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bird
20-03-2010, 01:17 PM
Some nice seeing for a short while last night, just after midnight. The wrong longitude to see the storm, but there is some nice cloud detail present, and the seeliger effect seems to be starting as the rings are definitely brightening up.

regards, Bird

Lester
20-03-2010, 01:57 PM
Wonderful image Anthony.

All the best.

duncan
20-03-2010, 03:19 PM
Superb image Anthony.
Cheers,
Duncan:thumbsup:

Troy
20-03-2010, 04:02 PM
Very good picture Anthony :D

michaellxv
20-03-2010, 05:37 PM
Ok i'll ask. The what effect :question:

Very nice image.

bird
20-03-2010, 05:43 PM
Saturns rings get very bright just a couple of days either side of opposition due to light from the sun being reflected more strongly back toward the earth.

cheers, Bird

desler
20-03-2010, 06:10 PM
Best of the season Anthony. Lovely work!
Can I ask how many frames in each channel?


Darren

Quark
20-03-2010, 06:25 PM
Lovely image indeed Bird,

Sure is looking like it will be a memorable Saturn season.

Regards
Trevor

bird
20-03-2010, 07:19 PM
Thanks everyone. Darren I stacked 1400 frames in each channel out of about 2200 available. The captures were 90 seconds in each channel at 25fps.

cheers, Bird