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Old 13-05-2014, 10:44 PM
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My first saturn

I recently got a Point Grey Grasshopper 3 2.8 Mp Mono camera for solar imaging. Of course now there is no sun, or if there is I'm at work.

So tonight I jammed the c mount into the eyepiece holder of my 8" dob with a bit of PVC hose cut to take up the slack and tried imaging Saturn.
I've been looking at Saturn on clear nights and it's a pretty special sight, so I hoped I could get a half decent picture of it.

Anyway, shot a few AVIs of around 15 seconds and had a go at them with AutoStakkert 2, opened the resulting TIF files in Photoshop and cropped and adjusted the best one of the files. Ended up with a small but pleasing (to me at least) JPG which I'll add here as evidence of my work.
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Old 13-05-2014, 10:51 PM
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Great job; far better than anything I've managed planetwise.
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Old 13-05-2014, 11:43 PM
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Nothing wrong with that image. I'd be pleased with that.
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Old 14-05-2014, 07:11 AM
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Thanks Raymo and Kevin :-)
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Old 19-05-2014, 10:05 PM
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Great image -- nice and sharp, well done.
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Old 20-05-2014, 08:08 PM
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Great stuff! Planetary imaging is a pretty difficult I reckon, think I'll stick to the DSO's

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Old 20-05-2014, 10:00 PM
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Great result Peter, sharp, clear & natural looking, top shootin for a 1st i must say
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