My best Saturn from 16th

[Garyh]

Hi folks,
Well I have learned a lot the last few weeks about this planetary imaging and with some help (yes you know who you are ) I am capturing and processing my avi`s much better. Seeing was very nice especially just after midnight on the 16th. This is a stack of around 900 out of 2200 from the best avi. Seeing was extra steady in this one.. and progressively got worse afterwards..Managed some jup ones later in the morning but the seeing was getting closer to average..

I am ver happy with this one and shall be hard to get a better one with my little 6" newt.
Comments/advice most welcome...
cheers Gary

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Very nice image Gary!

I can't get anywhere near that sort of resolution or details from my 5" Newt using Afocal adaptor and a Pentax 7MP camera at 250x so it seems that I am going to have to sooner or later upgrade to the process of Prime focus so that I can get some decent shot of the planets.

If I can get any where near this quality, I will be VERY happy and won't chuck the Skywatcher out for a long time.

Cheers

Chris

[goober (Doug)]

Nice - looks very similar to what I was seeing through the eyepiece a couple of weeks ago. Your image has a few more bands though.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Stunning shot Gary. Amazing what you can do with a 6".

[Matty P (Matt)]

Excellent image Gary for only a 6" scope.
Huge image scale and there is lots of detail showing.
Well done.

[Ric]

Nice and sharp Gary, the rings look great with some top detail in them as well.

Cheers

[Garyh]

Originally Posted by Screwdriverone

Very nice image Gary!

I can't get anywhere near that sort of resolution or details from my 5" Newt using Afocal adaptor and a Pentax 7MP camera at 250x so it seems that I am going to have to sooner or later upgrade to the process of Prime focus so that I can get some decent shot of the planets.

If I can get any where near this quality, I will be VERY happy and won't chuck the Skywatcher out for a long time.

Cheers

Chris

Thanks Chris...keep at it and better still get yourself a toucam or logitech webcam!
cheers

Originally Posted by goober

Nice - looks very similar to what I was seeing through the eyepiece a couple of weeks ago. Your image has a few more bands though.

Thanks doug! I had a peak through the eyepiece as well before I imaged and could see CD and the major banding quiet easily...awesome!
cheers

Originally Posted by ghsmith45

Stunning shot Gary. Amazing what you can do with a 6".

Thanks Geoff

Originally Posted by Matty P

Excellent image Gary for only a 6" scope.
Huge image scale and there is lots of detail showing.
Well done.

Thanks Matt for that... I did enlarge it to 200%. I like things big..

Originally Posted by Ric

Nice and sharp Gary, the rings look great with some top detail in them as well.

Cheers

Thanks Ric very much appreciated! I am very happy to capture that mucg detail but I am always willing to get more..
thanks guys

[Prickly]

No way Gary - with a 6 inch! Thats really amazing. Well done.

Sharp as a tack. That's one well made instrument you've got there.

Cheers
David

[Gendo (Justin)]

I much prefer the look of it at the original size. Its nice and sharp that way. Much more blurry and pixelated in the 200% resize.