Hi all,
I've done some quick processing of 41 single images of Saturn to create this animation of the planet from 08:04UT to 18:20UT on 9th April 2011.
Every 15 minutes or so I shot 8,000 frames (over 2 minutes at 60fps), stacking the best 2000 in Registax v6 each time to achieve 41 processed "stills" for the night.
I then stacked these 41 frames together for an animation. In this animation I have not altered the angle at which Saturn appeared through the Alt/Az mounted telescope. Atmospheric seeing/ transparency/ extinction effects can be readily seen.
I will work on a few different versions of the images captured, emphasising different aspects of the apparition. For now this is the first rough product:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vontom/5609239435/
And here is one slowed down with the planet aligned with South at top:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm_5uE4vMYQ
Tom