Saturn May 31st

U.K.Cowboy (Stuart) · #1 02-06-2013, 04:44 AM

Forecast said clear sky but at 10.30pm it was cloudy and windy but then the cloud broke and I started to image. Seeing was terrible Saturn waving like a crazed flag so I decided to take a colour and ir shot and then pack up but during the IR capture seeing suddenly improved to be as stable as I've seen for some time.

25 degrees elevation. Auto Dob + QHY colour & mono and 3x tv barlow.

3 images below, Straight colour, colour using R as L and IR/colour combo.

EricB (Eric) · #2 02-06-2013, 08:41 AM

Very good images given the bad conditions. The TV x3 barlow seems to be performing fine. How does it compare with the x2.5 powermate?

Cheers,

Eric

asimov (John) · #3 02-06-2013, 09:07 AM

Nice captures Stuart, VERY nice when the target alt. is factored in!

U.K.Cowboy (Stuart) · #4 02-06-2013, 11:27 PM

Thanks John!
Cheers Eric. I don't have the 2.5x powermate only the 5x but i would say the 3x tv is pretty darn good though would need to image Jupiter before I could make a proper comparison.