Saturn 15 March

[bird]

Seeing was very good for a short time last night, close to the best this apparition so far.

This is the first colour image processed, I'll try and get a second image to see if anything shows up in the animation.

cheers, Bird

[Quark]

Hey Bird,

Just how good was the seeing last night, looks like you were out about 80 minutes after I packed up.

Love your image, a truly stunning rendition, such delicate detail. There was a fair bit happening earlier in the night and I would have loved to see those features imaged by you.

Top stuff
Regards
Trevor

[bird]

G'day Trevor, I started at about 11.30pm and packed it in around 1.30am. Most of the time the seeing wasn't stable but there was a short period around this image that was very nice.

The images before and after this one are not as good, but I might get a red-channel comparison.

Hoping for another good night tonight, might also get up early and have a look at Jupiter :-)

cheers, Bird

[Lester]

Top image and so smooth Anthony.

[Chippy]

Great image. Be interested to know what equipment you used to image this!

[iceman]

That's beautiful, Anthony! Very smooth, excellentn colours.

[bird]

Thanks guys. Chippy here's the details of the scope:

www.acquerra.com.au/astro/lexx.html

Soon to be replaced with a 16" :-) Not named yet.

cheers, Bird

[Garyh]

Very nice Bird! :thumbsup:

[alphajuno]

Very nice. Love the colors!! :thumbsup:

[cookie8]

Wow! Breathtaking.:bowdown: