Saturn rising higher

[von Tom (Tom)]

Could only shoot Saturn until 8:50pm last night (then had to go to work).
Attached is an indication of the relative seeing as the planet goes from 13 degrees to 28 degrees altitude. Identical exposure and processing throughout, with RGB channels aligned (19 pixels of shift were required in the earliest image!). Also note the atmospheric extinction and colour in the earliest image due to very low altitude.

Don't expect to see much detail here!


Also attached is an image of the visible moons - Mimas was transitting and Enceladus was being occulted.

Cheers,

Tom

[iceman (Mike)]

Good demonstration of how the junk in the atmosphere down low affects the seeing!

[telecasterguru (Frank)]

Very interesting imaging.

Frank

[Frewi808 (Freddy)]

Interesting presentation ..

[Clayton]

Nice stuff Tom. Too bad about the shift work. Hopefully it stays steady for you so you can catch it a bit higher.