Mars 2014 ANIMATION!

Mars 2014 ANIMATION!

Using 7 processed and derotated source images from 7 different nights as seen in the labeled WinJUPOS map

Using Photoshop to feather out the seams, this map used for the final animation

A brief and related tutorial on processing Mars is here:

Akule Planetary Equipment H/W

Type: Custom Home Built Newtonian

Aperture: 356mm (14")

Focal Ratio: f/4.5 - 5x TeleVue Powermate at f/26 / 9,315mm EFL

Primary Mirror: Carl Zambuto 14" f/4.5

Camera: Point Grey Research Flea3 - FL3-FW-03S1M (monochrome)

Color Filter Wheel: True Technology UK (Tru-Tek) - SupraSlim with Visual Wide Wheel (built in diagonal)

Filters: Baader Planetarium LRGB Telescope Filter Set

Filters: Astronomik ProPlanet 742 IR-pass filter

Filters: Astrodon-Schuler UV filter

Images: http://imgur.com/a/0znBY#0

Blog: http://maphilli14.webs.com/apps/blog/?view_type=1

Akule Planetary Processing S/W

OS: Lenovo W530 (Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit)

Acquisition: Torsten Edelmann’s Firecapture

Processing: AutoStakkert 2 -> AstraImage -> WinJUPOS -> PhotoShop -> Gimp

WinJUPOS Image Measurement Tutorial

WinJUPOS Image measurement basics

http://astromaphilli14.blogspot.com/2014/02/winjupos-image-measurement-tutorial.html

Sit back and click WATCH IN HD (https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/91449?hl=en)

If you have a fast Internet connection, you can change your settings to make sure videos always play in HD qualities when they’re available:

1. Go to your Settings page
2. Select Always play HD on fullscreen (when available)
3. Click the Save button

Project homepage: http://jupos.org/

Other based tutorials: http://www.grischa-hahn.homepage.t-online.de/astro/winjupos/tutorials.htm

Navigation shortcuts: http://alpo-j.asahikawa-med.ac.jp/Latest/WinJUPOS/winjuposcuide_english.html

Keyboard operation when the position of the circle is adjusted by hand
       Arrow keys ---direction buttons for moving the outline
       PgUp ---increases the size of the outline
       PgDn ---decreases the size of the outline
       N --- rotates the outline clockwise
       P --- rotates the outline counterclockwise
       Backspace --- rotates the outline by 180 degrees

GETTING STARTED in WinJUPOS: Review ephemeris here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJf-XvVVC0c

START WATCHING NOW!

 Part 1 - Review Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mky7JvMlDHw

 Part 2 - Understanding your image orientation http://youtu.be/mky7JvMlDHw?t=1m57s

Start this one at 1min 57sec

 Part 3 - Learn to navigate the image outline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkPiKgdpcAg

 Part 4 - Tricks for more accurate measurements http://youtu.be/psdw0TPmuwA

Also you can customize your WinJUPOS texture maps here:

https://plus.google.com/photos/+MichaelAPhillips/albums/5698361559079913249

usage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTgnbzA4sGs&feature=youtu.be

Music

Artist of the track: Chris Zabriskie

Title of the track: “I Am Running Down the Long Hallway of Viewmont Elementary”

Direct URL of the track: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/I_Am_a_Man_Who_Will_Fight_for_Your_Honor/I_Am_Running_Down_the_Long_Hallway_of_Viewmont_Elementary

Link to the license terms: http://chriszabriskie.com/licensing/

Terms of the license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Notes about creation of this screencast.

WinJUPOS version 2013-12-15, 10.1.0 was used in Win7 32bit running on VirtualBox

Host OS is Ubuntu 12.04 64bit on a Lenovo W530

- Recording done with gtk-recordmydesktop

- Thumbnail talking head HD webcam and guvcview (ontop wm setting)

- Slides and overlays done with gimp

- Screen recording converted with Arista

- Video editing done in openshot

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