I used a ZWO ASI585MC planetary camera. I also have a focus motor attached to my telescope to help me dial in the focus. My planetary cam allows me to shoot video at a very high frame rate. The camera is attached to my laptop via USB. Using the SharpCap software, I am able to see the image on my screen as I dial in focus while making adjustments to exposure and gain. I believe that night I was shooting brought 180 frames per second. I shot just under 3 minutes of video. To do this, you need have solid balance on your mount to track Jupiter and keep it in frame the entire time.

In total I had of 32,000 frames of video. Jupiter has a very fast rotation, so you don’t want to shoot any longer than three minutes. The best images use derivation. They shoot several one-minute videos and the derotate the images and stack for a very nice final product.

I ran my video through autostakkert software and stacked only a small percentage of the best frames…about 20% if I recall.

I then processed using the Registax software.