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Copernicus, 22 Jan 2013, Mac-native LPI capture, David Dearden

Copernicus, 22 Jan 2013, Mac-native LPI capture

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Description

First try at going Mac-native for capture with the LPI camera. I’m not sure I’m not losing something in the conversion from Quicktime to AVI; this looks a little pixelated. But I loved being able to run the camera Mac-native. The StarTools contrast module brought a lot of structure out in the lava plains of the Ocean of Storms. I’ll want to play with that some more in the future.

Date: 22 Jan 2013

Subject: Copernicus and surroundings

Scope: AT8IN, 3x Barlow (f/12, 2400 mm)

Mount: CG-5

Guiding: PHD

Camera: Meade LPI

Acquisition: BTV with Sonix drivers (Mac-native)

Exposure: ~120 s 20 fps Quicktime

Stacking: Convert to AVI with MPEG Streamclip (jpgb codec), Registax 6, automatic alignpoint selection, best 100 frames/alignpoint

Processing: Registax 6 wavelets; StarTools crop, rotate 180°, Contrast, Sharpen; CS6 Astronomy Tools Astro Frame.

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Copernicus, 22 Jan 2013, Mac-native LPI capture, David Dearden