Saturn of February 5, 2016 with ZWO ASI224MC camera

[mikeskor]

This image was taken at 5:00 this morning, Feb. 5, 2016. The image was derived from an AVI taken with a ZWO ASI224MC camera using Sharpcap,  9.25 SCT,  no barlow and no IR cut filter. Processed with Autostakkert 2, Registax 6 and Photoshop with Topaz Labs denoise.  2737 frames were taken,  25 % of these were stacked. Seeing was not particularly good.

 

 

 

 

[Ken82]

Nice image  a Barlow will make this super ! 

[mikeskor]

Relatively poor seeing conditions did not seem suitable for a Barlow. I tried with a 2X barlow. Barlowed images were not as sharp and the barlow cut out the light necessitating the exposure to be jacked up which cut down the frame rate. Thanks for commenting.  

[Pete Presland]

some nice detail there despite the conditions.

[Aussie Dave]

That's quite a good result Mike, well done. I tried last night on Saturn but it was just way too low to get good sharp focus or any nice detail.

[mikeskor]

I know what you mean about the conditions, Dave. Thanks for commenting.