2023 ended with 55 observatory imaging sessions, slightly above the goal of 50 set one year ago. The goal this year is 60 imaging sessions.
2024 started well Monday evening in the cold with a Jupiter imaging session.
seeing was average, transparency was poor, best focus really wasn’t great.
The next piece of kit is looking more and more like a rack and pinion remote focuser that is ascom capable, so that sharpcap can do the focus itself. For this shot I ROI’d into Europa and Io and ramped up the gain and exposure and focussed on them. Then back to the 800×800 pixels that I normally aim for.
I am also trying out not to autostakkert! drizzle x1.5 as yes, the images get bigger by interpolated pixels, but they are also softer and more out of focus looking.