Saturn June5

[Shiraz]

Got in one sequence between dusk and rain. Local seeing was good, but high altitude wind and/or scope thermal issues wiped out the finest detail. The RRGB image had to be pushed a fair bit in R6 to get any structure, but it is still quite soft. The second image has been over-processed to enhance the storm detail, which looked interesting. Can also see Dione to the lower left of the planet in both versions. Thanks for looking. Regards Ray.

[Screwdriverone]

Very nice indeed Ray!

Which scope did you use to capture these?

Awesome focus and details...

Cheers

Chris

[DavidU]

Great stuff ! Well captured Ray.The 12" ????

[Shiraz]

Hi Chris. Thanks for your comments. It's a 12 inch GSO Dob - nearly completed a conversion for hi res use and all I need now is some clear air to see what it can really do.

Hi Dave. Thanks. Yes, this is the 12inch on an EQ6.

regards Ray

[michaellxv]

Looks good Ray. Lots of interesting detail in there.

[John Hothersall]

You caught the storm pretty well with a solid image and strong rings given difficulties.

I use the EQ6 with the 14" newtonian and they hold a big weight solidly with no wobbling at very long fl's.

John.

[Shiraz]

Hi Michael. Thanks for your comment. It looks as though the storm band is developing a quite complex structure - would be nice to get some finer detail to see what is actually going on

Hi John. Thanks. Before Registax6, I would have deleted this data - linked wavelets are a very powerful tool for recovering at least some information from lower quality images. I chose the EQ6 partially on the basis that you (and others) had successfully mounted long fl scopes on them - so thank you.

[Saturn%5]

Very nice pic well done .

[Quark]

Nice work Ray, it seems that conditions like this are becoming more prevalent as the season goes on but still a most respectable result. This region of the storm trail just doesn't have the very bright spots that are associated currently with the region around the head, but nevertheless it is still important to have a record of it.

Well done.
Regards
Trevor

[Lester]

Very nice detailed view of Saturn, thanks Ray.

[Shiraz]

Hi Graeme. appreciate your comments.

Hi Trevor. I was really happy to see something other than the undersides of clouds - will gladly accept almost any seeing conditions these days.

Hi Lester. thanks very much for your comments.

regards Ray

[Clayton]

Good results Ray. Nice to see you catching Saturn so well before it dissapears again

[Troy]

Good image with the bonus of the moon

[Shiraz]

Hi Rob
Hi Troy
thanks very much for your comments. Regards Ray