Saturn 18th Feb 2006 - my best yet

Dennis · #1 19-02-2006, 07:10 AM

Well, what a night - fabulous, no...Outrageous.. seeing for long spells. Here is a Saturn that I just punched through Registax. No other processing apart from Wavelets.

Details to follow once I've packed up my gear and had some brekkie. I'm expecting a rush of images from IIS members today, I'm sure many were out enjoying the seeing.

Cheers

Dennis

Mikezoom · #2 19-02-2006, 08:10 AM

Golly gosh Dennis, I may not know much about Astrophotography yet but that is one sharp Saturn pic

. The best I have seen here in my short time. Keep it up and can't wait to see what the others caught lastnight.

Mike.B.

Mick (Michael) · #3 19-02-2006, 08:26 AM

Awesome image Dennis.

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #4 19-02-2006, 08:37 AM

That's really clear.

acropolite (Phil) · #5 19-02-2006, 08:38 AM

Nice...

[1ponders] (Paul) · #6 19-02-2006, 08:57 AM

Holy Snappin' Titan Batman

What a shot Dennis.

I hope other SE Qld members managed to make the most of it.

davidpretorius · #7 19-02-2006, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dennis

I'm sure many were out enjoying the seeing.

was out enjoying sucker holes and a jetstream, but that disaapointment has been smashed with a 100% cd, the storm.

geez, please please please go softly softly with the processing of this one as it has heaps of potential.

roughly how long do you capture for, saturn rotates in 10 hrs like jupiter and with that storm, it would be great to get a blown up look if is not blurred. it looks great on this one though!

well done

vindictive666 (John) · #8 19-02-2006, 09:11 AM

wow

looks like you even got the lightning storm

?

Dennis · #9 19-02-2006, 09:20 AM

Hi Guys

I initially thought the white spot was an imaging artifact so I just processed another couple as follows:

21:57 (original post)
22:09
22:55

I used 10fps for 210 seconds, giving me 2100 frames.

Here are the 3 in chronological order and it does look like a storm on Saturn. Amazing to see the rotation in just 1 hour.

Cheers

Dennis

xstream (John) · #10 19-02-2006, 09:27 AM

Unbelievable Dennis.
You have to be happy with those captures?

iceman (Mike) · #11 19-02-2006, 09:27 AM

They're excellent Dennis! You definitely captured the storm! Well done!

You're having great luck with the seeing, with no jetstream over that part of Australia. Great processing too, congrats again!

Robert_T · #12 19-02-2006, 09:47 AM

Beautiful Dennis, you could shave with these

. I picked up the storm a week or so back, but not nearly as defined as here.

Well done!

RB (Andrew) · #13 19-02-2006, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert_T

Beautiful Dennis, you could shave with these

.
Well done!

Good one Robert.

Dennis they're great, I love the third one, colours are fantastic and processing is excellent.

Well done once again.

John K · #14 19-02-2006, 11:14 AM

Excellent images, well done!

asimov (John) · #15 19-02-2006, 12:53 PM

Rippa images Dennis!!

[1ponders] (Paul) · #16 19-02-2006, 02:34 PM

Truely awesome shots Dennis

matt · #17 19-02-2006, 03:08 PM

That's fantastic Dennis.

Wish we had Bris-Vegas seeing down here.

I captured a few Saturn and Jupiter avi's last night but they've produced very average results.

Also, too much dew by the time I started capture. Will have to invest in some form of heater dew control beyond my dewshield.

I did manage to catch the storm, but nowhere near as good as yours. Again, well done.

Hitchhiker · #18 19-02-2006, 04:56 PM

Running out of superlatives for your images, Dennis! Your building a fantastic portfolio of planetary images.

ozzmosis · #19 11-03-2006, 07:08 AM

wow am new to the board , but i got to say that is one of the best saturn captures i have seen and to catch a storm at the same time,,, give your self a pat in the back,, wicked pics

Kyecat (Graeme) · #20 11-03-2006, 09:53 AM

These are unbelievable Dennis. You must have your own space craft.

Fantastic work

Graeme