The moon on Jan 17th, 2016

As I was looking how to optimize the stacking of frames from .AVI movies I retried the free software RegiStax6. Last time the use was too difficult for me but today i found some more time to practice.
The result below is a shot from the moon on Jan 17th, 2016 taken with camere ASI224MC on Dobson Orion XT12. The result was finished using CS4.

After stacking with RegiStax 6

After stacking with RegiStax6 and editing using CS4

Jupiter with all four moons

On March 25th, I took some movie shots using the ASI224MC camera set on my dobson Orion XT12". The movies .avi format were stacked using autostakkert. See results this blog yesterday. Today I used the free software RegiStax 6 to stack the frames. The picture .tiff was edited using CS4.

The result is show below with Jupiter and his big 4 moons.

Alfa ORI - Betelgeuze

Trying to make a picture of the red giant Betelgeuze using my dobson Orion XT12" with ASI224MC. I like the result after stacking the frames using autostakkert!2.5.1.18 and modifying the pictures with CS4.

Orion Nebula M42 using ASI224MC

Refining my skills in using the ASI224MC camera. This time observation was done using my dobson Orion XT12" with direct use of the ZWO camera. Sharp Cap 2.8 was used to capture movies from ASI224MC camera. Afterwards frames are stacked using Autostakkert! and pictures are modified and edited with CS4.

Results show good colors and details. Remember this is all without guiding telescoop :)

Jupiter ASI224MC

Clear sky on March 25th and time to observe Jupiter. Using my Dobson Orion XT12" with ZWO Camera ASI224MC result in tens of AVI movies. Those are stacked using Autostackert! 2.5.1.18 and pictures are modified using CS4.
Pictures shows aswell three Jupiter moon Europa, Io and Callisto. Different banners are clearly visible on Jupiter's "surface".

March Equinox

This morning at 5h30 start of spring 2016.

Starparty Langdorp March12th

On March12th, 2016, more then 25 locations in Belgium will be hosting a starparty. This national event is organised by VVS. In my region Langdorp (Aarschot) will be the one to get into contact as from 19h00.
See also Star Party Langdorp - Aarschot