Saturn in good seeing 28/12

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Awesome stuff bird. Just today I was wondering why we havent seen anything from you in so long, but Im sure the final image will be worth the wait

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Just to think what a teency tiny patch of sky that image represents, the detail in there is astonishing. The CRT version looks best on my LCD. Thanks Bird!

[John K]

Simply fantastic image Anthony! well done. A credit to you particularly since Saturn is a relatively low object for us in the Southern Hemisphere

[Ric]

Great image Bird, the rings are very detailed.

great stuff

[davidpretorius]

legend bird, your excitement is very evident!

it brings back memories of the mars nov 05 excitobirdometer!

this is an excellent image

[asimov (John)]

I'd have to agree with Steve, the CRT version looks better on my LCD!

[asimov (John)]

Whats it reading on the excitobirdometer this time around Davo!?

[davidpretorius]

not quite the (9/10) full nude strut, I put it at around 7.5/10

[Seawolf]

Bird
This is the best Saturn i've seen for this year !!!
Congratulation i've saved it in my folder as reference
cheers and happy New Year all
Giorgio

[Satchmo]

Great stuff Anthony, I'm sure this image hints at the kind of result you were hoping for with a larger mirror and new CCD camera.

Not only is the Encke Division clearly visible , but the Crepe ring is split into two rings of different transparency. Pure gold

Mark

[Lester]

Excellent Anthony

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Thanks for the comments guys, I've spent today fiddling with software to see if I can pull out some more definition in this image - looks promising, I might have a new image by the end of the weekend (maybe).

Extra processing steps include gain compensation for each pixel in the ccd to get maximum linearity, temporal filtering and resampling.

It takes a long time to run these things through, especially when I'm changing the algorithms and then have to wait for an hour to see if it's made the result better or worse :-)

cheers, Bird

[matt]

Admire your commitment and ability, bird.

Hoping all your extra work pays off