Hi Pete, glad to see you back… was starting to get worried… ;-) Another fine video! I am setup again, just waiting for the weather to co-operate. I had been looking forward to seeing how the lunar live stacking functions… and you have whet my appetite, can’t wait to give it a try! Thanks again for posting your findings! It also looks like the SVbony IR pass filter is worth a punt!
Hi James, Great to hear from you. The weather! Tonight on the Island, it is partly cloudy with a first quarter Moon. Excellent, I thought, a bit of lunar live stacking. Nope, its blowing a gale outside!!! 😒 I hope the weather in your neck of the woods is more cooperative. 😊 I like to hang out on The SkySearchers forum, and the Solar and Lunar observers were posting some great images and information. They are a friendly bunch, and were always ready to help. So, I thought I would give SharpCap's Lunar/Solar Live Stacking a go, and it is amazing! The IR Pass filter came about because I reconfigured my telescope to allow me to place a 2-inch filter in the optics train. It was an on the cheap configuration, made up of bits of adapters I had in my "astro box" 😊 I was using an old SkyWatcher Moon and Sky Glow filter (that works really well) and read about reducing the effects of seeing with an IR Pass filter. I thought I would dip my toe in the water with the SVBONY filter. I'm glad I did! The filter worked for me and when combined with the wavelet processing in SharpCap the viewing was incredible. Bring on the planets! 😊 Let me know what you think of the live stacking, when weather permits. Have fun. Pete
Watching your channel Pete has started my journey into EAA, I have a 6inch celestron goto, brought the celestron motor focuser ,download cpwi and Ascom, brought an altair astro cam. I did not get into this hobby until i retired last year and moved to Norfolk (Bortle 4) area. love just looking up.I also brought the Dwarf smart telescope to view distance galaxies, I have been very impressed with the results. Ive really enjoyed visual through my goto telescope, and now i have expectations with EAA. Bye the way we have visited the Isle of White several times, absolutely a lovely island. keep posting Pete, enjoy your channel .
Hi Colin, Great to read about your journey into EAA. The smart telescopes are very impressive. You just have to look around the forums to see how good the views are through these integrated setups. Your C6 scope sounds perfect for EAA. I'm pleased that the channel has given you at least some inspiration to start EAA. I hope the weather was good when you visited "The Island" and the ferry companies didn't relieve you of too much cash! 😊 It is a nice part of the world, and just like you, my skies are currently Bortle 4. Have fun exploring the night sky. Pete
Doug!!! Thank you. It's all down to the main man, Robin Glover. Being able to live stack solar system and deep sky objects from one software application is amazing.
Hi, thank you for watching. That's a good question. Obviously, there is the immediacy of live stacking. You get a nice stable view, of in this case the Moon. That allows you to explore a region in greater detail than you can visually, but also in real time. The live stacked image is a living entity. Longer stacking does not always mean a better result. I don't store the raw frames, instead I capture an "as seen" image when I'm happy with what I'm seeing i.e. the image is sharp and the noise is controlled by the stacking process and noise reduction. Processing later, should give better results as you can choose what frames you want to stack and you can repeat the process as many times as you like to get the ultimate image from the data. Personally, I enjoy the live views and the on the fly tweaking of the image. Others might prefer a more capture then process structure to their observing. It's really down to what an individual finds fun, and of course live stacking and saving the raw frames gives you the best of both world 😊 Have fun. Pete
Hi Pete, glad to see you back… was starting to get worried… ;-) Another fine video! I am setup again, just waiting for the weather to co-operate. I had been looking forward to seeing how the lunar live stacking functions… and you have whet my appetite, can’t wait to give it a try! Thanks again for posting your findings! It also looks like the SVbony IR pass filter is worth a punt!
Hi James,
Great to hear from you. The weather! Tonight on the Island, it is partly cloudy with a first quarter Moon. Excellent, I thought, a bit of lunar live stacking. Nope, its blowing a gale outside!!! 😒 I hope the weather in your neck of the woods is more cooperative. 😊
I like to hang out on The SkySearchers forum, and the Solar and Lunar observers were posting some great images and information. They are a friendly bunch, and were always ready to help. So, I thought I would give SharpCap's Lunar/Solar Live Stacking a go, and it is amazing! The IR Pass filter came about because I reconfigured my telescope to allow me to place a 2-inch filter in the optics train. It was an on the cheap configuration, made up of bits of adapters I had in my "astro box" 😊 I was using an old SkyWatcher Moon and Sky Glow filter (that works really well) and read about reducing the effects of seeing with an IR Pass filter. I thought I would dip my toe in the water with the SVBONY filter. I'm glad I did! The filter worked for me and when combined with the wavelet processing in SharpCap the viewing was incredible. Bring on the planets! 😊
Let me know what you think of the live stacking, when weather permits.
Have fun.
Pete
Watching your channel Pete has started my journey into EAA, I have a 6inch celestron goto, brought the celestron motor focuser ,download cpwi and Ascom, brought an altair astro cam.
I did not get into this hobby until i retired last year and moved to Norfolk (Bortle 4) area. love just looking up.I also brought the Dwarf smart telescope to view distance galaxies, I have been very impressed with the results.
Ive really enjoyed visual through my goto telescope, and now i have expectations with EAA.
Bye the way we have visited the Isle of White several times, absolutely a lovely island.
keep posting Pete, enjoy your channel .
Hi Colin, Great to read about your journey into EAA. The smart telescopes are very impressive. You just have to look around the forums to see how good the views are through these integrated setups. Your C6 scope sounds perfect for EAA. I'm pleased that the channel has given you at least some inspiration to start EAA.
I hope the weather was good when you visited "The Island" and the ferry companies didn't relieve you of too much cash! 😊 It is a nice part of the world, and just like you, my skies are currently Bortle 4.
Have fun exploring the night sky.
Pete
whoa… love this Pete!!!
Doug!!! Thank you. It's all down to the main man, Robin Glover. Being able to live stack solar system and deep sky objects from one software application is amazing.
@@Xio2011 He should win the Lifetime EAA Achievement Award!
Awesome video. What do you see as the benefits of live stacking versus processing later?
Hi, thank you for watching. That's a good question.
Obviously, there is the immediacy of live stacking. You get a nice stable view, of in this case the Moon. That allows you to explore a region in greater detail than you can visually, but also in real time. The live stacked image is a living entity. Longer stacking does not always mean a better result. I don't store the raw frames, instead I capture an "as seen" image when I'm happy with what I'm seeing i.e. the image is sharp and the noise is controlled by the stacking process and noise reduction.
Processing later, should give better results as you can choose what frames you want to stack and you can repeat the process as many times as you like to get the ultimate image from the data.
Personally, I enjoy the live views and the on the fly tweaking of the image. Others might prefer a more capture then process structure to their observing. It's really down to what an individual finds fun, and of course live stacking and saving the raw frames gives you the best of both world 😊
Have fun.
Pete
@@Xio2011 Thanks!! Great explanation. I do enjoy immediate gratification with most things!! I'll give it a try.