Saturn 24th July

[Dave882 (David)]

This shot is going back a bit. Planet season for me is mostly a visual pursuit - but once my eyes have had their fill I'll put the camera on if the conditions hold up. On this night I could literally see a mist/fog rolling in during the capture so I hadn't thought much of the data and resolved to do better around opposition.

Well, it's a month later and I'm still yet to have decent conditions for more than a few minutes at a time, so decided to try and process the old data anyway... Seemed to scrub up ok so thought it worth sharing

c14 non edge
ZWO ADC
Televue 1.8x barlow
asi224mc
ASIAIR Pro capture
AS!3 / Registax6 / LR

Thanks for looking

[Averton (P and C)]

Very impressive! Pity about the weather of late.

[Dave882 (David)]

Originally Posted by Averton

Very impressive! Pity about the weather of late.

Thanks very much! Yes it’s been trying- I was out again last night and had lovely views with the c14 at approx 400x, after 30min I went inside and got the camera and came back out to nothing but cloud! An hour later it cleared up but the seeing had deteriorated, Sigh…

[Crater101 (Warren)]

I like that shot, it's something like I'm hoping to achieve.



Dave, it sounds like you and I had a similar night of it, in two very different locations.

[EpickCrom (Joe)]

Fantastic image David

[Dave882 (David)]

Thanks Joe & Warren- I’m super rusty right now with my planetary processing too so I’m glad it came out ok!

[AstroViking (Steve)]

Looks very good to me. I think you planetary guys are in a league of your own, and I'll stick to DSOs.

[Dave882 (David)]

Thanks Steve…Lol it certainly is a different approach and much more dependant on sky and atmospheric conditions when you’re shooting at 8000mm- but I love the fact you can do planetary imaging on a full moon from the suburbs! I’ve had the c14 targeting dso s for most of this year waiting for the planets to come round so it’s good to finally get it going on what it’s really made for!