
I have my eye on a couple of other cheap refractors on Craigslist and Offerup both 900mm FL, one a 60mm and the other a 70mm, that should increase image scale and quality significantly. I used Jerry Lodriguss's instructions for planetary DSLR imaging and they worked a treat. Original image is 1345 x 1457and looks good at that resolution, the t1i in 5x live view mode records 944圆32 4.69 micron pixels for 1.38 arcseconds per pixel at 700mm focal length. When I got the refractor someone had put the objective in backwards and really cranked down on the locking ring and the images were awful, after careful cleaning and proper reassembly it does a fairly creditable job. I have larger/better scopes and a proper planetary camera but was interested to see what I could get out of this old long(ish) focus very basic refractor and my now nearly obsolete DSLR. I took some individual full frame shots after the video was done recording and they were just about awful. Seeing was not very good, it wasn't "bottom of the pool" bad but I have seen much better.


Final image stitching done in Microsoft ICE with curves and resizing in Gimpshop. New default settings to maximize space on the canvas Shortcuts similar to the ones in Photoshop for.

#GIMPSHOP REVIEWS PATCH#
My t1i that's getting a bit long in the tooth set up to record with APT in 5x live view mode at prime focus, 6 panels of 2000 frames each, best 75 percent aligned and stacked in Autostakkert! and then wavelet sharpened in Registax. A patch for optimizing GIMP 2.10+ for Adobe Photoshop users, including features like: Tool organization to mimic the position of Adobe Photoshop New Python filters installed by default, such as 'heal selection' New Splash Screen. Meade RB-60 60mm x 700mm refractor OTA I got for a couple of bucks at a yard sale mounted on an iOptron Cube Pro.
