Planets - post your shots

[Jeff WX1USN]

Jupiter taken with my 127mm Maksutov with 2x Barlow

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

Saturn

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

Mercury crossing the sun, the little dot in the lower left

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Jupiter taken with my 127mm Maksutov with 2x Barlow

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Jeff, how many shots did you take for this image?

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

Jeff, how many shots did you take for this image?

to tell you the truth I don't remember but it was with my ZWO ASI174 I think, I didn't save the raw files

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

to tell you the truth I don't remember but it was with my ZWO ASI174 I think, I didn't save the raw files

Okay, but how many would you say are needed for an image like that?

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

Depends on the atmosphere how steady it is. you might get away with 10 shots stacked. Like with the sun I often try to take at least 200 shots or more and stack the best 50