My first Saturn (1st May 2012)

[Annamely]

So here we go, 1st attempt at imaging Saturn in between clouds as it's been rather cloudy for a while!

I am very pleased as I have been able to resolve the Cassini Division, which I still have never been able to view directly through the eyepiece!

With Celestron Nexstar 6SE, X2 Barlow, Philips SPC880/900 and IR filter. Processing in Registax 5.1.

Clear skies!!

[petey]

great piccy for a first time, focus is much better than i can achieve with a 10" dob, well done

pete

[Annamely]

Thanks Pete!

[petey]

have you tried taking the ir filter off? i seem to get better results without it. i would be interested in your results.

pete

[Annamely]

Never thought of that, I'll try next time then! Ta

[Cozzy]

very nice first effort , well done given the very poor conditions we are having, nice to see someone getting breaks in the cloud .

[Space Cowboy]

Very good image! You need that IR filter especially with Saturn being at a low altitude.

[WayBig]

Great first attempt, have you tried stretching the histogram on the wavelet tab in Registaxx? It should make the image brighter.

[Stargazer Jack]

Nice image. Would also like to see what it would be like a bit brighter.

[robbie c]

That's a great first attempt well done:icon_salut:

[Annamely]

Many thanks for the kind comments!

WayBig, thank you for the histogram tip, I still have so much to learn with registax!

Brighter result attached. (Maybe I went slightly too bright?) A bit blue, sorry

[WayBig]

Many thanks for the kind comments!

WayBig, thank you for the histogram tip, I still have so much to learn with registax!

Brighter result attached. (Maybe I went slightly too bright?) A bit blue, sorry

....an RGB align might fix that, just use the estimate button in Reg...

[tjensen]

Great first shot!

Turn down the blue channel a bit. The RGB alignment might work, but probably not completely.

Cheers

[Annamely]

I have now become addicted to the tweaking, tweaking again and again!! Even if I still don't know what or why I'm doing it, the result speaks for itself!! Yippee!

Now desperately awaiting a break in the clouds to go fishing for more AVIs!!!

Thanks again for all the advice

[Astrosurf]

Lovely first image. Nice and sharp. I can never get mine like that!

Alexxx

[70x7]

Im jealous. I havent even been able to find Saturn yet!

[Naemeth]

Looks much better the 3rd time you did it, but very nice even first time.