Mark Worthington avatar

IMG-20260315-WA0004.jpgHi

I took this image with a 250pds,on AZEQ6 mount in Az mode. Full roi. No Barlow. 100 fps. 2ms exposure. Gain 300. I has to use 2ms to make bands appear, otherwise overexposed. 17000 frames, 10% stacked in autostakkert. Wavelets in registax. Affinity Photo 2 for making GRS appear. It wasn’t visible after autostakkert or registax. It’s my second only attempt, better than my first. I had trouble with my tracking, hence why large roi used. But fps was enough in my opinion. I used an ir/uv cut filter.

I tried to focus by eye. I don't think my tracking issue was helping, as Jupiter was drifting towards edge of frame throughout capture with sharpcap.

Oh, jupiter was around 50° or higher. Seeing was average.

Any advice on improving.

andrea tasselli avatar
Equatorial mount with good PA is key in having a good crack at it as it allows for critical focusing. Do not bother with it when seeing isn't good. Also, use a barlow 2x at least. Scope also needs to have good optics, thermally in equilibrium and carefully collimated.
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Tony Gondola avatar

Andrea pretty much covered it. You didn’t say what camera you’re using but I’m sure you are wayyyyy under sampled, thus the advice for a Barlow.

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Tony Gondola · Mar 16, 2026, 04:31 PM

Andrea pretty much covered it. You didn’t say what camera you’re using but I’m sure you are wayyyyy under sampled, thus the advice for a Barlow.

Hi Tony. Asi662mc. You’re right. F15 would have been correct. I have a 2.25x Baader Barlow, which would give me about F10.

Jim Case avatar

I have been using Lucky Stack Worker with some success. Also, you might try to get the bands horizontal in your framing. Careful polar alignment will help keep the image in the center during the capture.

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📷 2025-12-11-0614_1-CapObj_lapl3_ap2_processed_2_22.jpeg2025-12-11-0614_1-CapObj_lapl3_ap2_processed_2_22.jpegHere is my try using 5x barlow. I have a 5’’ F/5 Newt and a ZWO ASI662MC camera. The image was cropped. So, actually, you could even try 5x Barlow. Hope this helps.

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Interactive Sky · Mar 16, 2026, 10:31 PM

📷 2025-12-11-0614_1-CapObj_lapl3_ap2_processed_2_22.jpeg2025-12-11-0614_1-CapObj_lapl3_ap2_processed_2_22.jpegHere is my try using 5x barlow. I have a 5’’ F/5 Newt and a ZWO ASI662MC camera. The image was cropped. So, actually, you could even try 5x Barlow. Hope this helps.

130pds? I also have that scope. I bought it a few days ago. My initial visual observation, impressed me.

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Mark Worthington · Mar 16, 2026, 11:42 PM

Interactive Sky · Mar 16, 2026, 10:31 PM

📷 2025-12-11-0614_1-CapObj_lapl3_ap2_processed_2_22.jpeg2025-12-11-0614_1-CapObj_lapl3_ap2_processed_2_22.jpegHere is my try using 5x barlow. I have a 5’’ F/5 Newt and a ZWO ASI662MC camera. The image was cropped. So, actually, you could even try 5x Barlow. Hope this helps.

130pds? I also have that scope. I bought it a few days ago. My initial visual observation, impressed me.

No, this is NexStar SLT130. But it works amazing too.

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Carlos Trujillo avatar

📷 JúpiterJúpiterHola, yo uso un newton de 200 mm f/4 con barlow x3 y cámara Asi120mm-c, montura eq6r-pro y filtros RGB, mi consejo es que uses barlow x2 o x3, ganancia mínima, entre 0 y 50, y adecuar la exposición a esa ganancia, no vas tener muchos frames supongo, pero hay drama, con unos 90 o 120 segundos de video suficiente para un buen material, si puedes hacer más videos y usar winjupos, mejor, y usar monocrómatica con filtros sería lo ideal. Saludos

https://app.astrobin.com/i/2hjmqs/

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