First Saturn attempt

[Robbie]

My first shot at Saturn I struggled with it a bit but learned a few valuable lessons

Meade 10" orion ss2 with a televue 3x barlow

[iceman (Mike)]

That's a great first start, Robbie. Well done! Way better than my first Saturn attempt.

[desler]

Very nice Robbie, way better than my first or second attempt.

Daz

[Quark (Trevor)]

Well done Robbie,

Nice image scale and some banding, a great start to imaging Saturn.
Look forward to following your advancement with planetary imaging.

Regards
Trevor

[Robbie]

Thanks fellas. I was proud of that one and the penny dropped on a few things which will make my next attempt better Im sure. The seeing wasnt the best and I need to work on my focusing skills me thinks but Im progressing slowly but surely. Now I cant wait for jupiter again, I had a go at that when I was an ultra raw noob and they were totally hideous,
I'll catch up to all you guys skill wise one day

[iceman (Mike)]

When the seeing is bad it's really hard to get focus right. I'm forever tinkering with focus in bad seeing trying to get it sharper and most times it never helps

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by iceman

When the seeing is bad it's really hard to get focus right. I'm forever tinkering with focus in bad seeing trying to get it sharper and most times it never helps

The ED80 is razor sharp but the sct is a real juggle.
I Think its the hardest task in setting up for a shot I especially dont like it when you finally get it spot on then forget to switch the handset back to slew....go to slew and bugger up your half hours work on focusing...Grrrr