saturn,dob,city

[coco1 (Stephen)]

Dont know why but I went to Philip Island had clear skies but bad images, from the backyard in Melbourne I get these which seem ok.

[Liz]

Very nice images, esp the first couple. Saturn is a delight.
How did you capture these Stephen? What camera and process?

[coco1 (Stephen)]

Thanks , the cam is a dbk21a color, the scope is a 12inch dob, I just let the image pass through the capture field, thats around 300 frames. Then I use registax4. The thing I dont get is these are from light polluted ?Melbourne but when I go to Philip Island for clear skies I always get rubbish results....

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Really good images, are they prime focus with or without a barlow. I got similar images but not as clear as that.

[Steffen]

Originally Posted by coco1

The thing I dont get is these are from light polluted ?Melbourne but when I go to Philip Island for clear skies I always get rubbish results....

Light pollution doesn't matter much when viewing/shooting super bright sun-lit objects. Seeing is the killer.

PS Forgot to add, nice images!

Cheers
Steffen.

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice work. And like Steffen says, you can capture good planetary images from any location - as long as the seeing is good.

Light pollution doesn't play much of a role for planetary.

[coco1 (Stephen)]

Thanks for the information, no more carting that huge thing to the island anymore.
I use 2 times barlow.
Thanks for the comments Ice, Steffan and Lizzie also Malcolm..

Steve...............

[duncan]

Great shots Stephen, way better than what i get. I haven't ever had a good nights seeing up here in the tropics. Must be a very rare thing for tropics.Keep going you will just get better and better.
All the best,
Duncan