Saturn + 3 Moons

[Matty P]

It has been a while since I have imaged a planet. I've been too busy imaging those faint DSOs. :screwy:

I was lucky to find Saturn and its three Moons close together. The view was spectacular through the EP and i'm glad that I captured it. Conditions were good and held steady for most of the night.

The three moons are Enceladaus, Tethys and Rhea (left to right).

Thanks for looking. :thumbsup:

[Ric]

Great image Matty, very nice and tight. The moons look great in this one.

Just wondering, what focal length are you imaging at?

I'm guessing it's around f/10

Cheers

[Matty P]

Ric for this image I used a focal length of 4000mm.

So f/20.

[shane shaw]

NICE PIC OF SATURN BUT i DONT SEE ANY MOONS ????

[Matty P]

Thanks Shane,

Try adjusting your moniter because they are certainly there.

:thumbsup:

[shane shaw]

yes now I can see them great pic

[iceman]

Nice image, Matt. When are the filters coming?

[browndog]

Hi Matt - nice image of Saturn.
I have some noob questions though:

What type of barlow or powermate did you use with your scope to get the extra focal length?
Why is the image B&W? Are you using a monochrome camera and this is this what the filters are for?
Did you use the same exposure settings for Saturn and Moons?

[Matty P]

Thanks Mike,

Probably not for a while. I'm too busy getting my DSO setup ready. :lol:



Thanks Ian,

I use a Celestron 2x Barlow for all of my images to increase the focal length.

The camera I am using (DMK) has a monochrome chip. If I wanted a colour image I would need to capture a Red, Green and Blue channel (RGB) and combine them to get a colour image. That is why I need filters.

If I can remember I used a 1/30sec exposure time with the camera shooting at 30 FPS for this image. I used the same exposure settings to capture the Moons and brought them out in PS.

:thumbsup: