It's Saturn again

[geoff_k]

Having to get up early this week as my son has been doing Work Experience and has to get a bus at the crack of dawn. At least it's given me the motivation (and excuse) to get out with the scope as we have had some fine mornings down here.

Used my ATIK camera and a 2x Barlow on Saturn as my first effort using eyepiece projection didn't work very well.

As a result, it was nearly 7am (and getting brighter) before I got this image. Pleased to get some disk detail nonetheless.

Mars was high in the sky but can wait for when it can be imaged in the evening.

Enough of the early mornings already. It's half term next week thank goodness.

Click to make it bigger (the image, that is)

[MartinB]

Nice one Geoff. The rings are certainly going. No more Cassini for a while.

[centroid]

Nice one Geoff.

As Martin says, those 'rings' are definitely going. Edge on to us in 2009.

Dave

[barkis]

Very nice Geoff. Good markings.

Ron.

[adt175]

Looks like one of the Voyager shots. Well done Sir!

Andy

[tom.yates]

Nice image

[Sam Bo]

Nice image Geoff

Im hoping to buy the OO F4.5 200mm for DSO. How would you rate it overall for the planets?

Cheers

Sam

[mpeniak]

Great image mate. Can't wait to see :saturn: again

Martin

[geoff_k]

Sam

A good choice of scope as OO optics are excellent. Great for DSO's but obviously focal length is king when it comes to planets.

There are many other factors such as collimation, focusing, conditions and the list goes on, but take a look at some of the images I have taken on my website. There is a mixture of both Lunar, planetary and some DSO's (early days for me) using both a Toucam and ATIK camera.

http://www.freewebs.com/geoff_k/images.htm

Good luck with the new scope.

Geoff

[supernova]

:notworthy: :notworthy: what more can I say.

[Hugh]

Looking good Sam,

I particularly like the colours

Hugh

[Sam Bo]

Many thanks Geoff

Your website has convinced me into getting the OO F4.5...great pictures!

Sam

[mpeniak]

Saturn images on your website are not bad either.Well done!

Martin

[Vega]

Well done Geoff... You couldn't resist the seductive planet then eh . Lovely shot and love the colours. I'm simply not hardcore enough to stay up until such unearthly hours at the moment. I think I can slog it out for Jan/Feb to catch this beauty. I miss her like a drug tho

Matt

[Ant]

Ah a real planet (not a fan of Mars myself).

I love Saturn, the rings are closing up quite nicely.

Thats a cracking image! Nice one

Ant

[geoff_k]

Sam

Thanks for the kind words. Steep learning curve, cold nights, frustration and much cursing involved I can assure you.

Lots of luck and good seeing for your new toy. You have made an excellent choice. The only shame is that its not the end of the assault on the finances

Geoff