Kon

9 hours ago, Elp said:

I though you could only image planets for a handful of minutes due to rotation, how'd he manage 75?

Derotation in winjupos. For Saturn 5 min captures are ok to avoid any smearing due to rotation . Then several 5min captures combined in winjupos.

31 minutes ago, geoflewis said:

Since my surgery I'm still a bit wary of being out in the observatory on my own at night, but I'm going to have to do it sometime.....😱

I fully understand and you hopefully feel confident/comfortable to get out soon.

3 hours ago, geoflewis said:

Very nice captures Kostas. I haven't opened my obersvatory for months, so need to get my act together before the lunar occultation of Saturn on 21 Aug.....🤔 Enjoy your holidays.

Thanks Geoff. I am going to miss the occultation as I will be on another holiday 😭, but I hope the weather plays ball and I will see the images here.

I think you should start getting out slowly as I have seen excellent images of Jupiter from UK too.

Thanks for selecting my image. There have been some excellent images despite the poor seeing the past few months. Congratulations to @Lucas_Mand @chKimfor excellent images too.

2 hours ago, Pete Presland said:

Looks really good Kon, interesting to see the rings so close to edge on know. 

Thanks Pete. As I have only been in the hobby for a couple of years, it's quite a sight. The lack of rings makes it look so different down the eyepiece.

1 hour ago, Planetary Observer said:

Very nice images. I think I'm going to have to set my alarm, well, once the clouds where I am disappear!!

Thanks. Yes it's brutal waking up that early and then carry on with your day. I don't mind it sporadically but the weather is taking care of this 🤣

Nice capture. You also have some nice banding.

11 minutes ago, orion25 said:

Beautiful captures, Kostas! Very inspirational; I plan on getting back out there with Saturn, soon. 

Regards, Reggie

Thanks Reggie. Looking forward to your images.

1 hour ago, Space Cowboy said:

Very nice captures Kostas! That is the very same view I had through my first telescope back in 2010.  🙂 

Thanks Stuart. It puts it in perspective the dates, doesn't it?

This view really takes away from the exciting views.

5 hours ago, CraigT82 said:

Ah ok! Thought it could be real and some kind of effect from the ice in the rings…  never mind! Looking forward to seeing the images you produce around opposition with the new 12”

I hadn't seen the blue cast on others captures. You do see their reflection on the methane one though; brighter equator.

6 hours ago, Sunshine said:

This is great, capturing the rings just slightly off from perfect edge on gives them depth, wonderful job.

Thanks. I am not sure we will be able to catch them edge on as it will be quite low for us next year.

9 hours ago, bosun21 said:

Very nice Kostas. Decent seeing is a godsend. I definitely prefer the colour image although the others have their benefits. I am just waiting for Saturn to appear from behind the neighbours tree at a respectable hour and I will have another go or three.

Thanks Ian. I am off on holidays for 2 weeks so I thought to have a try as the weather prediction was good. I like the additional filters as you can reveal some other details, I think it works better for Jupiter.

It will be a busy imaging time for all of us from autumn.

3 hours ago, CraigT82 said:

Very nice Kostas, seeing it edge on like this feels somewhat strange as I wasn’t really ‘into’ Astro back in 2010. Got my first scope it 2011.

I see there is a bit of a blue fringe to the underside of the rings in front of the globe, do you think this is real colour or an artefact? 
 

cheers 

Thanks Craig. Yes it is weird especially looking at the eyepiece. It has taken away from the excitement of the rings. Likewise, I have only been in the hobby since 2021.

The blue cast is an artefact; I had forgotten to align rgb...ooopps! Thanks for the keen eyes! I updated the image.

The weather looked decent last night so I had a go on Saturn. Seeing was good although there were high clouds that made focusing a bit tricky. Despite this I managed a few captures with different filters. The colour image is 4x180s derotation, the IR 2x240s derotation and the methane is a single capture. Collimation is a bit off. Skywatcher 300P Flextube GOTO, asi462mc for the colour image and 462mm with CH4 or IR pass filters, ADC and 2.5xTV powermate.

Nice capture Reggie. Looking forward to image Mars later in the season.

Very nice images and details.

1 hour ago, wookie1965 said:

Cracking images I have yet to see Saturn this time hopefully the weather with play ball

Thanks. Dreadful weather, but worth getting a glimpse if you can as it is very different 'without' the rings showing.

10 hours ago, orion25 said:

Excellent images, Kostas! Love the bands, especially in the first image. Yes, the planetary season is upon us (if you're willing to stay up late or get up early, lol)!

Regards,

Reggie 🤩

Thanks Reggie. Unfortunately, the weather has been awful to do any more imaging, so it has spared me the early mornings 🤣.

I hope you manage a few captures.

What Ian said above but you may want to consider the 715 without a Barlow. For planetary imaging you want 5xpixel size of the camera. The 715 has 1.45 pixel size so your f10 would be close to this.

20 minutes ago, Paz said:

This is something to look forward to, and it will also be a good target before dark, as long as you can solve the problems of keeping the sun off your scope and actually finding the planet in daylight.

Actually, it is really easy to spot Venus with a finderscope at daylight as it is quite bright. From my experience, imaging at daylight and with the sun high up is much better and more stable. I am really looking forward to Jan and onwards as the current position is too close to the sun for comfort.

6 hours ago, Space Cowboy said:

You've certainly got all the tools you need with that setup.

I hope to be imaging in the autumn. Will be having cataract surgery sometime in the next couple of months so it will be nice to see pin sharp stars and planets again 🙂

I hope it all goes well!

2 hours ago, dweller25 said:

That bigger scope is really going to deliver when the Earth gets closer to Saturn 👍
And then there’s Jupiter and Mars ……

I am really looking forward what it can give me if look back to my 8". Yes we will have a busy autumn/winter imaging 😁 

3 hours ago, bosun21 said:

Nice early images Kostas. I abandoned the SER files I took recently of Saturn as I hadn't got the focus right. It was also really low as a neighbours tree blocked it as it got higher. Once past the tree daylight intervened. I'm going to wait a bit before trying again. 

Thanks Ian. It's rather frustrating when you are up early but things don't go to plan. I hope we get better weather soon.

1 hour ago, bosun21 said:

I was initially intending to use the dob however it was windy last night and so the 7" Mak got an outing. Found it difficult to gauge an accurate focus on Saturn and eventually used the sharpness of the rings 🤞.

I found using the shadow below the rings works well too. Jetstream tonight so I am not planning on getting out.

9 minutes ago, bosun21 said:

Out tonight to capture an image of Saturn which will be the first this apparition. I had to capture with the planet really low to the horizon as a neighbours tree intervened as it got higher. Hopefully the ADC did its job in this respect. Also shot a few short videos of the moon which was even lower than Saturn. I will process the captures later.

 

 

Looking forward to the image Ian. Not the 10" gun?