CraigT82 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Just sharing a post on Twitter/X whatever it’s called from Damian Peach - sharing his capture of Saturn on the 19th July. the difference in colour between the north and south hemispheres is striking, I would love to decorate a room in our house based on these colours but Mrs would probably object! Note also he’s also managed to capture a glimpse of the Encke Gap. Magnificent work. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Presland Posted Thursday at 05:34 Share Posted Thursday at 05:34 Very special image, was it from the UK ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffsAndAstro Posted Thursday at 20:38 Share Posted Thursday at 20:38 Not interested in planetary but omg. Can see ring gaps even at this angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ward Posted Thursday at 20:46 Share Posted Thursday at 20:46 15 hours ago, Pete Presland said: Very special image, was it from the UK ? Hi Pete , trust you are well sir. I imagine it was from his usual planetary haunt this time of year , beside a swimming pool in Barbados. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfamily Posted Thursday at 21:19 Share Posted Thursday at 21:19 29 minutes ago, Steve Ward said: I imagine it was from his usual planetary haunt this time of year , beside a swimming pool in Barbados. When I saw him in April, he said he'd not been out to Barbados for a few years. There's a tweet from the day he took it, saying how calm it was at his location on the South Coast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ward Posted Thursday at 21:26 Share Posted Thursday at 21:26 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Gfamily said: When I saw him in April, he said he'd not been out to Barbados for a few years. There's a tweet from the day he took it, saying how calm it was at his location on the South Coast. Cost of living crisis hits even the loftiest it seems , he was there in '22 and slummed it in La Palma last year according to his website. An even more special image then. Edited Thursday at 21:34 by Steve Ward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosun21 Posted yesterday at 10:02 Share Posted yesterday at 10:02 Fantastic image. It just shows what is achievable from UK skies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Presland Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago I thought was probably Selsey, it obviously a good location for imaging. That said, you still have to know what you are doing. Something to aspire to for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Presland Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago 22 hours ago, Steve Ward said: Hi Pete , trust you are well sir. Not too bad Steve, been slim pickings astro-wise lately. Even the Ford Focus Solar observatory has hardly been out 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elp Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago I though you could only image planets for a handful of minutes due to rotation, how'd he manage 75? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kon Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago 9 hours ago, Elp said: I though you could only image planets for a handful of minutes due to rotation, how'd he manage 75? Derotation in winjupos. For Saturn 5 min captures are ok to avoid any smearing due to rotation . Then several 5min captures combined in winjupos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elp Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago (edited) 29 minutes ago, Kon said: Derotation in winjupos. For Saturn 5 min captures are ok to avoid any smearing due to rotation . Then several 5min captures combined in winjupos. I knew that, but wouldn't there be a limit to how much you can keep doing this and keep the details within "one" rotational orientation (one instance of the view which faces earth at any one point in time), otherwise you'd have to animate the rotation, unless if Saturn's rotation is very very slow. Otherwise you'd have surface details which just look like a motion blurred effect which is difficult to tell with Saturn as the banding seems to be perfectly in line with each other (something easily achieved with directional motion blurring). Edited 6 hours ago by Elp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kon Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 4 hours ago, Elp said: I knew that, but wouldn't there be a limit to how much you can keep doing this and keep the details within "one" rotational orientation (one instance of the view which faces earth at any one point in time), otherwise you'd have to animate the rotation, unless if Saturn's rotation is very very slow. Otherwise you'd have surface details which just look like a motion blurred effect which is difficult to tell with Saturn as the banding seems to be perfectly in line with each other (something easily achieved with directional motion blurring). 1hr on Saturn should be ok considering it takes ~11hrs for a rotation. My understanding is that the latest versions of winjupos handles it very well as it does a selective stacking at the edges and middle avoiding any smearing; I think it works well on Jupiter too (I may have used wrong terminology). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Presland Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago nearly 20,000 views and only 300 likes and 6 comments. I know that's probably not why he posted it, but its the reason why i barely post on there anymore. WinJupos is a fantastic programme, makes a real difference being able to get so much more data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigT82 Posted 1 hour ago Author Share Posted 1 hour ago Older versions of Winjupos were limited to about 15 mins on Jupiter and about 35 minutes of Saturn, but latest versions have improved on that and now 30 mins on Jupiter and over an hour on Saturn is possible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ags Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 18 hours ago, Pete Presland said: That said, you still have to know what you are doing. Unfair! 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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