Those are just excellent, Mars really stands out with no ringing so seeing must have been splendid as you say - lovely cloud over Elysium. Very fine banding on Saturn with Encke div too.
Thanks guys. It's been a long time in coming that's for sure. In fact I've never experienced seeing like this since I started imaging. Watching the live feed during capturing was quite an experience, let me tell you! Hope I live long enough to see this again!
wow fantastic images john!!!!! I need to get my DBK618 out i havent even done any successful imaging yet because of the weather. Now i know i made a great purchase in terms of camera.
Thanks all. Hit the nail on the head there Paul. When I was green, I had a few nights like this however I managed to stuff a few things up in my excitement.
Keeping calm & controlled & just 'do your thing' once you've learnt is mandatory in this situation. This type of seeing doesn't & won't happen regularly.
Here you go Peter. I use 100% gain on Saturn @ F20 hence the grain/noise present. Mars I think I was running about 60% gain.
I guess you realize, that the finals have been seriously resized, judging by the RAW image sizes. Great seeing is what's needed to be able to do this. There are other factors involved too of course.
....Just stood on my tongue 
Stunners John.
