Richardson Lucy on the Saturn nebula

[tornado33]

Hi
After finding out how to run Richardson Lucy deconvolution in Iris, see
http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/iris/tutorial12/doc30_us.htm
I ran 10 iterations of RL2 on a cropped masked Saturn Nebula image I took a few months back. I resampled it to twice the size. definately brings out more detail, this RL function. Original image taken with the 10 inch scope and modded 350D
Scott

[janoskiss]

Could you post before and after deconvolution pics?

[EzyStyles]

the saturn neb is one hard planetary to capture without over-exposing. you have done this superb! and the faint red ring gee's scott.... i haven't seen this before.

[iceman]

Wow, incredible detail.

Like Steve, i'd like to see the before and after.

[Ric]

Hi Scott, thats a great looking image, the colours and the little twistys in the centre all look superb as well as the central star.
The deconvolution has really brought it out nicely. the Saturn Neb is definitely tricky as Eric mentioned and has been frustrating me for a few weeks now.

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[tornado33]

Howdy
Here is a non processed version for comparison.
Scott

[seeker372011]

holy dooley that is a great image Scott-even before LR

[tornado33]

Thanks. I tried the extra processing as the tracking wasnt 100% perfect.
Scott

[Lester]

Fantastic Scott.