Planets 19 Oct

[rustigsmed]

Some clear skies in Melbourne for a change, and the jetstream was predicted to not be too bad. unsure a bit on how far to go on processing saturn :shrug: jupiter was pretty low, have some more data when it was higher will check it later on but it might have got a bit jumpy. i hope people took advantage of the conditions.

cheers

russ

[Mickoid]

Nice clean shots of Saturn there Russell. Jupiter's a little softer but as you mentioned, it was lower in the sky. Look forward to seeing the ones you took when it got a little higher. I didn't get out last night but I had a go on Tuesday night and the planets were definitely wobbling and distorting quite severely at times. Looks like it was better last night. What scope did you use?

[Dave882]

Really nice shots- I don’t think it helps much to go hard on the processing (my personal preference) and I think a more natural look is really nice. Lol that last Saturn shot…probably a bit much!:P

[Averton]

Great shots Russ! Definitely a better night than Tuesday night. Saturn steals the show.

[rustigsmed]

thanks mickoid - yes I was surprised that much detail came out of jupiter tbh. will post them when I get to them, but not sure they will top saturn it seemed steadier earlier on. i was using my 12" dob for capture - its pretty much my goto for planetary.



thanks Dave - haha yes i need to get some tips of P&C on merging the moons back in!



Thanks guys - i hope you managed to get out there last night!


I managed to battle through winjupos to put together all the saturn captures. it is definitely worth the effort :thumbsup:

[Anth10]

Excellent work Russell.

[rustigsmed]

thanks very much anthony!

i've added a couple of others, the first one was later / higher up Jupiter and Ganymede.

cheers