Saturn 18/7/16 Composite

[kkara4]

18/7/16 got a bit late with this one, but had to do justice to the data i was able to gather under the best seeing conditions i have ever seen since i began planetary imaging. Spent around 2 hours collimating carefully as the temperature shifted and the clouds interrupted - Despite the pesky random clouds that were also present which ruined several filter captures, i am still stunned with the result!

ASI290MM
Celestron EdgeHD 925
Baader RGB filters

The moons are Rhea, Enceladus (just about got it), Tethys and Dione. Mimas was present but required too much manipulation to include so i left him/her out. Frankly Enceladus required a bit too much aggressive level clipping and layering for my liking but i couldnt bare to leave it out :sadeyes:

As always scaled to display properly when not made full screen in the IIS viewer

[Atmos]

That's very nicely detailed! Well captured Krishan :thumbsup:

[oernulfs]

Amazing. So sharp! :eyepop::thumbsup: And I like the moons.

[kkara4]

thankyou Ornulf, thanks Colin :)

[Camelopardalis]

Stunning Krishan, well done :thumbsup:

[ags_]

Very well done, excellent capture and processing

[kkara4]

thanks Dunk, thanks Phil, your kind words are much appreciated :thanx:

[TimberLand]

That is a great result, just for interest how large was your original data set for each band.

Also just got an ASI290MM myself and very pleased so far with the beast, great to see one doing so well.

[kkara4]

Thanks Justin - total original data set for each filter was about 18000 frames for each channel. I usually try for 20K plus but pesky clouds got in the way.

The ASI290MM is mind blowingly good - i cant think of the words to describe it. Beast is a great adjective as well. :D

[gaseous]

Wow! I know absolutely nothing about astrophotography (other than it's fairly rough on the wallet), but this is a superb image, possibly the best I've seen.

[kkara4]

thankyou very much Patrick :)

[Tony_]

Great image Krishan!

Excellent detail - especially in the rings.

Tony.

[kkara4]

thanks Tony :)