As a seasoned amateur astromer for almost 60 years, I'm completely blown away by the clarity of your images from a balcony. It must be very rigid and stable.
Thanks!, Although the conditions for photographing planets from a balcony are sometimes difficult, there are many benefits of easy access. I enjoy planetary photography as my life's work.
Having had a go at planetary images myself (using a Evo 8 EdgeHD), I appreciate the time, patience and detail work needed to obtain these pristine images! Thanks for posting, I really enjoyed seeing these great planets up nice and close.
Amazing video, I do deep space imaging but planetary imaging has always been a tough one for me. Your choice of music is fantastic too, do you remember what the track title is at 3:21 mark?
Thanks!, The BGM from 2:33 is below. The title is "夕陽に羽ばたく心(yuuhinihabatakukokoro):The heart that flaps in the setting sun ". amachamusic.chagasi.com/music_yuuhinihabatakukokoro.html
I subscribed just because I like your setup.. and finished the video because of the planetary images. I appreciate seeing what it looks like before and after processing as well as the mono/color comparison.
Thanks!, I think that the LRGB(mono+color) method, which combines high-resolution monochrome and color information, is the best method for planetary photography.
@@SuperRbstar I agree. As convenient as a color sensor can be, monochrome sensors make more efficient use of the available photons by doing without the Bayer matrix. I chose to go the with mono and Baader LRGB + "ultra-narrowband" filters since I live just south of NYC. Currently been using my wide-field refractor more but I love using my SCT. Before summer I plan to be better prepared to to image planets once more. I can never get enough of Jupiter and Saturn.
Very nice video and images. Your passion for astrophotography has lead to something both scientific and artistic that millions can enjoy. Thank you for sharing your efforts with us.
Thank you for your wonderful comment. I'm uploading it to RU-vid because I want people to know the excitement of being able to capture so much detail with an amateur telescope.
Great photos - they make a monumental impression! It's really worth spending a few hours at the telescope and then at the computer to get such results. Way to go! Congratulations.
It amazes me how much technology has progressed, get a book from the 80s even the 90s professional observatory’s with 100plus inch scopes couldn’t get images as sharp as those, you’ve really done amazing work
Thanks!, Video digital planetary photography has become possible to obtain ultra-high resolution planetary images by image processing technology. This is unthinkable in the silver halide film era. I am grateful for the evolution of image processing technology.
Thanks!, When I see a planet shaking in its atmosphere, I can clearly see that we live on a planet with an atmosphere. If we went to a world without an atmosphere, we would be able to photograph planets in even more detail.
I’ve got a 12” Meade OTA. My favorite target is Saturn. I do a LOT of community outreach. And EVERYBODY’s favorite is always Saturn. One time I even had NASA’s own Michelle Thaller come look through my scope at Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival. She came over to my truck and chatted for 20 minutes with me, my wife, and some friends. She was the scheduled speaker for the event the next night. Astronomy brings people together.
Wow! Very envious. My little cheap 90mm refractor shows rings of Saturn but no details, bands of Jupiter buy no detail and Mars is just a red dot. But still, just seeing these planets in realtime is awe inspiring. Rock on.
Super Fantastic 👌 such fine detail captured with your C14 telescope 🔭 i only have the Celestron Nexstar Evolution 9.25" telescope......great work indeed :)
@@SuperRbstar oh yes i know but it also depends on on seeing conditions. Observations from where i is pretty poor, it's always cloudy and rainy in a very heavy light polluted area. Here are some of my captures... Moon capture in Monochrome ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5MrMgiERAC0.html Garnet Star ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bfHgy-RZ6m4.html Planet Mercury ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f-rRqodMCz0.html planet Venus ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DS0KdNvVo1E.html planet Jupiter ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u-StujJjU7s.html Solar observations part 1 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jdB9yKtOeQs.html Solar observations part 2 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-quNR5hDVRUc.html Star Capella ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MH2bWhnmEaI.html
This is amazing! You took them on your balcony in the city? This is incredible, i Never thought something like that would be possible. I‘m just getting (a bit) back into the hobby, I purchased a ZWO seestar s50. Can’t wait to doo some DSI… 😁👍
I wish I'd have a friend like you with such great equipment and capabilities. Unfortunately I can't afford it to buy a professional telescope and do all the work on the computer. Thanks for your enthusiasm and sharing with us 🙏🏻
Mon C14 est un modèle de 1988 que j'ai acheté d'occasion, et le revêtement se décolle et il n'est pas en bon état, mais lorsque je l'ajuste et prends une photo, je peux capturer la résolution de l'ouverture. merci.
i kinna was hoping it would come out sharper than that, for a c14? i jus bought a 25 year old used c8 for 600, came with a barlow, t-ring an adap, a 40 mil an a 16mil, still kinna new at this, but been in photography lot longer an really got it for that, and the eclipse, is this straight to yr lap top or u using a dslr at all?
Thanks!, I think it's the same even if it was a used car from 25 years ago. I believe that a digital single-lens reflex camera is not suitable for photographing planets. I think a CMOS camera for planetary photography is good.
