Saturn 6-May-2019

[SalehRam]

Hi all,

4 days ago I had a session to image Jupiter GRS, however due to some unknown factors, I did not get the quality that I needed from the images and I was not happy.

Having that itch for 4 days to do something good, I just got the laptop, and the camera and took some videos for Jupiter (and again I did not like what I had) and some more videos for Saturn.

Considering my main goal Jupiter has gone out of the window field of view, and the fact I still screwed up the the videos, I thought why not take a long video for Saturn and see what will I get.

So I ended up with this:

Tech stuff:
Telescope: Celestron Omni XLT102 (4" f/9.8)
Camera: ZWO ASI224MC w/ 2x barlow, Baaded FK + UV/IR cut filters stacked
Took videos through SharpCap, processed with PIPP, AutoStakkert, and Registax.
Did some color fixes using GIMP

I captured a 10 minutes video with exposure of 450ms and gain of 150, that gave me about 1200 frames to work with.
Also captured 3 minutes of dark frames (400)

Taken throughout the window (as usual )

[maw lod qan]

Very nice! 

I find I'm happening when I can get a decent image of Saturn. Still doing single images with an 8" dob and Canon SL1. I've never got any details like that.

[Pete Presland]

Very nicely captured.

[Debo]

Very nice