My 1st and 2nd Saturns afocally

Danoz · #1 23-03-2007, 12:09 PM

Hi,
I got my first look at Saturn just this year and WOW

! I couldn't wait to try and photograph it. These are my 1st and 2nd Saturn Pic's. Both taken through my 8" GSO dob afocally with a Cannon A75 digital camera, processed through registax following Mike's helpful hints.

The first was a stack of about 150 frames from 900, the second a stack of about 200 from 8000 (lots of blurred or fuzzy frames). I'm far happier with the second than the first. Magnification was about 160x through a 15mm plossel with 2x barlow.

How do you, more experienced photographers configure your wavelets for Saturn? The second shot was high (~10) on wavelets 1-3 and then negative on the rest. I don't have a clue what I'm doing with them

but it seemed to work. What would be a better configuration? Thanks for your help,

Dan

Ric · #2 23-03-2007, 12:28 PM

Hi Dan, they are great images very clear and detailed.
I am a Registax newbie so I'll leave your question to the experts.

Cheers

h0ughy (David) · #3 23-03-2007, 12:51 PM

nice work, on the path to success

iceman (Mike) · #4 23-03-2007, 01:11 PM

Excellent work! That second one is great!

My first attempts were nowhere near as good as this!

acropolite (Phil) · #5 24-03-2007, 09:18 AM

As Mike said excellent work, the A75 in that mode shows potential.

davidpretorius · #6 24-03-2007, 10:01 AM

top stuff Dan!

shaneaust (Mick) · #7 25-03-2007, 03:48 PM

Man, I'm jealous - I wish I could pump up my skills with both the scope and the camera to be able to produce something like you've done, Dan!

Well done!

Danoz · #8 26-03-2007, 11:23 AM

Thanks for your feedback guys. I wish I could afford a scope with tracking and a ccd cam, but I'll have to make do with what I've got for now.

I cant wait to have a go on Jupiter in a few weeks when it peeks over my house at a reasonable time!

ving (David) · #9 26-03-2007, 01:49 PM

from danoz direct?

sorry.

they are lovely and sharp and show good banding! well done!