Jupiter 1 - First Jupiter Stack

I've finally managed to get a half decent shot of the gas giant Jupiter. It's an alright shot I think, given the circumstances. I was at home, in the middle of the city when I took the video for the stack. It will be interesting to see the difference between a light polluted photo and one taken in good seeing conditions.

Still, it can only get better from here.

OTA: 120mm Achromatic Refractor with 2x Barlow + 3x ED Barlow

Camera: Nikon D3100 14.2mp

Mount: CG-4 mount with motor drives

Exposures: 1

Exposure: 18sec AVI video

ISO: 100

Lunar 7 - Moon Sandwich

I didn't realise it before but the images I stitched together make great photos themselves.
With a little extra sharpening and for your enjoyment, here they are;

OTA: 120mm Achromatic Refractor

Camera: Nikon D3100 14.2mp

Mount: CG-4 mount

Exposures: 12

Exposure: 1/30sec approx

ISO: 100

OTA: 120mm Achromatic Refractor

Camera: Nikon D3100 14.2mp

Mount: CG-4 mount

Exposures: 12

Exposure: 1/30sec approx

ISO: 100

I've got to say, although Registax is dealing with much of the chromatic aberration, I'm getting some very nice results with my Celestron achromat. I've got to big up the William Optics focuser too, of course.

Lunar 6 - Success with Registax 6

I think I've finally made my peace with Registax 6 and I'm getting some decent results! Had really great seeing conditions in Cork last night and thanks to my new WO crayford on my scope I could finally get things in amazing focus.

This image is a mozaic of two stacked AVI videos at around four seconds each. Stacked in Registax and stitched together and colour corrected in Photoshop.

OTA: 120mm Achromatic Refractor

Camera: Nikon D3100 14.2mp

Mount: CG-4 mount

Exposures: 24

Exposure: 1/30sec approx

ISO: 100