slinky SATURN - Jan27 1 day before opposition

[Robert_T]

Hi All, had some reasonable seeing on Friday night and snapped off a few shots of the ringed one. The first 3 shots below are from two by 2000 frame sequences, the first two the best 963 frames (one unsharp masked only and one LR deconvolution), the second the best 2175 frames. with 1/10th sec exposure and 10fps gain about 30% with brightness gamma and saturation around 60%. The last one was at 1/20th second with gain up around 50-60% - find this still injects a bit to much grain.

crepe ring is visible in most

Anyway, here they are.

cheers,

[[1ponders]]

Fantastic Robert. I'd say the seeing was a bit more than average :thumbsup: Nice detail

[davidpretorius]

well done, i knew that my waiting for your post was worth it!!!!

your cd in pic 2 is nearly all the way around!!

as to a favourite, i can't pick!!

[ving]

great shots there!!! :)
keep up the good work :D
:thumbsup:

[iceman]

Well done, your best yet I think! Great colour and detail.

[John K]

great shots, well done!

[Striker]

Wow...Robert...nice and sharp and great detail.

Well done Robert.

[Dennis]

Those are superb images of Saturn Robert - you are really making that C9.25 sing.

Thanks for posting; it was a pleasure looking at them, gazing at something astronomical once more.

Cheers

Dennis

[Robert_T]

Thanks Guys, I was pretty happy with 'em too - wonder why the crepe ring shows up obviously on my lappy, but not on my work desktop?

[QUOTE=davidpretorius]well done, i knew that my waiting for your post was worth it!!!!
QUOTE]

sorry 'bout that DP, had meant to post on Saturday, but my phone line (I'm on dial up) at home's on the blink.

cheers,

[matt]

Rob

Great work. Pic 2 for mine. Crepe ring + CD just about all the way round and nice colour and banding with grain not too bad.

Well done mate. I hope we can start having a go at jupiter soon:)

[rumples riot]

Nice images there Robert. Cassini all the way around.

[rochler]

Luv ya work mate! :prey2:

[asimov]

Wow Robert....Very nice!!

Well done.

[netwolf]

Purty pictures Rob, excellent detail..

[Astroman]

Very nice Saturn Rob, well done..