Saturn April 27th IR/Colour

[Space Cowboy]

Managed just 2 avis last night before cloud took over. Colour run taken at 11.18pm and mono IR at 11.30pm. Seeing was terrible for the colour run but the IR once again worked miracles. 14000 frames captured in colour at 41fps and 11500 IR at 35fps 100% gain for both. Stacked 3000 from each and combined in winjupos using 1.5x drizzle for the IR. Both QHY cams used.

Combined IR & Colour :

Straight IR :

[si@nite]

The ir shot is very nice Stuart certainly a seeing beater!

[Space Cowboy]

Thanks Simon. Wish I'd got the mono IR setup months ago its remarkable what a difference it makes. I've still not quite nailed the colour balance on the colour cam.

[theo]

Hey Stuart, that's a very nice shot and even more so given the poor seeing. I tried but thought better of it after looking at a very turbulent Saturn on screen for an hour or so. Well done getting these!!

Pete

[Space Cowboy]

Thanks Pete! I never expected to get anything after the first colour capture as seeing was just a wobbly mush. I never realised just how fantastic these IR filters are with these poor conditions.

[Space Cowboy]

Thought I'd post up the colour image to show how much the IR improved things :

[t_ilan_s]

Very nice images!

May I ask what IR filter are you using?

[beamish]

Good catch Stuart !

[todd8137]

The ir is the better one

[Space Cowboy]

Thanks again guys. The IR filter is a Astronomik 742.

[SnakeyJ]

Excellent colour and ir-pass images Stuart - the detail on ir-pass is stunning. Very nice to see this from the QHY as I ordered mine on Saturday and hope it will arrive tomorrow - without the usual clouds and poor seeing preferably

[Zendrix]

Thanks again guys. The IR filter is a Astronomik 742.

Hey spacecowboy!

Great shots, specially the IR one. Does that mean that your setup is: webcam (or DSLR) - eyepiece - IR Filter - Telescope? I have IR filters, but to use them with my DSLR i need an eyepiece after my camera in order to attach the filter to it...

Cheers,

Rui

[Space Cowboy]

Thanks Jake good luck with your new QHY cam if you need any help with capture settings etc drop me a pm.

Cheers Rui the IR filter screws onto the nose piece of my QHY cam but you can screw them onto barlows or extension tubes without needing an eyepiece. My setup is cam>barlow>scope.