Saturn in slightly better conditions (25/7)

[Dave882]

Taken 25th July around 1am while still on the rise. The seeing was a bit better but transparency still stubbornly sub-par in ol' Padstow in the wee hours.

All 5min captures, RGB 10ms exposures, IR685 20ms, RGB moons I captured at 25ms and combined with pixelmath.


c14 non edge
eq8
asi462mc (UV/IR) / asi178mm (IR685 filter)
Zwo ADC
ASICAP
AS!3
Registax6
Pixinsight (Histogram Transformation & Pixelmath to add moons image)

Thanks for looking!

PS - struggling to get IIS to upload a 200kb file without it downsampling to less than half that :shrug:

[Averton]

Those images must look fantastic full size David - great captures and presentation!

[Dave882]

Thanks guys. The planetary season is still ramping up but nice to get some early action. Image resizing impact is generally minimal for planetary but you can see the blurry text which gives a bit of an idea. Just frustrating is all…

[Saturnine]

Nice images David, aperture helps , again. The jetstream is not being kind to us currently, not really a surprise for this time of the year though.
Have tried a few sessions on Saturn myself but the seeing makes the results pretty ordinary, hoping the seeing improves a we get into spring and Jupiter season, which unfortunately wont be getting much above 45 deg. altitude at best.

[Dave882]

Thanks Jeff. Yeah the jet stream has been horribly for the last month or so. Probably noticing it more this year since we’ve had some good clear nights as opposed to last season!!

Just checked BOM and the next couple nights are clear but and yep it’s blowing 100knots + for the rest of the week…