This was captured with my Sky-Watcher Flextube 250P Dobsonian and processed using AutoStakkert and RegiStax. Still learning planetary processing, but I’m pretty happy with the amount of detail that came out.
Equipment
- Telescope: Sky-Watcher Flextube 250P (10” Dobsonian)
- Camera: ZWO ASI678MC
- Capture software: SharpCap
- Mount: Manual Dobsonian tracking
Capture Settings
- Exposure: 5 ms
- Gain: 70
- Frames captured: 1000
- ROI: 3840 × 2160
Stacking (AutoStakkert!)
- Image stabilization: Planet
- Quality estimator: Gradient
- Alignment point size: 56
- Noise robust: 4
- Minimum brightness: 30
- Normalize stack: 75
- Drizzle: Off
- Stack percentage: 10%
Post Processing (RegiStax)
- Increased contrast and decreased brightness
- Wavelet sharpening using layers 1–4 with light denoise to avoid grain
Would appreciate tips on how tips on how to improve. Thanks!
by HarkenTo45