Cheeky Saturn

[sunslayr (David)]

It's not often that I get good seeing on the coast, even less likely to get no wind. So I thought I'd grab a shot of Saturn to complete my collection while I waited for Mars to get a little higher. Fingers crossed I get lucky when I process Mars.

22/09/2020
Zwo290mc with zwo ir filter
4x Powermate
200mm F5 Newtonian Bintel/GSO
AZEQ6
Processed with Autostakkert and Registax

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very nice.

[Anth10 (Anthony M)]

Saturn slayer!
Great shot. Love the shadowing of the planet over the rings. Clear and crisp.
Anth

[Sunfish (Ray)]

Very crisp Saturn. What were the details of the capture file?

[sunslayr (David)]

Originally Posted by Sunfish

Very crisp Saturn. What were the details of the capture file?

This was roughly 5000 of the best 300000 frames I took that night at a gain of 300 and 0.02s exposure.

I tweaked the contrast and noise reduction a little and I think this is a slightly more pleasing version.

[PKay (Peter)]

Hi David.

Your image is remarkably good.
You will be hard pressed to better it!

I was wondering how you select the best images to use?

[sunslayr (David)]

Autostakkert automatically evaluates each frame and allows you to only stack the ones above a certain threshold, such as the top 15% or the best 5000 frames.

[xelasnave]

Great Image David
Alex

[LostInSp_ce]

Nice grab and well processed! Well done.