Saturn was very good last night

[Parallax]

After my trial run the other night with the RAW modded SPC900 I had another go at Saturn, this time using what I had learnt and had been advised.

The seeing was a lot better last night (after the con-trails had moved away).

The second image is just a 2x resize of the first. Not sure which looks best.

1500 frames, Explorer 200, 3x Tal, K3..., Registax

Steve

[harry]

They both look great Steve. Can you remember your webcam settings ie. gain, brightness etc?

Harry

[jgs001]

Very nice Steve. Personally, I prefer the first one

[dweller25]

Great images, well done....

[Parallax]

They both look great Steve. Can you remember your webcam settings ie. gain, brightness etc?

Harry

I need to be more methodical in my approach to astrophotography and make notes of settings etc

I need to be more methodical in my approach to astrophotography and make notes of settings etc

I need to be more methodical in my approach to astrophotography and make notes of settings etc

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I need to be more methodical in my approach to astrophotography and make notes of settings etc

From memory - gain was low, probably around 25% or less and brightness was around 50% (I think).

Steve

[Sam]

Wow! Very Nice Steve - they are quite clear with loads of detail.

Sam

[barkis]

Nicely done Steve, I would call those excellent results.

Really sharp and detailed. Well done.

Ron.

[legion48]

Crikey Steve, that's a great Saturn. I reckon that's one of the best I've seen for a while. You must be chuffed.

[Naz]

Great images Steve, I think the first looks better, only because it's smaller, hence looks sharper. Good colour in both.

naz

[steppenwolf]

Excellent, Steve, super images!

[dogfish]

Hi Steve

Superb images with fantastic banding detail and really nice colour. Must have a crack at Saturn myself.

Cheers, Martin

[Andrew*]

Fantastic result from the equipment used - I've got a long way to go to get this kind of quality

Well done

Andrew

[Aza]

Great picture, well done

If you get chance, would you mind showing one of the frames from the avi please.

Would be interested in seeing that.

Cheers

[Parallax]

As requested, a single frame from the avi.

[CELESCOPE]

Very well done Steve both very good results

Rog

[Aza]

Thanks Parallax

I cant seem to get anywhere near as good quality in my frames.

Being near a streetlight is probably not helping

[beamish]

Superb images !! By eck your seeing was good last night, I was out for a couple of hours it was pants !

[Trevor]

Wow you must have caught some good seeing well done.

[themos]

That's the biz! The Tal barlow makes it a 3 metre effective focal length, is that right?

[Black Shuck]

Steve,

That's a great image

Bill£

[gary1968]

Great images, excellent detail and colour. Hope to get the camera going at Kileder this weekend, weather permitting.

Gary

[saturn5]

:shock: :shock: Simply superb Steve.

[brendant]

Great images Steve , nicely processed.

Brendan

[Cloudwatcher]

Super-duper images!

Looks like you got a really tight focus and good colour rendition. I trust you're pleased? I would be.

Cheers

CW

[Parallax]

Thanks everyone. :oops:

It was your help, advice and encouragement that made this possible.

I'm not sure that I can improve on this with the current setup, but I don't think that I need to - I'm very chuffed with it.

Cheers.

Steve