Saturn 25th May 2012

[ejwwest]

I think the seeing wasn't great but I'd have hoped to have done better:

Saturn by ejwwest, on Flickr

Taken with Imaging Source DFK21AU618 and 2x barlow and stacked with Autostakert. Wavelets in Registax and final tweaks with PSE 8.

[Clayton]

A RGB align will help, but the image is quite over exposed, either at capture or in post processing? It's also a bit soft either through focus or poor seeing. I suspect the seeing was not so good compounded by the planet's low elevation

It is a promising start though, and most of the problems can be sorted out, except for Saturn's low elevation (even that can be sorted out with a trip to the tropics )

Do you use the histogram display in IC Cap to help set the exposure?

[MidnightSun]

Good capture, but I suspect focus was off. Just keep at it.....