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59 minutes ago, Kon said:

Excellent captures Simon. The colour one is especially nice.

19 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said:

Those are really good Simon! Smooth processing.

Cheers Guys for the positive comments, looking better for the next few days Stuart, Saturn looked great at times for such low elevation & seems to take higher power too pity about the cloud to be honest because better results could have been achieved!

Lovely capture Kostas, nice colour balance too, Jupiter totaly clouded out here im afraid but looking better for the nex few nights!

Images taken through light cloud last night, Saturn looking very stable at times so struggling with low histo on the runs but a reasonable result never the less, Enceladus very faint but still visible 10.00 o clock mark!

C9 skyris 236 mono meade 1.5 x barlow.

As above very nicely done Martyn. 

Lovely sharp Saturn & a medley of moons very nicely done Maurizio.

Stunning shot there Martyn your on a roll!👌

Very nicel some lovely detail especially around the grs.

4 hours ago, Mark2022 said:

Simon, I've just been going through some of my captures from the same night (between about 12am and 3am on the 21st). There were a couple where I thought what I was seeing was the GRS but, on processing this one (very badly), I realised it was Io's transit. I did think the GRS was looking very dark, right enough! 😆

Jupiter was very turbulent on that morning it was very difficult to achieve focus, & sometimes it not easy to estimate detail either.

Your kit seems very capable of achieving good results, i notice your using a colour camera so using an A.D.C especially on Saturn at such low elevation is a must, try using rgb alignment & colour balance in registax 6 will help.

All in all its trial & error in this game and with experience you will find what works and what dont im still on that learning curve myself after many years! You can always pm me if you like as it keeps this topic open for planetary imaging! Regards Simon.

For a first Saturn you did remarkably well, flashes of the cassini showing up on the rings too!

Outstanding Martyn, your best to date at the present altitude you be hard pressed to obtain better images well done!

9 hours ago, morimarty said:

They are a superb set of images Simon.The Saturns are really clean and sharp with a lovely natural cassani. I would say you're best so far. You're Jupiter shot is very smooth and subtle what a great nights work you had.

Thanks Mart, ive still got some more data to work through when i have time, so maybe another jupiter in there somewhere, i think probably my sharpest Saturns yet but be nice to get the cassini total on that front edge!

8 hours ago, orion25 said:

Crackin' images, Simon! I like the softness and texture while still revealing copious detail. Saturn is a cornucopia of colors! The GRS AND a moon/shadow transit can't be beat!

Cheers Reggie for the positive comment i agree capturing a grs transit is always a pleasing event! 

Some great delicate detail in there Martyn & great scale too, conditions were not good that morning so good outcome & very well processed!

Very nice smooth Jupiter with lovely colour balance!

Great capture & comparative Reggie.

3 minutes ago, si@nite said:

Well done & nice comparison of ring tilt, we are moving towards edge on!

Well done & nice comparison of ring tilt, we are moving towards edge on!

Some nice detail around the grs.

14 hours ago, Mark2022 said:

Those are superb. Perhaps you can help me get even somewhat close to that? If you'd care to? 😩

Thanks for the positive comment, ive been imaging the planets for a long time now & still learning everytime i go out!😉

Good advice is always available on this forum theres always someone willing to help!

13 hours ago, Space Cowboy said:

Nice captures Simon. Always good to see a transit shadow and GRS in the same shot.

Thanks Stuart i agree although i like imaging Saturn, Jupiter is always changing which make`s it more intresting & difficult too if you get what i mean!

13 hours ago, Kon said:

Excellent images Simon. It seems you had much better seeing on Saturn as the Cassini division is nice and sharp.

Cheers Kon, The conditions were much more stable on Saturn for sure but Jupiter was jumping jack flash this end!😄

Mixed seeing again this morning Saturn fared better being very stable at times, Jupiter was very unstable even at higher elevation but happy to catch the IO transit!

C9 skyris 236 mono 1.5x Barlow.

Very nice stuart conditions were better for Saturn than Jupiter this morning, some very nice detail on thoes well captured!

14 hours ago, morimarty said:

They are very good results Simon from a very frustrating night. What was really annoying though was the fact that the seeing was really good until them clouds rolled in and it never recovered. Still you have captured some lovely detail on the Jupiter captures and a nice saturn too.

Thanks Martyn, frustrating it was but managed a result so not to bad, thats how it goes sometimes especially in the uk!

2 hours ago, maw lod qan said:

Really some great images of the giants!

Well done.

Thanks appreciated!

1 hour ago, Space Cowboy said:

Nicely captured Simon! Too much cloud here in Cheshire.

Cheers Stuart, its been cloudy here on & off, but clear breaks have allowed me to at least get some runs in, hopefully we get some settled weather soon!

5 hours ago, Kon said:

Very nice image and I like your processing. The GRS looks really good.

Cheers Kon, i try to keep the processing soft if i can, but does not always work for me!

1 hour ago, Space Cowboy said:

You'll be rocking when the good seeing turns up!

Hope so Stuart, seeing is everything in this game as you well know, a higher Jupiter makes it much more likely to better the data too!

34 minutes ago, Maurizio83 said:

Beautiful picture, very delicate processing!

Cheers Maurizio appreciated!

My last run from the 16th with some detail around the grs my first jupiters of the season!

C9.25 - skyris 236m x1,5 barlow!

Managed a few early runs on both Saturn & Jupiter before cloud set in, conditions average at best with low transparency!

Images taken with a C9.25 1.5 x barlow & skyris 236m!

Great set of clean captures well done!