Awesome Saturn from last year

[strongmanmike]

I was just surfing Steve Masseys site and was blown away by his latest Saturn image from last year (top of page) - looks pretty incredible to me :thumbsup:

Massey's Saturn (http://www.ssmassey.com/saturn.html)

Steven is one of the pioneers of planetary/video imaging and clearly still has what it takes :thumbsup:....Just thought some may not have seen it on here :)

Mike

[Larryp]

That ones a ripper, Mike. He does nice work!

[Matt Wastell]

Thanks Mike - always great to see other imagers / images.

[Paul Haese]

Nice data but I think Steve has used the shadows and highlights too much. The planet looks a bit washed out, but certainly he had good data.

[strongmanmike]

You think..? Hmm? I dunno, me no planetary processing expert (I have looked a plenty of Saturn images though :P) I think Steves level of colouring, sharpening and highlights looks pretty spot on to me, hence why I felt compelled to post it :thumbsup: in the end we are splitting hairs I recon :)

Mike

[asimov]

Yeah Steve & I were having a Saturn imaging competition at the time, so I remember this image & time frame well...According to him, I won. According to me, he did :lol::P

[strongmanmike]

Healthy competition is good fun, especially when the standard is so high :eyepop:... as long as people keep it good spirited of course ;) which it sounds like it was :thumbsup:

Mike

[iceman]

Beautiful! The crepe ring is fantastic.

[Quark]

Thanks Mike, I had not seen this image and for sure it is a ripsnorter.

Cheers
Trevor

[DavidU]

There is some very good Saturn images in this thread. They were taken from rural Vic Au
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/5761815/page/1/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1