Saturn and its moons on summer solstice (21/6/23)

[Kon]

This is my first capture of Saturn this season. I was up more for the summer solstice occasion than imaging . Pretty stable seeing but the constant passing clouds ruined the captures but I managed a few decent videos. It is still early days but both the colour and IR images are looking ok. I feel rusty with the processing but I will get there. I was surprised that during the processing I could see Titan, Rhea and Tethys upon playing with the gamma levels. 8" Dob, manual, asi462mm and 462mc, IR pass and UV/IR cut filters, 2.5xTV powermate.

[knobby]

Well worth the early start 👍🏻

[Space Cowboy]

Good catch Kostas! 

[neil phillips]

Good to see you getting in some early captures. Good result 

[Kon]

51 minutes ago, neil phillips said:

Good to see you getting in some early captures. Good result 

Surprisingly stable seeing. It was the first time my histogram was not all over the place but a shame about the clouds.

I think collimation needs a bit tweaking (weekend job) as the IR could have been sharper. Good to be out and getting the teething issues early on. 

[bosun21]

Nice capture Kostas👍 I’m really looking forward to the Jovian giants appearing in our evening/night sky again.

[Kon]

55 minutes ago, bosun21 said:

Nice capture Kostas👍 I’m really looking forward to the Jovian giants appearing in our evening/night sky again.

Thanks. It is not far off. I am quite excited with Jupiter higher up this year. Let's hope the good seeing we are having continues. 

[PeterStudz]

I do like seeing images of the gas giants with some of their moons. And it might just be me but in this case it adds to a feeling of 3D.

I got up early to try and do some visual on Saturn, but went straight back to bed - in Southampton I had total cloud cover. 

[Kon]

2 hours ago, PeterStudz said:

I do like seeing images of the gas giants with some of their moons. And it might just be me but in this case it adds to a feeling of 3D.

I got up early to try and do some visual on Saturn, but went straight back to bed - in Southampton I had total cloud cover. 

Thanks Peter. Yes I managed a few clear spells but still hazy. I agree about the 3d feeling. If you also open the ir alongside the colour and flick back/forwards you can see the moons rotating as well. It is a shame the weather did not hold to capture a nice rotation.

[Pete Presland]

Good looking images, despite the issues with the clouds.