Saturn 04 May 2011

lepton3 (Ivan) · #1 06-05-2011, 08:43 PM

Finally, some above average seeing from my suburban Adelaide back yard, and I managed to get some reasonable AVIs of Saturn.

The following image was taken with a C6SE (150mm f/10 SCT with eyepiece projection from a 15mm plossl) and Neximage camera. About 1800 frames stacked with Registax 5.

I think there is a hint of the storm visible.

-Ivan

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Shiraz (Ray) · #2 07-05-2011, 09:17 AM

Hi Ivan. really good result for a 150 - definite storm detail. Regards Ray

asimov (John) · #3 07-05-2011, 09:25 AM

Nice work Ivan. Plenty of detail in the image. You might want to work on the colour balance though.

Troy · #4 07-05-2011, 06:16 PM

Very good detail, well done Ivan

lepton3 (Ivan) · #5 08-05-2011, 09:01 AM

Thanks for the comments guys. It's nowhere near some of the amazing photos we've seen from others this apparition, but I was pleased to get this much detail from my small "grab and go" scope.

Re the colour balance, unfortunately I am colourblind (!) so can't tell if it looks unnatural. Probably explains why I'm mostly doing monochrome imaging!

-Ivan

Clayton · #6 08-05-2011, 01:19 PM

Nice detail Ivan.
Don't sweat the colour balance, it's really not too far from the eyepiece view, some of mine have been a lot less like reality.

asimov (John) · #7 08-05-2011, 01:48 PM

Ah, my mistake. I have no idea what it's like to be colour blind but I'm sure it would be a pain to get colour balances correct. As Clayton said, no point in sweating it, still a nice image.