Saturn with rings almost edge on (25/06/24)

[Kon]

I managed my first image of Saturn with the rings almost edge on this morning. Seeing was awful even in IR. Good for the record and I suppose planetary season is upon us. This is my first Saturn with the 12" and goto and it made life a lot easier as I could use an ADC at the low elevation. Skywatcher 300P Flextube Goto, asi462mc, 2.5xTV powermate, ZWO ADC, UV/IR cut filter. I also captured an IR image with the asi462mm and an IR pass filter.

 

[geoflewis]

That's excellent to get such an early season Saturn Kostas, well done. I can't bring myself to stay up that late, or get up that early yet.....🙄

[Kon]

1 hour ago, geoflewis said:

That's excellent to get such an early season Saturn Kostas, well done. I can't bring myself to stay up that late, or get up that early yet.....🙄

Thanks. I do not plan on getting up early again either; it is not worth it at 20 degrees elevation. I was just getting a bit jealous of seeing pics from others online 😜

[Albir phil]

3 minutes ago, Kon said:

Thanks. I do not plan on getting up early again either; it is not worth it at 20 degrees elevation. I was just getting a bit jealous of seeing pics from others online 😜

Great images I like the bands on the first image 👍👍

[Kon]

41 minutes ago, Albir phil said:

Great images I like the bands on the first image 👍👍

Thanks. I was hoping to derotate a few images to get more of the banding but this was the only decent one.

[chiltonstar]

Superb!

 

Chris

[Kon]

49 minutes ago, chiltonstar said:

Superb!

 

Chris

Thanks Chris.

[IDM]

Thats’s a superb image, particularly given the conditions you describe. 

[Kon]

41 minutes ago, IDM said:

Thats’s a superb image, particularly given the conditions you describe. 

Thanks. We never seem to get a break here 🤣😭.

[Space Cowboy]

Good start despite the seeing Kostas! I can understand you wanting to get an early shot with the big dob as the extra aperture will make the biggest difference on Saturn.

[Kon]

6 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said:

Good start despite the seeing Kostas! I can understand you wanting to get an early shot with the big dob as the extra aperture will make the biggest difference on Saturn.

Thanks Stuart. I am loving the 12" and I have some serious plans for it this season 🤣. It's good to get things sorted eg ADC, fine tune collimation and also get the hand on setting it up at crazy hours. 

Will you start imaging soon?