Astrophotography: Planetary Imaging Workshop with Mars!

Get hands-on with FireCapture, Autostakkert, Registax and Photoshop to produce a sharp image of Mars, using real data!

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English
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150
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1 hour
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Nov 2020
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$49.99
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What you will learn

Capturing videos of the planets with FireCapture

Evaluating, aligning, and stacking frames with AutoStakkert!

Wavelet sharpening with Registax

Applying final touches in Photoshop

Tips and tricks for acquiring the highest quality planetary image data

Description

Welcome to Planetary Imaging 101: Processing Mars!

My name is Frank Kane, and I've spent years refining the art of planetary astrophotography. Even from light-polluted suburban skies, creating stunning images of Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars is something anyone can do with the right equipment and the right techniques.

Figuring out how to capture and process planetary images is a daunting task for beginners; there are specific techniques for capturing the best data, and processing it involves a hodgepodge of software including AutoStakkert, RegiStax, and Photoshop. Finding good information on how to do it properly can be challenging. This course will show you how it all fits together, and how to create images of the planets you'll be proud of and that will impress your friends.

We'll start with some background on how "lucky imaging" techniques work, and the equipment you need to do it. Then we'll go hands-on, and I'll show you how to capture data using FireCapture, how to align and stack it with AutoStakkert, how to sharpen it with Registax, and how to put the finishing touches on your image in Photoshop. If you want to follow along, we provide 1.7 GB of sample data of Mars so you can process the image yourself and learn by doing.

If you know your way around a telescope but are new to planetary imaging, this course is for you - and even if you've done planetary imaging before, you might pick up a few new tips and tricks. There are a lot of things you learn through trial and error, and I'll share them with you so you don't have to learn them the hard way.

Thanks for checking out this course - let's get started, and capture the wonder of our solar system together.

Content

Getting Ready to Image

Introduction to Planetary Imaging and Lucky Imaging
Planetary Imaging Gear, Collimation, and Planning
Focusing Tips, Software Installation, and Getting your Sample Mars Data

Planetary Image Capture

Capturing Planet Videos with FireCapture

Planetary Image Processing - Hands On!

Selecting Frames, Aligning, and Stacking Planetary Data with AutoStakkert!
Sharpening, rotating, and edge rind processing with RegiStax
Final Planetary Image Touches with Photoshop

Learning More

Bonus Lecture: Learn deep sky image processing with Frank

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Ayaz
December 23, 2020
This is a smooth learning curve that goes at the perfect pace. It was neither too long or too short. I learnt a lot and was able to comprehend and learn every step of the way. For beginners with a bit of experience, this is an awesome tutorial.

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