Saturn 25th Feb - above avg seeing

[John Hothersall]

SPX350 F35.3 - 12,360mm, PGRFlea3, Astrodon filter, IR742nm filter.

Seeing was average and got a little better so images are a little soft plus a faint mist possibly. Trying for last time to stretch the 5xPowermate from F34 to F35.3 (0.093"/pix) giving a little larger Saturn - same scale as D Peach/D Tyler from Barbados - but seeing was not up to it. Got the dark patch again moving over the disc, seeing dropped at 1900hrs. Used a little gamma which helped at this longest FL. 60sec per channel.

First image 1540hrs.
Second at 1713hrs.

Thanks, John.

[alexch]

Superb images. I was observing Saturn at the same time and saw similar storm detail in the eyepiece. Seeing here in Melbourne was rather good.

Thanks for letting me re-live those moments!

Cheers,
Alex

[firstlight]

Your images look great,John.

I was out last night as well, but I couldn't stay awake any longer, and as I have to pack up everything before shuffling off, I did so just after midnight. I was a bit surprised that I got anything at all as I went down to setup, got aligned, Saturn just crested the house across the road and the clouds rolled in. Half hour later the bank cleared away and I was able to do something.

My efforts are nowhere near as good as yours, but as I'm using an 8"SCT and a webcam, no surprises there. I'm crunching them in Registax on the main machine as I type, but I will post something soon.

Cheers
Tony

[Matt Wastell]

Hi John - stunning - the storm looks excellent in image 1 - lots of detail in it! Man your imaging has been great of late - I am not sure if the conditions have improved or you have! Too much time at the scope????
Keep them coming, we all appreciate them!!!

[Quark]

Very nice work again John and lovely definition in the storm structure.

Cheers
Trevor

[Shiraz]

Really good images John - exceptional fine definition of the eddies in the storm pattern. regards Ray

[iceman]

Nice images again John, though they seem rather pink to me. Can probably be fixed easily enough with some colour balance tweaking.

[michaellxv]

I haven't been able to get out recently so I am really enjoying the images you guys have been posting.

[Troy]

Good pictures John you are having a good run :)

[multiweb]

Pretty awesome as usual. :thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

Nice work John. Stunning run of seeing you have been getting. I don't think Brisbane has had such a run for many a year. Make use of that while you can.

[Clayton]

More great stuff John

[samilag]

John fantastic !!, the storm view and details are the best , I never seen so high quality.

Giuseppe