A bigger, better Saturn - 11th October

iceman (Mike) · #1 11-10-2006, 07:44 PM

Got up twice last night.. to do the moon at 1am at a horrible low altitude of 26° and then Saturn at 4:30am at an altitude of 18-19°.

Seeing for the moon was only average (yet to process), but for Saturn it was quite good given the low altitude. Could make out the CD through the 5mm eyepiece quite readily, and I was able to capture with the 3x barlow for more image scale this morning.

Still a long way to go before I get an image i'm happy with, but more altitude, better seeing and less influence by the sunrise will help in a few weeks i'm sure.

Here's this mornings result.. no jetstream means i'll probably go for another 4:30am tomorrow morning!! argh why do I do it to myself when i'm on holidays!

190 frames stacked from each channel.

Thanks for looking.

beren · #2 11-10-2006, 07:53 PM

Looking good

Dennis · #3 11-10-2006, 08:53 PM

Well done Mike - wringing all you can out of those seeing conditions and low altitudes.

Cheers

Dennis

andrew · #4 11-10-2006, 10:43 PM

Lovely image for such a low altitude in the sky

spacezebra (Petra) · #5 11-10-2006, 11:07 PM

Hi Mike

This is Excellent regardless of the seeing - I am watching with keen interest.

Cheers Petra

[1ponders] (Paul) · #6 11-10-2006, 11:29 PM

What else are holidays for Mike

I'm glad someone around here is getting a few practice shot's in

gbeal · #7 12-10-2006, 05:26 AM

Looks good Mike, can't wait until you get a decent look at it.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #8 13-10-2006, 12:00 AM

Thanks for sharing it with us Mike, Saves us from getting up early.

iceman (Mike) · #9 13-10-2006, 06:11 AM

Thanks guys. I've given early rises a break for a few days. Will have another shot at it next week..

Been busy processing moon shots from almost 2 weeks ago.. my biggest hi-res mosaic yet!