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Mercury Transit
Mercury Transit
Tim W.
Laurie J. Wood
March 22, 1967 - August 23, 2019
Forever in my memory. Forever in my heart.
Scope: 8" Celestron SCT on an AVX equatorial mount
Solar Scope: Lunt Solar System 60 mm Double-Stacked H-Alpha
Solar Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI174mm monochrome
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MC-Cool
Autoguide: PHD2
Image Capturing: SharpCap
DebayerIng: PIPP
Planetary Stacking: Autostakkert
Planetary Post Processing: Registax
Deep Sky Stacking: Deep Sky Stacker
Deep Sky Post Processing: Photoshop
Laurie J. Wood
March 22, 1967 - August 23, 2019
Forever in my memory. Forever in my heart.
Scope: 8" Celestron SCT on an AVX equatorial mount
Solar Scope: Lunt Solar System 60 mm Double-Stacked H-Alpha
Solar Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI174mm monochrome
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MC-Cool
Autoguide: PHD2
Image Capturing: SharpCap
DebayerIng: PIPP
Planetary Stacking: Autostakkert
Planetary Post Processing: Registax
Deep Sky Stacking: Deep Sky Stacker
Deep Sky Post Processing: Photoshop
Re: Mercury Transit
Excellent, Tim!
"The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens." - Anaxagoras
Re: Mercury Transit
Wow..great shot.
Roger
Roger
Roger M.
Celestron CPC1100 EDGE, Stellarvue 130T refractor dual mounted on iOptron CEM120 on permanent pier mounted in Observatory. Imaging camera ZWO ASI2600 OSC, guide camera Lodestar or ZWO ASI290MM.
Celestron CPC1100 EDGE, Stellarvue 130T refractor dual mounted on iOptron CEM120 on permanent pier mounted in Observatory. Imaging camera ZWO ASI2600 OSC, guide camera Lodestar or ZWO ASI290MM.
Re: Mercury Transit
Hi Tim,
Your resolution is many times better than I achieved in RI. Wondering how much of the difference is associated with good seeing in the warmth of Florida. And how much is associated with your superior scope and camera.
Pete
Your resolution is many times better than I achieved in RI. Wondering how much of the difference is associated with good seeing in the warmth of Florida. And how much is associated with your superior scope and camera.
Pete
Pete P.
Re: Mercury Transit
Pete,
That image is a result of numerous still images stacked and post processed. Id love to see any images you have.
That image is a result of numerous still images stacked and post processed. Id love to see any images you have.
Tim W.
Laurie J. Wood
March 22, 1967 - August 23, 2019
Forever in my memory. Forever in my heart.
Scope: 8" Celestron SCT on an AVX equatorial mount
Solar Scope: Lunt Solar System 60 mm Double-Stacked H-Alpha
Solar Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI174mm monochrome
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MC-Cool
Autoguide: PHD2
Image Capturing: SharpCap
DebayerIng: PIPP
Planetary Stacking: Autostakkert
Planetary Post Processing: Registax
Deep Sky Stacking: Deep Sky Stacker
Deep Sky Post Processing: Photoshop
Laurie J. Wood
March 22, 1967 - August 23, 2019
Forever in my memory. Forever in my heart.
Scope: 8" Celestron SCT on an AVX equatorial mount
Solar Scope: Lunt Solar System 60 mm Double-Stacked H-Alpha
Solar Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI174mm monochrome
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MC-Cool
Autoguide: PHD2
Image Capturing: SharpCap
DebayerIng: PIPP
Planetary Stacking: Autostakkert
Planetary Post Processing: Registax
Deep Sky Stacking: Deep Sky Stacker
Deep Sky Post Processing: Photoshop
Re: Mercury Transit
Wow! Good thought Tim. Because I was looking for a sequential run, video was rejected in favor of single frames triggered automatically every 15 minutes. And I did clean them up in PS using the Equalize function to improve planet contrast.
I'd only briefly considered running a minute of video every 15 minutes and then running it thru Registax. Seemed like too much work. But you're right - there'd be much more processing but probably a much cleaner image.
Next time, eh?
Pete
I'd only briefly considered running a minute of video every 15 minutes and then running it thru Registax. Seemed like too much work. But you're right - there'd be much more processing but probably a much cleaner image.
Next time, eh?
Pete
Pete P.
Re: Mercury Transit
I was taking 100 frame AVI's every 5 minutes until the clouds got in the way. I set my stacking software to only use the best 50 frames in the final image. I was hoping to make a composite image of Mercury's entire journey across the sun but alas, it was not meant to be. I will attempt in the coming days to make a composite image of the transit portion I was able to capture before clouds rolled in.
Tim W.
Laurie J. Wood
March 22, 1967 - August 23, 2019
Forever in my memory. Forever in my heart.
Scope: 8" Celestron SCT on an AVX equatorial mount
Solar Scope: Lunt Solar System 60 mm Double-Stacked H-Alpha
Solar Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI174mm monochrome
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MC-Cool
Autoguide: PHD2
Image Capturing: SharpCap
DebayerIng: PIPP
Planetary Stacking: Autostakkert
Planetary Post Processing: Registax
Deep Sky Stacking: Deep Sky Stacker
Deep Sky Post Processing: Photoshop
Laurie J. Wood
March 22, 1967 - August 23, 2019
Forever in my memory. Forever in my heart.
Scope: 8" Celestron SCT on an AVX equatorial mount
Solar Scope: Lunt Solar System 60 mm Double-Stacked H-Alpha
Solar Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI174mm monochrome
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MC-Cool
Autoguide: PHD2
Image Capturing: SharpCap
DebayerIng: PIPP
Planetary Stacking: Autostakkert
Planetary Post Processing: Registax
Deep Sky Stacking: Deep Sky Stacker
Deep Sky Post Processing: Photoshop
Re: Mercury Transit
Here is a still image from my raw AVI file.
Tim W.
Laurie J. Wood
March 22, 1967 - August 23, 2019
Forever in my memory. Forever in my heart.
Scope: 8" Celestron SCT on an AVX equatorial mount
Solar Scope: Lunt Solar System 60 mm Double-Stacked H-Alpha
Solar Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI174mm monochrome
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MC-Cool
Autoguide: PHD2
Image Capturing: SharpCap
DebayerIng: PIPP
Planetary Stacking: Autostakkert
Planetary Post Processing: Registax
Deep Sky Stacking: Deep Sky Stacker
Deep Sky Post Processing: Photoshop
Laurie J. Wood
March 22, 1967 - August 23, 2019
Forever in my memory. Forever in my heart.
Scope: 8" Celestron SCT on an AVX equatorial mount
Solar Scope: Lunt Solar System 60 mm Double-Stacked H-Alpha
Solar Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI174mm monochrome
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MC-Cool
Autoguide: PHD2
Image Capturing: SharpCap
DebayerIng: PIPP
Planetary Stacking: Autostakkert
Planetary Post Processing: Registax
Deep Sky Stacking: Deep Sky Stacker
Deep Sky Post Processing: Photoshop