First Saturn image.

[Keithp]

Hello everyone, at last I managed to get my first Saturn image. Taken with my Fuju S5700 hooked up to 15mm EP and 2x barlow. This is taken from Registax stacking of an avi.

Took a couple of stills with the settings maxed out ie 1600iso and the max of 4 secs exposure that the camera will allow...and guess what well over exposed! Which bodes well as I now have overhead to work with. Going out again to try tonight and pull those settings in a bit, any advice from anyone on where to start first?

Regards

All

[dweller25]

Hello,

Great shots.

The first is very sharp.

The second is overexposed so should be great for capturing moons.

[Keithp]

Cheers Dweller25,

I wanted to see what the camera could do maxed out first, I really need a dlsr or ccd imager but funds are a bit tight at the mo'. At least I have some settings to pull in, that's what I going to try tonight. Well impressed with the mount though, got it aligned and held Saturn for about 10mins before a bit of drift crept in.

Regards

All

[omneferuss]

The avi and afocal/EP shot's great.. shows how far 'consumer' technology has come.. just look at a book 10 yrs old and you'll see "professional/observatory" pics well challenged by that, if not outright outclassed! ...and yer only beginning !

...and Keith, you've started on the right foot.. "the first three most important things are : the mount, the mount, the mount"

advice? ..well, I've seen acceptable exposures of 1/4 sec..

as you said, you have plenty of headroom have fun swingin that ISO and shutter.. see what you get..

[Keithp]

Many thanks for the encouragement omneferuss,

Trouble is we just got clouded out in south somerset/north dorset. Just finished putting the scope and mount away. Looks like I'll have to wait .....

Regards

All and good night.. work tomorrow, 04:20 start:eek:

[Dangerous-Dave]

That's very good for a digicam. I tried imaging Saturn with my camcorder when I first bought the LX90 and the results weren't anywhere near as nice as this.