My 1st and 2nd Saturns afocally

[Danoz]

Hi,
I got my first look at Saturn just this year and WOW:eyepop: ! I couldn't wait to try and photograph it. These are my 1st and 2nd Saturn Pic's. Both taken through my 8" GSO dob afocally with a Cannon A75 digital camera, processed through registax following Mike's helpful hints.

The first was a stack of about 150 frames from 900, the second a stack of about 200 from 8000 (lots of blurred or fuzzy frames). I'm far happier with the second than the first. Magnification was about 160x through a 15mm plossel with 2x barlow.

How do you, more experienced photographers configure your wavelets for Saturn? The second shot was high (~10) on wavelets 1-3 and then negative on the rest. I don't have a clue what I'm doing with them :shrug: but it seemed to work. What would be a better configuration? Thanks for your help,


Dan

[Ric]

Hi Dan, they are great images very clear and detailed.
I am a Registax newbie so I'll leave your question to the experts.

Cheers

[h0ughy]

nice work, on the path to success

[iceman]

Excellent work! That second one is great!

My first attempts were nowhere near as good as this!

[acropolite]

As Mike said excellent work, the A75 in that mode shows potential.:thumbsup:

[davidpretorius]

top stuff Dan!

[shaneaust]

Man, I'm jealous - I wish I could pump up my skills with both the scope and the camera to be able to produce something like you've done, Dan!

Well done!

:thumbsup:

[Danoz]

Thanks for your feedback guys. I wish I could afford a scope with tracking and a ccd cam, but I'll have to make do with what I've got for now.

I cant wait to have a go on Jupiter in a few weeks when it peeks over my house at a reasonable time!

[ving]

from danoz direct? :P
sorry.

they are lovely and sharp and show good banding! well done! :D