This is my first more or less successful time lapse of Jupiter. I acquired the data in the early hours on 10.11.2023 right after it passed the meridian. I am starting to learn planetary imaging. It is quite challenging as it is solely dependent on seeing conditions. I also miss the convenience of regular DSO imaging - like plate-solving and full night automation
For this image I used my new ZWO ASI678MC camera. I am quite happy with how it performs. The images were taken at native focal length of F10 without the help of barlows. I used the following settings on the camera:
- RAW8;
- saved in SER file;
- used a ROI of 640x480;
- 8ms frames which set the FPS at 110 frames per second;
- gain - 132 so that the histogram reached slightly above the 50% mark;
- blue was set to 99 and red to 73 - these values were determined by SharpCap.
For the image I used:
- 3 minute clips;
- refocused every half an hour using automatic focusing in SharpCap - Fourier Detail Detection. I will have to further experiment with how to focus. I think that earlier during the night I achieved better focus by focusing on a star but then finding the planet again is a pain for me...
- imaged for two hours straight;
- stacked in AS3 - 10% of the best frames from each clip;
- processed in AstroSurface;
- made the animation in PIPP;
Hope you like it
CS,
Ivan
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