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Forum: Solar System

15-04-2013, 09:17 AM

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Saturn-15April 2013 + animation

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Posted By bird

Lovely image Allan cheers, Bird

Lovely image Allan

cheers, Bird

Forum: Solar System

14-04-2013, 09:06 AM

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Saturn, 12th April 2013

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Posted By bird

In this case I was lucky enough to have two moons...

In this case I was lucky enough to have two moons in the frame, makes things much easier!

Sadly the derotation code in winjupos doesn't handle or correct the moons, so I ended up with multiple...

Forum: Solar System

13-04-2013, 06:45 PM

Replies: 10

Saturn, 12th April 2013

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Posted By bird

Thanks all, been putting in lots of time on the...

Thanks all, been putting in lots of time on the scope, trying to get the cooling & collimation as good as I can make it.

cheers, Bird

Forum: Solar System

13-04-2013, 04:58 PM

Replies: 10

Saturn, 12th April 2013

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Posted By bird

Saturn, 12th April 2013

Here's an image of Saturn from this morning in reasonable seeing.

I've experimented with merging multiple images in WinJupos using the derotation, this result is quite good but you can still see a...

Forum: Solar System

13-04-2013, 09:16 AM

Replies: 9

Saturn April 11th nice seeing.

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Posted By bird

Super images there Trev, good luck down in...

Super images there Trev, good luck down in Adelaide...

cheers, Bird

Forum: Solar System

12-04-2013, 01:03 PM

Replies: 11

what should Saturn look like?

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Posted By bird

Hi Ray, yes that's my assumption as well, the...

Hi Ray, yes that's my assumption as well, the cassini division in particular seems easily affected by this, I guess due to the sharp edges.

We have to wait a few years, but we'll get Jupiter back...

Forum: Solar System

12-04-2013, 01:01 PM

Replies: 7

Saturn April 10th 2013

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Posted By bird

Excellent work trev, looks like the seeing is...

Excellent work trev, looks like the seeing is improving - interesting times ahead.

cheers, Bird

Forum: Solar System

12-04-2013, 01:44 AM

Replies: 9

Saturn, 10th April 2013

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Posted By bird

Thanks Mike & Trev - where were you set up Mike? ...

Thanks Mike & Trev - where were you set up Mike?

It was a great morning, unlike this one...

Forum: Solar System

11-04-2013, 06:30 PM

Replies: 9

Saturn, 10th April 2013

Views: 261

Posted By bird

Saturn, 10th April 2013

Hi all, some reasonable seeing this morning for a while, coinciding with a view of the dark vortex in the northern hemisphere.

Here are a couple of RGB images and a 2-frame animation.

ps, as...

Forum: Solar System

11-04-2013, 06:26 PM

Replies: 11

what should Saturn look like?

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Posted By bird

Saturn is a very difficult target to process -...

Saturn is a very difficult target to process - the high contrast edges everywhere around the rings are artifact-magnets, even the slightest drop in seeing (or seeing "cells" that drift across in...

Forum: Solar System

09-04-2013, 11:02 PM

Replies: 11

Saturn 8th April 2013

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Posted By bird

Thanks all. Houghy, I've tested a few cmos...

Thanks all. Houghy, I've tested a few cmos cameras over the last few years and they've all been much worse than my ccd camera - until this one. I guess the cmos technology has pretty much caught up...

Forum: Solar System

09-04-2013, 05:46 PM

Replies: 11

Saturn 8th April 2013

Views: 240

Posted By bird

Saturn 8th April 2013

Hi all, here is an image of Saturn from this morning in reasonable seeing, quite a few light coloured features visible across the disk.

Here's a link to a luminance animation, please excuse the...

Forum: Solar System

24-03-2013, 10:10 PM

Replies: 9

Saturn, 23rd March

Views: 308

Posted By bird

Thanks John cheers, Bird

Thanks John

cheers, Bird

Forum: Solar System

24-03-2013, 05:51 PM

Replies: 9

Saturn, 23rd March

Views: 308

Posted By bird

Thanks guys, all we need is good seeing.... ...

Thanks guys, all we need is good seeing....

cheers, Bird

Forum: Solar System

24-03-2013, 12:52 PM

Replies: 9

Saturn, 23rd March

Views: 308

Posted By bird

Saturn, 23rd March

Hi all, here is a colour image of Saturn from this morning in reasonable seeing. The north polar hex is visible, as well as a number of subtle cloud features, notably in the wide greyish band at mid...

Forum: Solar System

23-03-2013, 05:28 PM

Replies: 29

Saturn 23rd March excellent seeing.

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Posted By bird

Lovely images Asi cheers, Bird

Lovely images Asi

cheers, Bird

Forum: Solar System

22-03-2013, 10:40 AM

Replies: 7

Saturn 2012 - 2013

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Posted By bird

Thanks guys, we have Saturn nice and high in...

Thanks guys, we have Saturn nice and high in Australia now for many years to come, lets hope we can get some good seeing to go with it...

cheers, Bird

Forum: Solar System

21-03-2013, 11:42 AM

Replies: 7

Saturn 2012 - 2013

Views: 304

Posted By bird

Saturn 2012 - 2013

Here's an interesting comparison of the changing appearance of Saturn from one year to the next... in particular you can see that the polar hex was not easy to see last year as the entire polar hood...

Forum: Solar System

17-03-2013, 09:45 AM

Replies: 20

Saturn 16th/17th March 2013

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Posted By bird

Lovely image Asi cheers, Bird

Lovely image Asi

cheers, Bird

Forum: Solar System

12-03-2013, 12:09 PM

Replies: 11

Saturn, 6th March

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Posted By bird

mm, possibly..

mm, possibly..

Forum: Solar System

11-03-2013, 08:53 PM

Replies: 11

Saturn, 6th March

Views: 342

Posted By bird

Yes indeed, maybe when you get your new camera to...

Yes indeed, maybe when you get your new camera to test...

cheers,

Forum: Solar System

11-03-2013, 08:31 PM

Replies: 11

Saturn, 6th March

Views: 342

Posted By bird

Saturn, 6th March

Hi all, here is an image of Saturn in reasonably good seeing a few days ago. The North polar hex is visible, as is a small dark spot on the disk.

After so much bad weather and poor seeing here in...

Forum: Solar System

23-10-2012, 01:12 PM

Replies: 7

Uranus from Keck-II

Views: 319

Posted By bird

Uranus from Keck-II

Just in case you didn't see this article elsewhere... mind blowing resolution.

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/10221238-uranus-keck-photos.html

cheers, Bird

Forum: Solar System

22-10-2012, 01:18 PM

Replies: 9

Jupiter 19th Oct 2012

Views: 344

Posted By bird

Nice work Asi. That red storm in the north has...

Nice work Asi. That red storm in the north has been around for a few years, but normally it's not this prominent.

cheers, Bird

Forum: Solar System

18-10-2012, 08:42 PM

Replies: 27

Jupiter from Karratha, Oct 13

Views: 1,181

Posted By bird

Marc there's about 2mm of clearance :-) I have to...

Marc there's about 2mm of clearance :-) I have to be careful that no cables are in the gap or they get wedged...

Also had to remove the gearbox cover from the RA drive and replace the...

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