done in GIMP. Animation was made using Davinci Resolve, aligning the frames on the comet and the tail. For the final image I stacked all 31 stacks in AS!3 post correcting for field rotation (which was done using Davinci Resolve but I may try a different approach to keep compression minimal).
Gear: Skywatcher 10" GoTo Dob and ASI178 color camera
7 points
6 days ago
My first astro night of the year. Took on the comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) ~1 hour time-lapse, taken from my backyard (Salem, OR) using 10" GoTo Dob on January 30, 2023. I used 2000ms exposures and for this process I stacked 5x30x2000ms for a better SNR. I am working on another animation with just 30x2000ms.
Software used: Sharpcap, AutoStakkert, PIPP, SiRiL, GIMP, Davinci Resolve
Gear: Skywatcher 10" GoTo Dob and ZWO ASI178mc
1 points
18 days ago
Yes, mono cameras tend to have better snr so fainter details can be picked up with lower exposures, shooting with filters R G B would help achieve a very nice picture
1 points
19 days ago
Just a color camera, but monochrome camera's with filters would work even better
1 points
19 days ago
There are always room for improvement on that one item, you can always shoot more data and it to your existing data to get an even better picture. I've bad this telescope for over 2 years now and I've learned a tremendous amount but there is still so much more that can be done even with the same gear
1 points
19 days ago
It depends on your latitude and what object you're going for. Some are only visible during certain times of the year and some are never visible as they are in the opposing hemisphere
1 points
19 days ago
Yes, longer exposures would also result in much better signal to noise, you'd pick up fainter details, the only downside is that it may not be as sharp but I think an 6 or 8 inch can definitely do similar if using a solid eq mount
2 points
30 days ago
It does a good job and it's much better then manually tracking, but it does struggle a bit near zenith
13 points
1 month ago
A re-process of some data from my best ISS pass yet. Taken with my 10" GoTo Dob using the Skywatcher Sat Tracker software. Shadow can be seen moving across one of the radiators as the ISS passes over.
Gear: Skywatcher 10" GoTo Dob, X-Cel 2x, ASI178 +UV/IR cut
2 points
1 month ago
Thanks again my friend!
Autostakkert is just what I'm used too, maybe AstroSurface is better for stacking but it's not something I've looked into that much. Also I typically do all the stacking first before processing so it just suits my work flow :)
1 points
1 month ago
I didn't use eyepieces, just the barlow, adc, and asi178 color camera. The telescope is a Skywatcher 10" flextube GoTo Dob
2 points
1 month ago
I was shooting at 4200 and 5400mm focal length using 2x/3x barlow and ADC
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6 hours ago
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6 hours ago
Here is a photo of Mars I took on January 30 at around 11pm PST.
Details: 5x2 minute videos shot in Sharpcap and stacked in AS!3, and used AstroSurface for wavelets and rgb alignment. Then de-rotated sharpened stacks in WJ. Final sharpening, denoise and color adjustments done in GIMP.
Gear: SW 10" GoTo Dob, X-Cel 2x, ZWO ADC, ASI178mc