Another set of amazing shots here. Can't wait to see the results now Jupiter and Saturn are getting higher. Have you tried Uranus or Neptune yet? I'll wager they will come out nicely.
My 2021 season hasn't started yet. Japan has entered the rainy season, and it seems that it will be a while before we shoot Saturn and Jupiter. Unfortunately, Uranus and Neptune are out of scope for me.
@@SuperRbstar I understand. I lived on the 10th floor once too. Light pollution was very bad. But i managed to find Neptune once when it was right next to Venus. Maybe one day you will be lucky and be able to find one of them.
Wow ! I call your images NASA grade ! It's really amazing ! With my setup i can just kinda make out the red spot and the entirety of the major cloud bands
@@SuperRbstar I mean we amateur astrophotographers and astronomers hete are limited to the atmosphereric wobbling. That's why i am impressed you can eaven get such images. I am sure that people wouldn't differ your and online images. It's just that awesome ! It's a pitty powerful telescopes cost far mor in money. My already costed 189€. Can't imagine the cost of the camera and telescope
Thanks!, The effects of atmospheric fluctuations can now be overcome to a large extent using video digital techniques. The aperture determines how much detail of the planet can be captured. A telescope with a large aperture will cost more, but you have no choice but to look for a telescope with high cost performance. I arrived at the answer of a used Schmidt-Cassegrain.
Thanks!, I use Japanese free software music. amachamusic.chagasi.com/ Music title for each planet sarurn:tengokunoniwa jupiter:yuuhinihabatakukokoro mars: natsukashiihuzei
Great pics!! Is this how Jupiter is actually seen through the scope, or is it a flipped image. This is the first time I am seeing the Great Red Spot in the northern hemisphere. Even the pics by various NASA probes shows the spot in the southern hemisphere.
Thanks!, Japan, where I live, is in the northern hemisphere, and when I look at the planet with an astronomical telescope, I see the south above. My planet image is south up.
I have a question as a newbie... I live in an apartment as well, and want to fix a Celestron on my balcony. The problem is I cannot have a wild field of view to capture everything around me. How do you handle this ?
In my case, I am doing LRGB composition (monochrome + color) using both high resolution 290MM monochrome and color information acquisition 462MC, so I need both. If you don't want LRGB compositing, we recommend the 462MC color camera.
Thanks!, ASI462MC is more sensitive than ASI224MC. The sensitivity is very high in the infrared region, but it is also slightly high in the visible light region. Since July 2020, the ASI462MC has been the main color CMOS camera.
@@SuperRbstar I assume the way you do your LRGB, the fact that the 462 and the 290 have the same pixel size and chip size simplifies the processing. But if you use an IR-cut filter, the extra infrared sensitivity is not apparent, I suspect. I have the 224MC but I am not sure it is worth upgrading. The 224MC really does have zero amp-glow so it is useful for longer exposures also. Have you tested for amp-glow on the 462?
@@douglassmith1215 The pixel size is different between ASI462MC and ASI224MC, but it is matched to the size of ASI290MM on the software when performing LRGB composition. I am using an infrared cut filter when capturing the ASI290MM and ASI462MC. I believe that both monochrome and color CMOS cameras can express the correct colors of the planet by shooting in the visible light region. I haven't tested Ampglow because I only shoot planets.
Do you install your C14 every (imaging) nights, or is it a fixed installation? If so, how do you protect it from rain and all? I’m also imaging from a balcony in a city and seeing you are using a C14 is making me wondering if I shouldn’t invest...
Thanks!, My C14 is fixed to the edge of the balcony. When not in use, it is covered with a plastic bag and a bike cover. It also receives sunlight, rain, and snow. I don't think I can invest any more on my small balcony.
@@stephanegrosjean4990 Thanks!, I am using Clayford Focuser. I use my own step motor controller to focus while visually observing on the PC monitor screen.
Thanks!, The BGM from 2:33 is below. The title is "夕陽に羽ばたく心(yuuhinihabatakukokoro):The heart that flaps in the setting sun ". amachamusic.chagasi.com/music_yuuhinihabatakukokoro.html
@@SuperRbstar oh I see. Is that the same for Saturn etc? The end images look too perfect, almost like they're over processed. Almost animated. Is that from the software? I'm talking about all the images I've seen, not just these.
@@richandkidarcheryandoutdoo4372 Thanks!,Saturn is also a gas planet. If conditions are good, craters may be visible on Mars. Whether the image processing is overdone is a matter of personal judgment.
Thanks!, Seeing in Japan is not so good by global standards. However, the planetary image by moving image processing has become much more detailed than the planetary image of a decade ago. I will do my best in the future.
@@McLOVIN..... Compré mi C14 de segunda mano fabricado en 1988. Fue alrededor de $ 3000. En Japón, el Schmidt-Cassegrain de Celestron es aproximadamente el doble del precio de venta en los Estados Unidos. El pórtico lo hago yo mismo, y el C14 también está equipado con un ventilador y modificado.