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02-05-2013, 11:44 AM
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May Day Saturn
Saturn last night, 1st May, from Brisbane. The first image is at capture size, the second reduced and disc detail enhanced.
Canon EOS 600D, 1080p Video Crop Mode, 1500frames, 30fps, 1/30sec, ISO 6400, Auto white balance and Auto picture style, 2x Barlow, 5x Powermate, 1500mm f/5 12" SkyWatcher Goto Dobsonian, auto tracked this time
Thanks for looking,
Tom
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02-05-2013, 12:05 PM
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Very nice, Tom
02-05-2013, 12:07 PM
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Excellent!
02-05-2013, 02:02 PM
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Damn good!
02-05-2013, 02:04 PM
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awesome work tom, i have nearly the same setup and can get nowhere near that result.
02-05-2013, 04:22 PM
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It was blurry for me so I packed up! Fine colours and banding.
02-05-2013, 04:53 PM
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Very nice images, Tom. I was going to go out but didn't so of course I should have.
02-05-2013, 06:21 PM
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Very nice work Tom, a fine result.
02-05-2013, 06:29 PM
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That smaller image is a peach! Auto tracking eh? Isn't that cheating?
02-05-2013, 06:33 PM
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nice work Tom - excellent detail. regards ray
02-05-2013, 08:03 PM
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That is an impressive image and scale there Tom! Well done.
02-05-2013, 08:31 PM
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02-05-2013, 08:35 PM
Waiting for good seeing!
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Great job Tom!
02-05-2013, 10:38 PM
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Really nice. First I have seen using the DSLR video technique.
03-05-2013, 12:14 PM
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Lovely capture Tom
03-05-2013, 01:11 PM
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nice
03-05-2013, 01:27 PM
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Lovely work Tom
03-05-2013, 02:33 PM
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That's beautiful. Best result I have seen with a DSLR video crop-mode image. What did you use for stacking, what settings did you use e.g. Number of align points etc.?
03-05-2013, 03:05 PM
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Excellent work Tom!
03-05-2013, 05:40 PM
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Thanks everyone for the kind comments.
Jon, stacked in Autostakkert! using 200 pixel squares.
Stuart, yes I did cheat. My fingers weren't fast enough to switch between slewing azimuth at 2x rate and altitude at 1x rate for manual tracking as the planet was approaching meridian so high up.
Cheers,
Tom
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