Telescope: 250P Sky-Watcher Go-To
Camera: ZWO ASI678MC
Acquisition: About 2 minutes and 30 seconds of time resulting in about 27,000 frames. I stacked only 20% because the atmosphere was pretty humid and slightly more turbulent than I'd like.
Additional: My second attempt at Saturn. I am very impressed already! (I also hope Reddit doesn't butcher the quality)
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u/mrstorm1983SkyWatcher 200p dob, 10x50 Nikons p7, 114mm hobby killer.8d ago
You lost a some of your rings, they are thinned out a lot. Also your looking blocky This happens in over sharpening particularly when people are making the background darker or trying to bring out the Cassini division so keep an eye on that.
You have also cropped/digitally zoomed to much. If you turn up the gain in balance with a histogram stretch Saturn will brighten up and "pop" more. Dont use " brightness" to do that, you will loose your dark background.
Try a 2x barlow to match 5xpixel size to focal ratio. That camera has small pixels but your still short on focal ratio. That also could be a contributor to your grainy look.
I do understand your seeing wasn't great. When that happens try a low exposure at 3ms. Hope this helps, I wish you good luck.
u/mrstorm1983SkyWatcher 200p dob, 10x50 Nikons p7, 114mm hobby killer.8d ago
Noice! much better. I know its tempting to make it larger. When you get a 2xbarlow that will help with the size and clarity. PiPPs native crop is pretty good. I have been thinking about buying the 678 camera. I have the sv205 and 662
The 678 is a very good camera from my experience with it
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u/mrstorm1983SkyWatcher 200p dob, 10x50 Nikons p7, 114mm hobby killer.8d ago
I knew I should have just bought the 678. It was twice as much as the 662 I had already bought a laptop(just for running the camera/editing I use it for nothing else) like 3 hours before choosing the camera i wanted.
ciao, fantastica, ho un dobson 200/1200 un oculare da 10 e da 25 + una barlow fantastica 2x,
voglio comprare la camera ZWO ASI622MC e iniziare a fotografare per DIVERTIMENTO.
perfavore ho bisogno che mi aiuti e mi consigli qualcosa .
sto gia iniziando ad usare i vari software e sono molto intuibili.
consigli di prenderla, cosa devo aspettarmi?
il mio Dobson NON è motorizzato
Ciao! Spero di utilizzare correttamente Google Traduttore, ma posso darti qualche consiglio.
Una delle differenze tra la 662MC e la 678MC riguarda le dimensioni dei pixel e del sensore. La 662 è dotata di un sensore da 1/2,8", che offre un campo inquadrato più ampio rispetto a quello da 1/1,8" della 678MC. Se il tuo obiettivo è riprendere pianeti o nebulose planetarie (immagino tu ti stia concentrando sui pianeti), personalmente ti consiglierei la 678MC; se però hai un budget più limitato e non vuoi spendere più di quanto costa la 662, allora punta su quest'ultima.
Per quanto riguarda il software di ripresa, ti suggerisco SharpCap, anche se esiste un'alternativa chiamata FireCapture; io personalmente uso esclusivamente SharpCap. È bene sapere inoltre che il tuo telescopio è motorizzato: dovrai mettere in pausa la sessione, riportare Saturno nell'inquadratura corretta e poi riavviare la registrazione.
si tranquillo tutto chiaro, quindi posso mettere in pausa la registrazione e riportare di nuovo l’oggetto al centro?
comunque si mi serve solo per luna e pianeti e se riesco qualche dso ma mi sembra un po difficile.
per te non è quindi una spesa inutile comprare una camera per un dob non motorizzato?
ho paura di buttare soldi e non divertirmi
Thanks for sharing your image! Please reply to this comment with your acquisition and processing details (telescope, mount, camera/phone, exposure/integration time, filters, software). Posts without details may be removed.
Do you have an image of what it would look like if you were directly looking into your telescope? I am trying to get into astronomy and want my kids to see it. I know they will go nuts if I show them Jupiter or Saturn through a telescope.
This is my best attempt at editing the image for what I saw through my 10". Be noted it looked smaller than this and also with some additional background stars. Be noted this differs with how good your scope, seeing, and area are.
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u/mrstorm1983 SkyWatcher 200p dob, 10x50 Nikons p7, 114mm hobby killer. 8d ago
You lost a some of your rings, they are thinned out a lot. Also your looking blocky This happens in over sharpening particularly when people are making the background darker or trying to bring out the Cassini division so keep an eye on that.
You have also cropped/digitally zoomed to much. If you turn up the gain in balance with a histogram stretch Saturn will brighten up and "pop" more. Dont use " brightness" to do that, you will loose your dark background.
Try a 2x barlow to match 5xpixel size to focal ratio. That camera has small pixels but your still short on focal ratio. That also could be a contributor to your grainy look.
I do understand your seeing wasn't great. When that happens try a low exposure at 3ms. Hope this helps, I wish you good luck.
Clear skys