Saturn and Jupiter

[Shiraz (Ray)]

waay better seeing than usual - still nothing like full resolution or contrast on Jupiter, but at least you can see some of the bigger features - a vast improvement over what has been available for the last couple of months. Got a fairly good burst of about 10 minutes on Saturn and a variable couple of hours on Jupiter. Io made an appearance at the end of the Jupiter session, but the seeing fell in a hole near the end of that red channel run, so only a mono of Io.

Good to be back imaging after an unwanted hiatus. Also, had put the bigger scope in the shed in disgust about a year ago, but it was good to clean it up and image with it again .

Thanks for looking. Regards Ray

[Paul Haese]

Well done Ray. You guys are giving me a nudge to get out under the stars again and image the planets instead of being remote.

[RickS (Rick)]

Good to see you imaging again, Ray, and doing a great job on those planets too.

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Nice, very nice. Love the colours.
Well done ...

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Nice photos Ray, that Saturn pic is very 3D. Wonderful result.
Trev

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Top Photos .. real good.

Col...

[Saturn%5 (Graeme)]

Pretty sweet set Ray.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Well done Ray. You guys are giving me a nudge to get out under the stars again and image the planets instead of being remote.

thanks Paul. there's plenty of photons to go round, but the Jupiter ones are a bit mixed up by the atmosphere

Originally Posted by RickS

Good to see you imaging again, Ray, and doing a great job on those planets too.

thanks Rick. Nothing too special, but a lot better than nothing at all.

Originally Posted by ZeroID

Nice, very nice. Love the colours.
Well done ...

Thanks Brent. I have the optical equivalent of tone deafeness when it comes to colour casts, so appreciate the feedback.

Originally Posted by Regulus

Nice photos Ray, that Saturn pic is very 3D. Wonderful result.
Trev

Thanks a lot Trev - appreciated

Originally Posted by FlashDrive

Top Photos .. real good.

Col...

thanks very much Col

Originally Posted by Saturn%5

Pretty sweet set Ray.

Hi Graeme - appreciate the comments.

regards Ray

[Quark (Trevor)]

Nicely done Ray, great to see you back into it.

Cheers
Trevor

[astronobob (Bob)]

Really nice results there Ray, Like that saturn speshly, how sharp is that casinni division - grouse work ! !

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Originally Posted by Quark

Nicely done Ray, great to see you back into it.

Cheers
Trevor

Hi Trevor. couldn't keep away. However, seeing tonight is back to normal wobbly rubbish and I remember why I packed up the scope over a year ago

Originally Posted by astronobob

Really nice results there Ray, Like that saturn speshly, how sharp is that casinni division - grouse work ! !

Thanks Bob. trying to remember how to do this stuff, but it is fun when an image turns out OK.

regards Ray

[kkara4 (Krishan)]

very nice Ray, was worth getting the scope out again from hibernation!

[Domol (Domenic)]

Hi Ray
These are incredible images
What size scope & camera are you using?
Thanks from Newbie

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Originally Posted by kkara4

very nice Ray, was worth getting the scope out again from hibernation!

thanks Krishan. I guess it was, although I had some nagging doubts about that at 3.45 this morning - when sensible people were sleeping.

Originally Posted by Domol

Hi Ray
These are incredible images
What size scope & camera are you using?
Thanks from Newbie

Thanks Domenic. The scope is a lot of fun, but nothing special - a 12 inch f5 GSO dob OTA on an EQ6 and with a QHY5L2 camera looking through a 3x Barlow. It has lots of idiosyncrasies, but works OK when everything is lined up properly.

regards Ray