First planetary image - Saturn

[Vox45]

After my first try at the moon I add to try a planet.

I was convinced that I would bag Jupiter first, but my observing conditions being the worst, when Saturn presented itself on a silver plate yesterday, I had to grab it !

Reeeaaaallly small (I need to buy a barlow, my FL being 1500 I learned by another forum user that I should go at ~3000 FL to make the most of my webcam's pixel size) Also the moon was at 60% and very close to Saturn so I don't know how this would affect the image ...

but enough excuses and behold: this is my first planetary attempt, ever.

Please be gentle

[Pete Presland]

Got to be happy with that. The rings showing very nicely and some surface detail as well excellent effort!

[Stargazer33]

That is very good, especially for your first effort and the conditions at the time. Well done & keep it up.

[Giftmacher]

Still better (and bigger) than my first photo of Saturn.

[Kokatha man]

A good first attempt! Saturn wouldn't be terribly high in the sky so you can be well-pleased with this...it's all about perseverance in this activity!

[majapala]

Nice! It wipes the foor with my first Saturn attempt !

[Vox45]

People outside the hobby don't realize the time and effort put into such a simple task: taking a picture

Thank you guys for your good words I could not have done it without the help and encouragement of this forum !

[phileefan]

Very nice capture of Saturn. Last year was my 1st with this great hobby. I had to learn my scope and camera at the time. A lot of trial and error! Saturn was my main project. Attached is my best of last year. Thanks for sharing. Clear skies.....

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[Vox45]

Very nice capture of Saturn. Last year was my 1st with this great hobby. I had to learn my scope and camera at the time. A lot of trial and error! Saturn was my main project. Attached is my best of last year. Thanks for sharing. Clear skies.....

.Saturn7-11-14rgb.bmp

Wow very nice Did you use your ZWO ASI120MM to capture this one ?

[Virgoman]

Excellent!   Rings are presenting nicely. You have done well - Saturn is not going to be easy being so low down.

                           Best regards,

                                                 Ralph

[Vox45]

Did a bit of reprocessing.

Actually I used the 'join mode' in PIPP to process in one go my 3 AVIs, then I used AS!2 to sort the best frame out of 6,000 (!)

I find that It came out nicer, more 'natural'. I was able to go easy on the wavelets this time Still very small though.

I did some experiment with a 3x Barlow. The problem is that I went for a 352x288 resolution for whatever reason ... So the result is nice but resolution is poor and thy sky is bluish not black as in the first one ..

I'll do better next time, not an excuse but seeing was really bad that night. I find the hard way that seeing is 90% of the quality...

[Ruud]

It's a sweet little Saturn.

[Vox45]

It's a sweet little Saturn.

lol yes it is ! who's your daddy heh ? who's your daddy