Saturn in good condition from Ischia island Italy

[Seawolf]

Hello
after a lot of time i can say now i know how Saturn have to be in good seeing condition
never got a night with this kind of seeing in the past year ...i estimatre it about 1-2 Antoniadi scale.
Registax 4 & Photoshop cs2 for elaboration
Celestron c 9.25
webcam Philips spc 900
I'm trining a software who help with collimation ,the name is Metaguide
It work very well .
Cheers
Giorgio

http://forum.astrofili.org/userpix/67_Saturnorappresentazione_2.jpg

[matt]

Wow. Very nice Giorgio:)

So that is with just the 9.25 and the SPC900?? No barlow or PowerMate?

Very impressive.

It's great that we have a few Italian astronomers with us at IceInSpace.;)

Would like more details about Metaguide

[h0ughy]

wow thats a great image. Must be chuffed with the results?

[Ric]

Wow, very nice indeed, very clear and detailed.

Great imaging Giorgio

[iceman]

That's a fantastic image! Very smooth, sharp and detailed.

Congrats!

[RB]

Congratulations Giorgio,

Awesome image.

:2thumbs:

[Seawolf]

Hi all
sorry but i forgot to mention ,as Matt justly told ,who i used the televue barlow 3x.i have other clips from the evening and i will post one time they will developed
thanks for the apreciament
cheers
Giorgio

[beren]

Crikey...thats stunning , congratulations

[Rodstar]

They are scrumptious images, Giorgio. I have seen a lot of images of Saturn this season, but few have caused me to "ooh" and "ahh" like yours. Well done, and thanks for sharing. Lovely soft, sharp, true colour images.

[Tamtarn]

Beautiful images Giorgio ..... Lovely subtle colours ........ Excellent

[davidpretorius]

fantastically not overprocessed and great natural colours

I realy like this one!

[Dennis]

Hello Giorgio

What an excellent, naturally looking and very, very nicely processed image of Saturn. I look forward to seeing more!

Cheers

Dennis

[netwolf]

Just awesome. Really impressed with the detail you have captured. Can I ask how what software did you use to capture the video? Also what method do you use to focus? What is impressive is the sharpness in the image, your focus seems spot on.

Regards

[Seawolf]

Thanks everybody
more info about the setup who i use usually for planetary :
Ota c9.25
Mount Astrophysics 900 gto cp3
focus aid Microfocuser
Barlow Televue 3x
K3ccd tools for aquiring data
Metaguide for collimation aid
Software Registax 4 and Photoshop cs2 for develop the avi
The sky 6
Later i will post my best effort on a video of the same night who was more steady and seeing was very good
thanks again for the apreciaments
cheers
Giorgio

[swannies1983]

Great images! What's this? You have better images than what your already posted? You must be pulling our leg or you have been aboard Cassini imaging Saturn close up haven't you :P

[Seawolf]

Hello this is the best result of the best AVI .
Manually selected 1100 frames on 1800
Seeing in this one was very good.

cheers
Giorgio

http://forum.astrofili.org/userpix/67_Saturno5Marzo2007web_1.jpg

[iceman]

Wow!

[matt]

OMG!!!!:eyepop:

Look at that Cassini Division. That's as crisp and clean as any I've seen this season.

Superb!

[DobDobDob]

I echo Matt's statement :thumbsup: