Saturn Ir rgb 9-6-22

[morimarty]

My first time out this season and trying for the first time a OSC Asi462mc. I was in horror when I first saw the image of saturn on my laptop as It was just a blob of jelly. I could not get anywhere near focused as the seeing was that bad but with the onset of daylight, and a Baader Ir685 filter to the rescue I started to capture something more reasonable. The sensitivity in IR on this camera is exceptional definitely better than my Asi290mm. overall I was very impressed with this camera and really looking forward to trying it out in some decent seeing.

C11 @ Fl 3400mm Zwo Adc

Baader IR685 & luminance filter

2500 frames stacked each channel

[neil phillips]

13 minutes ago, morimarty said:

My first time out this season and trying for the first time a OSC Asi462mc. I was in horror when I first saw the image of saturn on my laptop as It was just a blob of jelly. I could not get anywhere near focused as the seeing was that bad but with the onset of daylight, and a Baader Ir685 filter to the rescue I started to capture something more reasonable. The sensitivity in IR on this camera is exceptional definitely better than my Asi290mm. overall I was very impressed with this camera and really looking forward to trying it out in some decent seeing.

C11 @ Fl 3400mm Zwo Adc

Baader IR685 & luminance filter

2500 frames stacked each channel

Very nice Martyn. Good to see you out there getting some early results. IR will help cut through the murk. I was wondering if to try a filter wheel and combine a Colour capture with IR 685. I may try. I do find it can mess slightly with the colour. So unsure how much i may, or may not try it ? The advantage of course is a cleaner result. Can see that here quite clearly even traces of the Cassini going in front of Saturn evident here in your shot. Something i haven't got yet with any of my scopes. Glad you like the camera. I thought you would. What a great start with your new camera and first shot of saturn this year. Excellent result. 

[Kon]

Very nice capture Martyn despite the conditions. 

[Trevor N]

That’s a cracking shot Martyn. I would be happy with that. 👍

[morimarty]

On 10/06/2022 at 11:12, neil phillips said:

I was wondering if to try a filter wheel and combine a Colour capture with IR 685.

Hi Neil thats exactly what I did, But as you say the IR does mess with the colour balance quite a bit. I find if you introduce it gradually in two or three iterations it seems to have less effect on the balance. certainly worth giving it a go especially with the sensitivity in IR with the 462c camera.