monochrome saturn from Snake Valley

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Turns out that it was probably too optimistic to image saturn at the snake valley camp - it was rising too close to sunrise and the seeing had started to fall apart by the time it was high enough for me to point the scope at it.

Anyway, the red channel is always good for a laugh, so that's all I'm going to process :-)

regards, Bird

[xstream (John)]

Wow! red channel only, that's pretty darn good mate.

[RB (Andrew)]

Wow that's still a great shot mate.

What's the details of the scope used?

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

I've been waiting for that one. Looks great!

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Originally Posted by Rocket Boy

Wow that's still a great shot mate.

What's the details of the scope used?

It's the same scope I used for all the other images I posted here over the last week or so from the snake valley expedition...sometimes I think "they all know what scope I've got, I always give the details so this time I won't"....

lol

let's see now...

10" f/6 newtonian working @ f/48 via a 5x powermate and extension tubes
Dragonfly Express monochrome camera
filter wheel and RGB filters

about 1000 frames stacked out of 2400 taken through the red channel only.

regards, Bird

[ving (David)]

drooool!

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Brilliant bird. Hard to tell it was almost daylight and seeing had dissappeared!

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Brilliant bird. Hard to tell it was almost daylight and seeing had dissappeared!

Ken, I'm seriously envious of the seeing conditions at your place mate - you've gotta get setup for planetary imaging or else it'll be a crime against humanity!!

You might find me knocking on your door at some time when the new scope n stuff is finished...

Bird

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

You are very very welcome Bird! I have spent many hours today scouring the net for EQ plans to make an EQ mount for my 12". After the comments from a lot of people at camp I better get cracking and not let my dark clean sky go to waste (before a population explosion ruins it all).

[davidpretorius]

well worth the wait for mine.

Well done bird!!!

Hows those jupiter shots going taken thru the earth?????

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Not bad at all, and certainly better than most Saturn images I have seen posted here.

[slice of heaven]

Originally Posted by bird

Anyway, the red channel is always good for a laugh, so that's all I'm going to process :-)

Who's laughing ?
You never cease to amaze !!!


What's the local real estate agents number Ken?

[rumples riot]

Lovely image Anthony. Really envious.

[davidpretorius]

i met the realestate agent, a shifty little bugga called Kenneth Draconis. funny fellow, tats on the arms, bald and keeps chatting on about his mate Big Bird?????

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by slice of heaven

What's the local real estate agents number Ken?

LOL! We haven't got a local Real Estate agent Slick! They are all in Ballarat!!

But houses here are really cheap.

[asimov (John)]

Great shot Bird!

[LT_Ng]

Bird,

Can't imagine what your colour version shows out the details. Very jealous!

LT

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Thanks for the comments, but really I was hoping for much more from saturn on the trip - silly me didn't bother to check when it was rising or I would have realised that it was still too early in the season for good images - although I see them starting to pop up on other forums here and there...

Looks like 1 more month ought to do the trick, then saturn will be well placed in the predawn sky.

Bird