Saturn 08 May

[Kakadush]

Hey all , 

Finally a night with a decent seeing and no wind , here is a capture of Saturn i took with my small 5" reflector , hope you like it  

Dan. 

[JB80]

Now that is showing great detail. Everything is clearly defined there and focus is spot on.

[Stargazer33]

That is an amazing level of detail for a 5" scope. Especially as Saturn is so low at the moment.

[paraletic mirror]

thats a cracker for a 5", exciting for me ive never tried much planetary with the 150p but this is encouraging

atb para

[knobby]

Really well done

[Sky King]

Teriffic picture !!!

Looking forward to getting some new 2015 shots of Saturn myself soon.

[ghostdance]

Gollygumdrop, that's superb!

Would love to know the details/EXIF...surely not a single exposure?

[Space Cowboy]

Very nice capture! Where in the world was this taken?

[catman161]

That's awesome! Let's have the capture and processing details please and also location. Unbelievably good shot. Really well done.

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[Pete Presland]

Very nice sharp image!

[si@nite]

Very nice razor sharp too!

[Roysten]

Absolutely beautiful. A really inspiring picture.

[Kakadush]

Thank you all for your lovely comments and feedback , really brings a smile to my face  

For those who asked for detail about the capture & processing : 

Equipment : 

* 5" scope (celestron 130 SLT)

* ASI 120 MC cam 

* x2 Barlow by celestron 

* T-adapter used as extension tube 

Location : 

* Israel (center) , Saturn goes up to about 35 degrees at the moment. 

Capture & Process : 

* Captured 3 AVI's each shot for 11,000 frames (around 300 seconds) 

* Stacked 50% of frames in AS!2 

* Wavelength in Registax 6 

* Derotation of 3 stacked & processed images in Winjupos 

- Bottom line : Don't be afraid to shoot long AVI'S on Saturn especially with small aperture's , getting storm detail with small scopes is nearly impossible so you might as well capture more data and get more ring detail and overall a sharper image.

Hope this helps  

Dan.

[Pete Presland]

Thank you for sharing the details. Spot on about plenty of data 11,000 frames is a nice amount. I am sure the higher altitude is certainly helping you a little as well.

[Tommohawk]

* Derotation of 3 stacked & processed images in Winjupos 

Fabulous picture and useful to have the capture details. I was hoping to turn my attention to Saturn and if I get even close to your pic I'll pleased.

Interesting about WinJUPOS. Couple of quick questions if you dont mind: -

did WinJUPOS make much difference?

did you derotate 3 single images, or the AVI streams?

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Excellent image. Great detail

[catman161]

Thank you all for your lovely comments and feedback , really brings a smile to my face  

 

For those who asked for detail about the capture & processing : 

 

Equipment : 

* 5" scope (celestron 130 SLT)

* ASI 120 MC cam 

* x2 Barlow by celestron 

* T-adapter used as extension tube 

 

Location : 

* Israel (center) , Saturn goes up to about 35 degrees at the moment. 

 

Capture & Process : 

* Captured 3 AVI's each shot for 11,000 frames (around 300 seconds) 

* Stacked 50% of frames in AS!2 

* Wavelength in Registax 6 

* Derotation of 3 stacked & processed images in Winjupos 

 

- Bottom line : Don't be afraid to shoot long AVI'S on Saturn especially with small aperture's , getting storm detail with small scopes is nearly impossible so you might as well capture more data and get more ring detail and overall a sharper image.

 

Hope this helps  

Dan.

Thanks for the detail Dan I use an ASI120MC and I was of the understanding that derotating colour images in winjupos did not show much benefit. Did you take the three images and combine them together to get the final image?

I would be very interested to know your derotation workflow process in winjupos. If you had time, if you could PM me details on how you did this I would be most grateful as I have tried it in winjupos and never had very good results.

Congrats again on a real fantastic image

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[damnut]

That's great work Dan. A lovely atmospheric image. Congrats.

[Kakadush]

@Tommowhawk & @Cartman161

Regarding Winjupos , in all honesty derotating the 3 images hardly made any difference i did it because capturing Saturn is a new thing for me (this is my third capture ever) and other then the number of frames captured i basically mimicked the way i process Jupiter. 
Derotation on Jupiter works great as it greatly reveals more belt detail even when using small apertures  ,though doubtful i thought  i might get some extra detail  on Saturn as well but all it did is very slightly sharpened the rings. 
oh and i derotated the 3 single images not the AVI's.

Sorry i couldn't be any help in this regard  

[Stub Mandrel]

Nice. The UK is under a blanket of cloud, hopefully teher will be a few gaps as Saturn reaches opposition.

[SnakeyJ]

Have to like that Saturn with a 5" refractor, excellent result, even with 20 degrees on us poor blighters in UK

[Tommohawk]

Have to like that Saturn with a 5" refractor, excellent result, even with 20 degrees on us poor blighters in UK

I think OP said 5" reflector -  even more respect!!

[SnakeyJ]

I think OP said 5" reflector -  even more respect!!

Quite right - must clean my glasses!

[zakkhogan]

Fantastic shot,

[spaceboy]

How the hell ?!?!?!?!    

I'm beginning to think imaging is like the "X factor" you either got the talent as you clearly have with that image or your like me who should keep my singing to the shower.

Superb image Dan !!