SATURN Dec 20th + Titan & "Red" Collar

Robert_T · #1 20-12-2006, 12:25 PM

Hi All,

well I dragged the carcass from bed this morn... to a sky alight with skudding clouds. Hmmm, went ahead and hoped for the best. Had a few avis spoiled with thin cloud. Seeing was good, say 6-7/10. The attached is a taster, just a random selection from the avis processed directly in registax 4 (single point). Hopefully I can improve on this one once I start ppmcentring and being a bit more selective.

Still pretty happy with the result - my best for this Saturn season (easy to say when it's early days). The Cassini division is detectable all the way around. Titan also gets a look in.

It doesn't show as well on my Desktop screen, but also present is the phenomenom described by Steve Massey in the latest issue of Aust S&T of temporary red collar below the polar region... first time I think I"ve capture it.

Anyway, there it is.

cheers,

matt · #2 20-12-2006, 12:29 PM

That's what I'm talkin' about!!!!

Great stuff Rob.

You're starting to get that new cam humming along. Must have been reasonable seeing up there in Brisvegas overnight?

Very nice processing as well. I've said before how much I like the "look" of your images. Nothing's changed.

Which scope, by the way?

Good to see your images again.

ving (David) · #3 20-12-2006, 12:34 PM

great to see all the saturn shots rolling in

nice one robert

Robert_T · #4 20-12-2006, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt

That's what I'm talkin' about!!!!

Great stuff Rob.

You're starting to get that new cam humming along. Must have been reasonable seeing up there in Brisvegas overnight?

Very nice processing as well. I've said before how much I like the "look" of your images. Nothing's changed.

Which scope, by the way?

Good to see your images again.

Thanks Matt, yeh seeing was good, not great, but better than I'vehad for quite a while. This was with the C9.25.

cheers,

Starkler (Geoff) · #5 20-12-2006, 12:53 PM

Nice detail Rob but the colour balance looks a bit off. Theres a lot of green in this image (im viewing with a crt).

matt · #6 20-12-2006, 12:57 PM

Looks good on my lappy screen

Robert_T · #7 20-12-2006, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starkler

Nice detail Rob but the colour balance looks a bit off. Theres a lot of green in this image (im viewing with a crt).

Yeh, I'm not entirely happy with it but will invest a bit more time on colour for the subsequent processing. I find a BIG difference between my laptop and the CRT at work - this is optimised for the lappy.

cheers,

Robert_T · #8 20-12-2006, 01:33 PM

Had a quick play with colour on the CRT. I've got it less green. Not sure if it's an improvement or not.

cheers,

iceman (Mike) · #9 20-12-2006, 01:38 PM

Excellent work, Rob! Feels like ages since you've posted an image. A great "comeback" image.

Well done!

Nice thin cassini division!

matt · #10 20-12-2006, 01:41 PM

Hmmmm...

has now taken on a pinky/purple hue on my lappy.

Obviously shifted towards the red channel to improve appearance on the CRT

Ah well... can't please everyone RT....

Still a nice image

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #11 20-12-2006, 01:56 PM

Nice image Rob!

Bird

[1ponders] (Paul) · #12 20-12-2006, 02:17 PM

Ripper Rob. Glad someone got to make the most of the seeing last night. It looked ok at around 21:00.

It looks pretty dam fine on my laptop.

matt · #13 20-12-2006, 02:34 PM

yeah Paul. Appears to be the usual differences between CRT and lappy

John K · #14 20-12-2006, 03:27 PM

Have only just seen this thread, great image Robert! well done! Very natural looking image and a credit as it's a difficult object.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #15 20-12-2006, 04:16 PM

Blinking brilliant image.

The differences between image quality on a CRT and LCD have been discussed here, but I've noticed differences between individual CRT's as well. I used to grab avi's on one puter, then process on another. The pics would look different on each one.

Dennis · #16 20-12-2006, 05:44 PM

Hi Robert

Stunning image - well done and boy, wasn't it just worth the inconvenience of dragging your carcass out of bed eh?

Cheers

Dennis

spearo (Frank) · #17 20-12-2006, 08:40 PM

wow
nice and sharp
well done
beautiful image
frank

Ric · #18 21-12-2006, 02:25 AM

Hi Rob, thats a very fine image. It's come out very nice on my screen.

great stuff

Robert_T · #19 21-12-2006, 10:26 AM

Thanks all, still picking my way through all the avi's. Hopefully will get something to rival this and will post it up soon.

cheers,

davidpretorius · #20 21-12-2006, 11:20 AM

top stuff rob, I hope to give it a rip next week whilst on hols