mars & saturn last night

asimov (John) · #1 27-10-2005, 03:45 PM

Well, These won't be making it to the 'kodak moments hall of fame'

Thought I'd show then to you anyway for a laugh..NO idea weather or not mars is correctly rotated or not.

davidpretorius · #2 27-10-2005, 04:05 PM

nice work mate!!!!

you do not give yourself credit, you silly old bugga!!!!

I like them and once you are up and running with the new camera and that blue veined neb pumper, look out!!!!

RB (Andrew) · #3 27-10-2005, 05:03 PM

Nice work asimov,

You've captured Saturn's shadow onto the ring system and some good detail on your Mars frames.
It's so much fun capturing the images and very rewarding to share with others.

Keep up the good work asi.

asimov (John) · #4 27-10-2005, 05:38 PM

Well thanks guys. Compared to my last capture of mars these are not good, but I had a lot of fun trying! I'm in my element doing this.

Seeing conditions were varying a lot. ranging from 4/10 up to 8/10. The trouble was it was varying every 30 secs so it was hard to work out exactly when to start capturing & when to end capture. I think I ended up with a total of 50 000 frames worth of AVI but deleted most due to the seeing. So I'm gonna blame these yucky shots of mars on seeing conditions directly.

Saturn?? Still too low..

Tonights looking really good, so I may setup big blue for a mars shoot. (the above pics were using the refractor)

Thanks for humoring me guys!!

atalas · #5 27-10-2005, 05:39 PM

John nice shots mate ,I bet It was fun taking them ! If you want me to lough you'll have to tell a joke mate .

rumples riot · #6 27-10-2005, 05:58 PM

Quite good given the aweful weather we have been having is SA. Saturn is very hard and I have to say that my best efforts this year were nothing to rave about. Its position when it culiminates is still way too low. The good news is that it will be slightly better this coming season for us, so we should get something this time. You Mars shots are looking better and this shows that you are improving. Tonight should be good so best of luck. I hope you get a cracker of a shot.

rumples riot · #7 27-10-2005, 05:59 PM

BTW, I think this angle of the ring plane on Saturn is the best, you can see the northern pole clear now and this really makes the image for me.

h0ughy (David) · #8 27-10-2005, 06:00 PM

Great shots there O great one! nice details on some too.

asimov (John) · #9 27-10-2005, 07:15 PM

Yes Paul, I am slowly getting more confident & it's not so much of a guessing game relating to both capure settings/accessories/magnifications & stacking/proccessing.

We have more terrible weather looming here & already it's overcast with a moderate breeze coming from all points of the compass which means were in for possible rain & high winds. No imaging for me tonight I'm afraid. One night a month seems to be the norm at this stage.

Thanks guys. BTW have a good holiday at the Flinders.

Thanks Houghy..

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #10 27-10-2005, 07:22 PM

Asibob, they are great!!!

Nice to see Ringo again. Poor old Ringo has been forgotten while on orbital holidays.

asimov (John) · #11 27-10-2005, 07:28 PM

Ta Ken.

Yeah I've missed saturn, hope to get some decent shots of her in the coming month! I'm missing jupiter already too!

rumples riot · #12 27-10-2005, 07:55 PM

Will try asimov, hoping for fine weather and plenty of cheer.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #13 27-10-2005, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by asimov

Ta Ken.

I'm missing jupiter already too!

Yeah, Joop is behind the Sun!!! My favoutite Planet.

Paul, enjoy Flinders! Get lots of pics.

rumples riot · #14 27-10-2005, 08:28 PM

Yeah well you know how I feel about Jupiter. That is clearly my favourite, because I find it so easy to image and it has so many interesting features on it.