Dusting off the Toucam

[geoff_k]

Don't normally use the Toucam for anything other than the Moon, but tried it in Saturn last night.

This was my final effort using a 4x Imagemate, Baader IR filter, etc, etc. About 1000 frames processed in Registax 5.

The seeing seemed poor to my untutored eye, but the end result was much better than I expected.

First image is normal size and the second resized to 150%.

[Doc]

Fantastic. Very sharp can see banding as well.

What scope did you use?

[brendant]

Fantastic image of Saturn, lovely scale, detail and colour, a beautiful image. Well done.

Brendan

[Ant]

That is excellent!

I had a go at Saturn last night and the results were so poor that I wouldn't even post them.

The rings are nicely defined. Also the banding on the disc is quite distinct.

Very nice indeed!

Ant

[beamish]

Very nice indeed Geoff, I'd be more than chuffed with that

Karlo

[geoff_k]

Thanks for the kind words folks. The AVI didn't look that promising so it either shows that I haven't a clue what I'm doing (likely) or how good the new version of Registax is (definitely).

Scope was Orion Optics Europa 250mm F4.8.

I'm going to take good care of the Toucam. If it ever breaks I shall blub uncontrollably. There may be (and are) better cameras but it still does a pretty good job.

Geoff

[legion48]

Great capture Geoff. I tried with a x4 barlow lastnight but with a 6 inch scope, the image on screen was very, very dim.

[themos]

That is really, really nice!

[Dave Smith]

That is fantastic. I expect you are delighted to have blown that dust away.

Dave

[gary1968]

Great Saturn image, thanks for sharing.

Gary

[Psychobilly]

Excellent Geoff

Billy...

[JCJC]

Great image Geoff, really sharp.

Jordan

[Tim]

Great result Geoff.

[geoff_k]

Did some tinkering with the image in Paint Shop Pro. Think I might have brought out a bit more detail but still pleased with what I got in any event.

Geoff

[rawhead]

Agreed

Like the rework. Cracking capture....

Cheers

Jon

[Rusty Strings]

Execellent Geoff, I must blow the dust off mine

John

[michaelmorris]

That's a really nice capture. Thanks of sharing.