Home AAL Activities Trips Astronomy News Astrophotography Moon Mercury Venus Mars 2020 Images 2018 Images 2016 Images 2014 Images 2012 Images 2010 Images 2007 Images 2005 Images 2003 Images Jupiter Saturn Uranus Pluto Sun Comets Eclipses Conjunctions Asteroids Stereo Images Animations Nebulae Star Clusters Wide Angle Star Fields Imaging Tips Books Chautauqua Courses Conferences Downloads Equipment Projects Favorite Links Kansas Astro Links Memberships Telescopes Wallpaper Images About Me Guestbook Site Map

ZWO ASI178MC Camera Images

Capture Notes: ZWO ASI178MC camera, unless otherwise indicated. 8 inch Meade LXD55 SCT and 3X barlow. I finally decided to retire my trusty old Philips SPC900NC web camera and start using a more modern camera designed for astrophotography. ASIStudio is being used to capture the videos.
Processing Notes: Final processing has been done using Registax version 5 for stacking, Astra Image for applying deconvolution. PhotoShop CS2 or Paint Shop Pro 9 are been used for adjusting levels, curves, and color, while Neat Image is used for digital noise removal.
Image Notes: South is down.

October 11, 2020 at 5:12 UT.

Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, and 5X barlow. Camera settings: 1/25 second exposure, brightness: 340, and gain: 174. The video resolution was set to 640x480. Binning was set to 2x2. 1200 out of 5818 frames stacked. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). The angular diameter of Mars was 22.5".

October 11, 2020 at 4:09 UT.

Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, and 3X barlow. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 340, and gain: 135. The video resolution was set to 640x480. Binning was set to 2x2. 400 out of 579 frames stacked. I aborted this video when I realised that I did not have the time limit set. It turned out to produce the best image through the 3X barlow. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). The angular diameter of Mars was 22.5".

October 8, 2020 at 6:12 UT.

Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, and 5X barlow. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 340, and gain: 226. The video resolution was set to 640x480. Binning was set to 2x2. 1500 out of 6173 frames stacked. Seeing was average (~3 out of 5). The angular diameter of Mars was 22.5".

October 8, 2020 at 5:45 UT.

Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, and 3X barlow. Camera settings: 1/40 second exposure, brightness: 340, and gain: 135. The video resolution was set to 640x480. Binning was set to 2x2. 1500 out of 6152 frames stacked. Seeing was average (~3 out of 5). The angular diameter of Mars was 22.5".