Mar and Saturn in good to excellent seeing (Now with better Mars)

[John K]

Awesome images Paul. Love the belts on Saturn.

p.s. good seeing but be on it's ways East to Victoria then! Lets see.

[Paul Haese]

That's a thought Trev. I will take a look in the next few days.

John, yes most likely, although I have it on good authority that the east coast just loves rain and clouds. Have you seen blue sky recently?

[Dennis]

Hi Paul

These are just gorgeous! The wonderful detail and controlled processing really makes them look so natural, just as if I was peering out of my spaceship porthole. Love the moons of Saturn – really quite a special view.

Thanks for these amazing views!

Cheers

Dennis

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Terrific images, as expected. Nice to be there at the inception of these babies. Thanks for the great night.

[John Hothersall]

Missed a day here and its all gone crazy with this image of Saturn, surface starting to look like Jupiter - very busy indeed, don't think this standard will be surpassed. Seeing rings round stars normally means madness which I will take over permanent Bris cloud anytime.

John.

[asimov (John)]

Nice work Paul!

[pgc hunter]

That Saturn is a beauty. Reminds me of Hubble. Awesome stuff

[Paul Haese]

Thanks guys for the lovely comments. Can I just say that seeing makes great images. I am merely just the passenger that delivers the image.

Graeme it was a lovely night and I look forward to both you and Danny sharing your images in that seeing.

John, not sure about it not being surpassed. Better seeing would give better resolution. I do think though the boys with the larger scopes will give better results in great seeing. The beauty of it though is that we are now resolving some of the storms on the surface and that was not happening 3-4 years ago. It is becoming common place. It's good for science because we can contribute and there are plenty of us now.

Dennis that is my aim always, so the image is like looking out a porthole at the planet from orbit. I'll bet most other guys are the same.

[Paul Haese]

I've added a better Mars image that was in the pack. Please see the first post for the image.

[Quark (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

I've added a better Mars image that was in the pack. Please see the first post for the image.

That is really quite a beautiful image Paul, absolute top shelf quality.

Regards
Trevor

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

They are really really well done Paul. About time you got some top seeing.
Makes all the effort worthwhile.

That last Mars image is excellent

[Deeno]

Amazing images!

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Wow, such clear detail, super shots

[Satchmo]

Paul- Can you explain the dark ring encircling inside of the edge of the planet and passing through the larger of the polar caps on the latest Mars image ?

[Paul Haese]

Thanks guys.

Ken it has nearly been a year since I have seen great seeing.

Mark this is a common defect on Mars images. I think what is happening is frames that are a little warped are being included in the stack and this leads to this dreaded line. In good seeing conditions it is less dominant that in poorer conditions. I have been trying to eliminate the problem with a mask and doing a blur; this has been effective but the line is still present. In the next apparition I fully expect that the increased elevation will help to eliminate the problem altogether. Time will tell though.

[dj gravelrash (Dino)]

beautiful shots

[Poita (Peter)]

Wow, that Saturn is impressive.
I'd love to see a shorter stack to see if there is any more cloud detail there to be had.

[lepton3 (Ivan)]

OK, I don't think I have ever seen the hexagonal polar formation on an amateur image before. That red channel is stunning.

-Ivan

[Paul Haese]

Thanks guys.

Ivan it was a real treat. I still have some data I need to process to make an animation, so I might do one to see the hexagon moving around.

[kinetic (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

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Steve, while I thank you for the wonderful comment I reckon Trevs image last week was better, or Damians for the last 10 years is worlds beyond mine. If you have not looked at those I encourage you to do so. Trevs is spectacular and Damians images are ones to aspire toward.

well, Paul, I don't care what you reckon, I think the processing you use
makes it, for me, one of the most visually impressive Saturn pics
by an amateur I have seen
Taking nothing away from Trev either, his stuff is always stunning!
You blokes continue to inspire and amaze me with your abilities.

Steve