Saturn 29 April 2009

[Paul Haese]

Well good things come to those who wait. It has taken near the whole apparition but I finally got an image of a Titan shadow transit. The seeing was not that great but everything can be seen. One thing is for certain, Saturn is getting very dim now. The blue channel was maxed out on gain and the slowest possible exposure rate and on 7.9fps and it was still only 40% of the total allowable histogram.

Click here (http://paulhaese.net/29April09saturn.html) for image

Comments welcome.

[h0ughy]

wow that shadow is very sharp. excellent Paul

[Quark]

Very nice image, as usual Paul.
I suppose the longer FL is the problem with exposure and fps.
The seeing up here in the Hill was very good tonight.
Glad you were able to image the shadow transit, a most excellent result indeed.

Regards
Trevor

[erick]

Saturn Titan and shadow - it's all there. Nice, thanks Paul.

[Paul Haese]

I processed another set from earlier when the seeing was slightly better. I processed it a little harder too. It looks a little speckled on my LCD, but generally pretty happy with the image.

Click here (http://paulhaese.net/29April09saturn0950.html)

[hickny]

Fantastic photo. Well done.

[Quark]

Another beauty Paul, definitely sharper but I think the colours in the first image are more pronounced and look better. It is spitting hairs to pick between them and I most definitely am not qualified to offer a critique on your work.

How many RGB's did you capture? I reckon a few of these would look great in an animation.

Regards
Trevor

[Paul Haese]

Thanks all.

Trevor, now that would have been a good idea. I completely did not think of doing this at all. Oh well next time.

[RB]

Paul the first one is stunning, great work !!
I like the second one too but the first looks just fantastic on my monitor.

Excellent work.
:thumbsup:

[bird]

Nice image Rumples, well done!

cheers, Bird