Second attempt at Saturn

Garyh · #1 22-02-2008, 08:24 AM

Hi everyone,
Gave imaging Saturn yesterday a go as there was quiet a bit of clear sky. The low cloud and fog rolled in and out till it finally clouded over around 12:30am
Gave me plenty of windows to capture some avi`s and ended up with 14 3min avi`s. One thing I have learned that this planetary imaging is a bit of a waiting game! Seeing being terrible to moments of quiet steady seeing lasting 10-20 seconds or more.
Details are 6" f/5.6 Newt with 5x powermate and Toucam proII
Stacked in Registax ,best 1500 out of 2200 frames from the best avi.
Some levels and a little contrast in PS. Also resized to 1200 x 960 and cropped.
I am quiet stoked at how it came out....

Its no masterpiece but its much improved on my first go last month and I am quiet impressed at what I get for a little 6" newt. Can`t wait for Jup to get higher to have a go!
One day I shall get some good seeing!..

cheers and thank for looking.
Gary

iceman (Mike) · #2 22-02-2008, 08:35 AM

Fantastic effort, Gary!

Can I ask why you resized and then cropped? Can you post the native version?

Also, you might try to be a little more selective on how many frames you stack. Unless you had 8-9+/10 seeing, 1500 frames is too many - there's bound to be some blurrier ones in there that will reduce the overall sharpness and quality.

Alchemy (Clive) · #3 22-02-2008, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Garyh

I am quite impressed at what I get for a little 6" newt.

Can`t wait for Jup to get higher to have a go!

Gary

Me too and me too again

Matty P (Matt) · #4 22-02-2008, 04:53 PM

A very nice image Gary!

For a 6" scope to capture that much detail is simply amazing.

I agree with Mike, try to limit how many frames you stack unless the seeing and quality of each frame is really good.

Garyh · #5 22-02-2008, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by iceman

Fantastic effort, Gary!

Can I ask why you resized and then cropped? Can you post the native version?

Also, you might try to be a little more selective on how many frames you stack. Unless you had 8-9+/10 seeing, 1500 frames is too many - there's bound to be some blurrier ones in there that will reduce the overall sharpness and quality.

Thanks Mike...

I just resized it as it looks so small on the 640 x 480 image. I left Registax on 85 for quality. I shall bump it up to 90 or so and see if its better..thanks for that Mike. Have attached the original file from registax . Feel free to play with it at will...

cheers Gary

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alchemy

Me too and me too again

Thanks Alchemy...I quiet enjoyed watching Saturn on the PC screen!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matty P

A very nice image Gary!

For a 6" scope to capture that much detail is simply amazing.

I agree with Mike, try to limit how many frames you stack unless the seeing and quality of each frame is really good.

Thanks Matty for that...

. I shall give it a go and hopefully crisp it up a little more..