You will all be glad to now know that the crater in the above pic is the Gassendi crater on the edge of Mare Humorum. I had help from a group on FB to id it. Gassendi (crater) - Wikipedia and Mare Humorum - Wikipedia
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Dankie Rigil, was weg vir 'n paar dae.
M42. Ek wou kleur vang en daarom langer blootstelling. My scope is AZ-Alt opgelyn, en met langer beligting is daar beweging maar ek het darm gedink ek kan wegkom met 'n minuut. 12 Sekondes was al, daarna het ek net zig-zag strepe gekry. Hierdie foto is met registax saamgestel van 20 fotos met tussen 5 en 12 sekonde beligting maar selfs hier is die sterre kolle.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm196/Tweefo/registax2_zps9jbtdnze.jpg
At least you can make out the Trap quite clearly. 
Gisteraand se probeerslag. Ek het die scope ge-realign en die tracking is nou beter. Sukkel nog om die fokus reg te kry, maar het 'n beter stacking program gekry (Rotandstack). Omdat ek beter tracking het, is die fotos langer (± 20 sek) en daarom beter kleur. Ek kry nog beweging as die kamera se spieël op kom, maar daar is 'n manier om dit heeltyd oop te hou. Sal dit volgende keer probeer as die wolke my 'n kans gee.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm196/Tweefo/IMG_1_RGB_Min_zpsx1qwfe8t.png
Nuwe speel ding gekry, Neximage 5, maar dit was volmaan en daarom moeilik om detail te kry.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm196/Tweefo/Full%201%202017%2011_zpsjmdkixte.jpg
I think I can see Crater Zuma…
I can see Wallace & Grommit. Did they go again, or is it just pareidolia?
2:30 vm en kan nie slaap nie. Staan op en slaan teleskoop op. Hier is my eerste poging met Jupiter en die Neximage 5. Baie swak! Ek het die Icap 2.3 sagteware wat saam met Neximage gekom het gebruik. Baie gesukkel net om Jupiter in beeld te kry. Op 20% en 2592X1944 kon ek dit redelik kry maar sodra ek na hoër % gegaan het, baie moeilik. Ook, ek verstaan mens moet die video op 640X480 neem, maar kon dit nie in beeld kry nie. Enige tips Rigil? Stacking met Registax gedoen.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm196/Tweefo/3_zps0bacpe1e.jpg
Only this:
- Flip your goalposts over into a horizontal position.
- Remove both castor wheels with a socket wrench.
- Flip goalposts back into the upright position and anchor securely with tent stakes.
Seriously, I’m not familiar with the workings of Neximage at all. But if I got a shot of Jupiter like the one above, I’d be very pleased!
Rigil
A flare from a communication satellite rivals Sirius the Dog Star in magnitude.
Awesome (and in the original sense of the word, that is to say, not in the way that we tend to describe things like chocolate souffles these days.)
Not photography, exactly. I am utterly ignorant of the topic of astronomy and was very surprised to see how few large telescopes there are across the world. I always ‘knew’ that SALT was important and was pretty impressed when I visited it on an impulse a few years ago. My sense of awe of the project was probably reinforced by the consequences of camping there, in winter, without proper preparation. It turned out to be one of the coldest nights of that year and I had to ‘wear’ all my clothes on my arms and legs to stay warm. However, I have never even considered the bigger picture of how the Sutherland telescopes stacked up against the other biggies. I just found this:
You knew this was coming after the Photobucket issue. Neximage 5 webcam, stacked in Autostackkert 2 and finally processed (a bit too much I think) in Registax.
Yesterday’s image reprocessed. Somewhat less enthusiastic, not so garish. Also, what is SA’s equivalent of Radio Schack? I need to build an “electric focuser” to help with the focus. At the moment, just by touching the focus knob, sets the scope shaking, and that in turn produce a blurred image.
Mantech or RS components or Communica.
Tweefo, I may well be dead wrong on this, but the picture looks missaligned rather than out of focus. Could you perhaps send me/ link to the original video? I’d like to see what Registax does with it.