Got in one sequence between dusk and rain. Local seeing was good, but high altitude wind and/or scope thermal issues wiped out the finest detail. The RRGB image had to be pushed a fair bit in R6 to get any structure, but it is still quite soft. The second image has been over-processed to enhance the storm detail, which looked interesting. Can also see Dione to the lower left of the planet in both versions. Thanks for looking. Regards Ray.
Last edited by Shiraz; 07-06-2011 at 07:13 AM.
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Hi Chris. Thanks for your comments. It's a 12 inch GSO Dob - nearly completed a conversion for hi res use and all I need now is some clear air to see what it can really do.
Hi Dave. Thanks. Yes, this is the 12inch on an EQ6.
Hi Michael. Thanks for your comment. It looks as though the storm band is developing a quite complex structure - would be nice to get some finer detail to see what is actually going on
Hi John. Thanks. Before Registax6, I would have deleted this data - linked wavelets are a very powerful tool for recovering at least some information from lower quality images. I chose the EQ6 partially on the basis that you (and others) had successfully mounted long fl scopes on them - so thank you.
Nice work Ray, it seems that conditions like this are becoming more prevalent as the season goes on but still a most respectable result. This region of the storm trail just doesn't have the very bright spots that are associated currently with the region around the head, but nevertheless it is still important to have a record of it.
