My first Saturn pic...

[StargeezerTim]

It's not very impressive, but here is my first saturn attempt. Viewed last night.

12 secs of video on my 550d (movie crop mode), 2 X Barlow used. Converted and 75% best kept via PIPP. Sharpened a bit in GIMP.

Don't think NASA will want my efforts! Lol. Tim. 

[knobby]

Nowt to be ashamed of, it's an excellent start !

well done and keep at it

[T-WING]

I'd be happy about that one. Here is my first from last night.

[ecuador]

That's not a bad start. If the seeing was not bad, then probably your focus was a bit off? And you can use a stronger barlow with that telescope.

[theghettostylus]

For 12 seconds of video that is great, my first ever photo of Jupiter was at 2 mins of video with good seeing and still turned out shockingly bad aha I only got one half decent photo but you should be proud of that!!!

[The BFJ]

Nice pic dude... I'm hoping for a chance to get something that good myself.

[StargeezerTim]

I'd be happy about that one. Here is my first from last night.

Nice one T Wing,

What scope and camera did you use?

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice shot. Some atmospheric refraction is visible (nothing to do with the imaging system, just our atmosphere acting as a prism at low altitude). You can remove that with Registax using RGB align in the wavelets section

[StargeezerTim]

Have tried to adjust using wavelets and sharpening in elements and it is beginning to show a little detail. I still don't think NASA will be interested though!

[Tonynexevo925]

That is a nice image!

[Stub Mandrel]

I find the way that detail comes out (as between your first and second pictures) during processing as rewarding as seeing things appear on a photographic print.

[StargeezerTim]

I find the way that detail comes out (as between your first and second pictures) during processing as rewarding as seeing things appear on a photographic print.

Yes, It's remarkable really. I find the whole process of taking photo's a bit like discovery. I took some photos of Pinwheel galaxy a couple of nights ago. I could see absolutely nothing in the eyepiece to suggest anything was there but then a 90 sec exp showed it was there. Then longer exposures to really see what it is. Same with globular clusters, just a faint fuzz through the eyepiece but some great detailed pictures showing millions of stars! The camera is remarkable, and so is the software. There is so much more to see than you can see with our eyes!

[ecuador]

Have tried to adjust using wavelets and sharpening in elements and it is beginning to show a little detail. I still don't think NASA will be interested though!

After wavelets and elements.jpg

Ah, much better. I had assumed you had sharpened already in the first pic, that's why it looked unfocused to me. Next step is to get a bigger barlow - your OTA would comfortably take a 4x for example.

[StargeezerTim]

Ah, much better. I had assumed you had sharpened already in the first pic, that's why it looked unfocused to me. Next step is to get a bigger barlow - your OTA would comfortably take a 4x for example.

Wallet empty at the moment...   Lol...

[bish]

I think that's a very good start

[hullobservertory]

Great start we all got to start somewhere well done

[des anderson]

I would be PROUD of something that good.

[ecuador]

Wallet empty at the moment...   Lol...

Well, you don't have to eat EVERY day, do you?

[StargeezerTim]

Heres Saturn again from last night. 2200 frames this time...

[VikkiFord]

You got the Cassini division too. I think perfection doesn't matter on your first because the thrill of getting a recognisable image (and the Cassini division) trumps flawless. Flawless-ish can come next time when one has more experience. Well done.

Vikki.

[Pete Presland]

Congratulations on your 1st Saturn a lot better than my 1st one.