Hi Mike,

Here is my crack at processing your excellent Jupiter images.....


First Note....
this was a little bit of a challenge as the blue channel -Jupiter has rotated a significant amount compared to the Red and Green Channels. This accounts for the difficult color balancing of this image.


I first started out in Maxim DL,
using DDP Kernal Low Pass filter
or you can also use
Mild FFT Low pass 5% cutoff, with 50% weight mask

next in Maxim DL
Local adaptive filter, Radius 9 and Contrast 2
Next
Convert all three to Grey scale images,
align in MaximDL via align command, or align during Combining,
Combine RGB 1:1:1 ratio, Auto correlation, for aligning.
Realign Color Planes to tweak the blue channel into its proper place.

Save as RGB, .tif

Go to Adobe PS, adjust color balance, and levels, save as Jup_RGB1

Go to Registax 4 run thru wavelet filter, use Linear, (Not Gaussian) tweak middle wavelet slider slightly.

Adjust brightness and contrast and
save as Jup_RGB2,
Go to a Adobe and choose filter, despeckle .1, save as Jup_RGB2

Luminance Layer the RGB1 and RGB2 in ADOBE with RGB2 as background and RGB1 as Layer. Tweak % on both to get a happy medium in sharpness and softness.

I tried Deconvolusion and was not happy with the result, so I stuck with the above process.

I tried many versions, but this is what I finally decided on.

Mike,
Thanks for the opportunity to play with such excellent Data...I rarely get seeing this good in Ohio, so thanks for the good time.

You truely are the "Planet Master"!!!!

Attached Images

Jup_ICE_Chumack6.jpg (104.6 KB, 30 views)

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Best Regards,
John Chumack
The Chumack Observatories
MPC 838 Dayton Research Station
MPC H66 Yellow Springs Research Station
www.galacticimages.com